January, 2019

• 6 January

  Mohammed unveils ‘50-year charter’ for Dubai

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the ‘Fifty-Year Charter’ which promises to improve all aspects of life in Dubai in 2019. “This is a charter that represents our pledge and promise towards enhancing the life of people in Dubai in 2019. A new ...

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• 6 January

  ArabPlast sees attendance of 900 firms from 32 countries

  

  Dubai / WAM Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Cabinet Member and Minister of Infrastructure Development, opened on Sunday ArabPlast 2019, the biggest plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industry exhibition in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), region, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. This edition of ArabPlast witnessed the presence of more than 900 companies from ...

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• 6 January

  Khalifa issues federal decree on diplomatic corps

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued Federal Decrees on the appointment, promotion and transfer of a number of UAE Ambassadors accredited to foreign countries. The Decrees were published in the latest edition of the Federal Official Gazette and stipulate the transfer of Mohammad Salem Al Rashidi, UAE Ambassador to Senegal, and his ...

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• 6 January

  Dubai achieves record water loss rate of 6.6%

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), made a new world record by reducing losses in its water networks to 6.6 percent, compared to 15 per cent in North America, making it one of the lowest in the world. The new achievement shows how Dubai Government organisations are surpassing their global counterparts. “At Dewa, we work to further ...

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• 6 January

  50% reduction on commercial fines in Dubai

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) announced an automatic settlement facility for traders eligible for 50% reduction on commercial fines. The announcement is in line with the declaration of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 50% reduction ...

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• 6 January

  Congo presidential vote results delayed in wake of criticism

  

  Bloomberg The Democratic Republic of Congo delayed the release of provisional results from last week’s presidential election as criticism of the country’s handling of the vote grew. Congolese went to the polls on December 30 to find a successor to President Joseph Kabila, who’s ruled since 2001, in an election that was already two years overdue. The central African nation ...

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• 6 January

  ‘May could further delay Brexit vote’

  

  Bloomberg Theresa May’s aides are believed to be planning to make parliament’s approval of her Brexit deal conditional on Brussels providing further concessions, specifically on the thorny issue of the Irish backstop, the Telegraph reported. The move is intended to limit opposition and gain more time for negotiations to continue with the EU, the newspaper said. The vote, penciled in ...

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• 6 January

  South Africa’s ANC to dominate May vote

  

  Bloomberg South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) appears on track to dominate its sixth straight national election in May as it increasingly wins back supporters alienated by former President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-marred rule, an opinion poll shows. Sixty-one percent of 3,571 adults interviewed face-to-face by research company Ipsos between October 23 and December 4 last year said they’d vote ...

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• 6 January

  US to protect Kurds in Syria pullout

  

  Bloomberg US forces will remain in northeastern Syria until Turkey agrees not to go after the Kurds, National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday, clarifying that President Donald Trump is committed to protecting opposition allies. “That’s what the president said, the ones that fought with us,” Bolton said, ahead of a meeting this week in Turkey with President Recep ...

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• 6 January

  Yellow Vests’ protesters storm ministry

  

  Bloomberg France’s Yellow Vest movement staged mostly peaceful anti-government rallies on January 5 for the eighth weekend in a row but the protests ended with a small group smashing down the entrance to the ministry of the government spokesman. French television showed thousands marching along the Seine in Paris to gather in front of the National Assembly as well as ...

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