August, 2016

• 14 August

  Golden Sands to lure Indian travellers to Dubai

    Dubai / Emirates Business Golden Sands Hotel Apartments, part of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises and pioneered the concept of hotel apartments in the region, announced its participation in a 10-day road show to India to promote Dubai as a key destination for Indian travellers. From August 22 to 31, the team of Golden Sands Hotel Apartments will join Lama …

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• 14 August

  Norton app to prevent cybercrime through public Wi-Fi hotspots

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business New research from Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) has revealed people are giving hackers access to their sensitive information like banking details and account passwords when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks. According to the Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report 2016, which surveyed over 9,000 people across nine markets, confusion about the security of public Wi-Fi networks …

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• 14 August

  Dozens dead as warplanes pound rebel-held north Syria

  

    Beirut / AFP Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a rebel alliance battling to take control of second city Aleppo. The strikes, which began on Saturday and were continuing on Sunday, killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo and west of the city and 22 …

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• 14 August

  Imam, assistant gunned down near NY mosque

  

    New York / AFP A gunman shot and killed a New York imam and his assistant near their mosque in the borough of Queens during a brazen attack carried out in broad daylight on Saturday. Police said the imam, identified as Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, 64-year-old Thara Uddin, were shot just before 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) in the …

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• 14 August

  Italy expels imam over ‘IS links’

    Rome / AFP Libyan authorities have warned Italy about an IS cell based in the Milan area with links to one of the extremist group’s battle-hardened veterans, Italian media reported on Sunday. The existence of the network was reportedly revealed by documents seized by Libyan agents after government forces took over an IS headquarters in the city of Sirte earlier …

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• 14 August

  Japan to develop land-to-sea missile

    Tokyo / AFP Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disputed territory, a report said on Sunday. The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over the uninhabited islets known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in …

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• 14 August

  30 civilians massacred in DR Congo’s east

    Goma / AFP About 30 civilians have been killed in a massacre in an area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been shaken by violence since 2014, the army said on Sunday. Suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a partly radical armed group of Ugandan origin, killed “about 30 people” in the town of Beni on …

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• 14 August

  Thai police find unexploded devices

  

    Bangkok / AFP Thai police discovered unexploded bombs in three top tourist destinations over the weekend as they searched for clues to a wave of blasts that rocked resort areas and killed four last week. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing spree, which hit seven southern provinces on Thursday and Friday and left dozens wounded, including European tourists. …

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• 14 August

  Carney to ignore inflation overshoot

  

    London / Bloomberg Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney isn’t finished yet. Economists in a Bloomberg survey predict another interest-rate cut in November, adding to the stimulus unveiled this month, even as they see UK inflation busting through policy makers’ 2 percent target just months later. The survey also puts the probability of Britain sliding into a recession …

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• 14 August

  Hong Kong court rules against OCBC unit

  

    Hong Kong / Bloomberg Hong Kong’s High Court ruled against Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s (OCBC) private bank in a mis-selling case, saying the unit and a relationship manager had breached their contractual duty towards an elderly couple who lost money on investments made with ING Asia Private Bank. In a court judgment dated Aug. 8, the court said Bank of …

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