January, 2019

• 26 January

  5,000 new companies join Sharjah Chamber in 2018

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), announced that 5,178 new companies have joined the chamber in 2018, which represents a 7.4 percent growth in the total number of members when compared to the previous year. This increase in membership reflects the competitive advantages offered by the emirate to attract foreign investment and the innovative services ...

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• 26 January

  Mohammed visits ‘MSC Splendida’ at Port Rashid

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday visited the Italian cruise ship MSC Splendida at Port Rashid in Dubai. Upon his arrival, the captain of the MSC Splendida welcomed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed and briefed him on the various facilities the gigantic cruise ...

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• 26 January

  ADFCA concludes Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival participation

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), on Saturday, concluded its participation in the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2018. Launched in November, the festival was held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...

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• 26 January

  UAE: Link between climate change, insecurity requires greater global attention

  

  New York / WAM The UAE has called for greater attention from the international community on the link between climate change and insecurity at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the impact of climate-related disasters on international security. Speaking before the Council, Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, underscored that while ...

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• 26 January

  Canada confirms participation in Expo 2020, eyes new markets

  

  Dubai / WAM Canada confirmed its participation in Expo 2020 Dubai on Saturday, with the aim to explore trade opportunities and access new markets during the next World Expo platform. The G7 nation’s participation was sealed during two separate high-level meetings between Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and ...

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• 26 January

  ERC solar systems to power 230 homes in Hodeidah

  HODEIDAH / WAM Integrated solar power energy systems have been installed in the villages of Ghalifqa and Taif in Hodeidah, Yemen. The systems, installed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), will provide electricity to 230 homes within the Yemeni villages. According Mohammed Al Junaibi, ERC Director of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, the solar power energy systems contain two panels and ...

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• 26 January

  UAE’s emergency aid reaches Yemen’s Abyan Governorate

  

  ABYAN / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), responded to an emergency call by civilians in Hammat Sarar in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate. The emergency aid convoy consisted of 250 food parcels to some 200 families in Hammat Sarar, situated via rugged mountain roads four kilometres away from Abyan. Accompanying the UAE aid convoy, Saleh Qasim, Director-General of the Sarar Directorate, ...

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• 26 January

  Trump bows to Democrats, ends shutdown sans wall

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump agreed to re-open the federal government for about three weeks without any guarantee Congress would provide money for his proposed border wall, his top campaign promise, capitulating to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump agreed to a deal hastily negotiated by lawmakers after the 35-day shutdown, the longest in modern US history, began to seriously impact air ...

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• 26 January

  200 missing in Brazil as Vale dam breaks

  

  Bloomberg A tailings dam owned by miner Vale SA broke in the state of Minas Gerais on Friday, hitting a local community near the capital and echoing a similar accident that became Brazil’s biggest environmental disaster three years ago. Approximately 200 people are missing, a spokesperson for emergency services in Minas Gerais state told Bloomberg, adding that poor mobile phone ...

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• 26 January

  Pompeo takes US efforts to oust Maduro to UNSC

  

  Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo takes the US effort to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), part of a broader international campaign to pressure and replace President Nicolas Maduro. The emergency session of the Security Council was called for by the US. With Venezuela’s competing leaders — Guaido heads the National ...

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