December, 2018

• 29 December

  ADJD launches bilingual ‘interactive claim forms’

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), announced on Saturday the launch of bilingual – Arabic and English – ‘Interactive Claim Forms’. The initiative, a first for the Middle East region, was launched to ensure judicial systems development. Commenting on the announcement, Yousef Saeed Al Abri, ADJD Under-Secretary, said that the initiative was activated in line with ...

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• 29 December

  UAE doctors treat 1mn patients in ‘Year of Zayed’

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE volunteer doctors have succeeded in treating more than one million women and children worldwide as part of the ‘Year of Zayed’ initiative and Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteering Programme. The Zayed Giving Initiative and the General Women’s Union, GWU, along with Dar al Ber Society, the Sharjah Charity House, the Saudi-German Hospitals Group, are taking ...

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• 29 December

  MBRSC to organise high-level science event in 2019

  

  Dubai / WAM Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced hosting of the second edition of MBRSC Science Event, which will be held on January 21-22, 2019, in Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. The event is under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, with the slogan “Imagine… Explore… ...

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• 29 December

  Trump not ordered Afghan troop drawdown: White House

  

  Bloomberg Donald Trump hasn’t ordered the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, a White House spokesman said, contradicting reports last week that he’s directed the military to pull 7,000 soldiers out of a conflict he’s long criticised. “The president has not made a determination to drawdown US military presence in Afghanistan and he has not directed the Department of Defense ...

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• 29 December

  Egypt forces kill 40 militants after attack

  

  Bloomberg Egyptian security forces killed 40 militants in two operations after four people died in a roadside bomb that struck a tour bus in Greater Cairo on December 28. The militants were planning attacks against churches, state institutions, economic interests, the armed forces and tourist sites, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Saturday. The operations took place ...

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• 29 December

  ‘Congo oppn leader would win fair vote’

  Bloomberg An opposition candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the clear favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election if the long-awaited vote is free and fair, according to an opinion poll. Martin Fayulu, a former Exxon Mobil Corp. manager who heads an opposition alliance, had the support of 47 percent of those surveyed, according to results published by New ...

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• 29 December

  Trump visit angers Iraqi lawmakers, spurs ‘pullout call’

  

  Bloomberg Iraqi lawmakers took offense at President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to US troops stationed there, with some of the most powerful groups in the Baghdad parliament urging a review of America’s military presence in the country. Trump made his first visit to troops in a combat zone as commander-in-chief on Wednesday, meeting with US soldiers at the Ain Al-Asad ...

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• 29 December

  Salvini rules out reshuffle post ‘Tria report’

  

  Bloomberg Italian Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini dismissed media reports of a possible government reshuffle in which Finance Minister Giovanni Tria would resign in early January following a long tussle over the country’s budget. The idea of a cabinet revamp is “surreal and totally false,” Salvini, who leads the antimigration League, said in a statement sent by his office. “You don’t ...

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• 29 December

  French Yellow Vests protests continue

  Bloomberg A seventh Saturday of protests by France’s “Yellow Vests” began slowly, continuing a downward trend since weekly demonstrations began in mid-November over the cost of living and a lack of household purchasing power. French television showed images of several hundred protesters gathering in southwest Paris, with small numbers in the touristic centre and on the Champs-Elysees avenue, the scene ...

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• 29 December

  US gas imports up despite export boom

  

  Bloomberg The US may be exporting natural gas at a record clip, but that hasn’t stopped it from accepting new imports. A tanker with fuel from Nigeria has berthed at the Cove Point import terminal in Maryland, while a second ship with Russian gas is idling outside Boston Harbor. Pipeline constraints, depleted stockpiles and a 98-year-old law barring foreign ships ...

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