November, 2018

• 10 November

  ‘Sial’ to draw 1,000 exhibitors to Abu Dhabi

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), the ninth edition of SIAL Middle East, the exclusive regional food, beverage and hospitality trade event, will run from December 10-12 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition ...

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• 10 November

  Preparatory actions for Annual Investment Meeting launched

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), the premier event in foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa, has launched the preparatory actions for its 9th edition on April 8-10, 2019 in Dubai. In ...

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• 10 November

  Putin tightens his grip in Europe’s neglected war zone

  

  Bloomberg As world leaders commemorate a century since the war that was supposed to end all wars, a conflict on Europe’s eastern periphery is getting more deeply entrenched. The breakaway region of Donbas in eastern Ukraine will hold elections on Sunday, the same day as the World War I Armistice event in Paris. Separatists backed by Russia are seeking to ...

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• 10 November

  PM Hasina looks to extend 10-year Bangladesh rule

  

  Bloomberg Bangladesh will go to the polls on December 23 amid increasingly bitter tensions between the ruling Awami League and the opposition alliance, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looking to extend her nearly 10-year rule. Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda announced the election road map despite opposition calls to defer the poll until their leader, former prime minister Khaleda ...

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• 10 November

  Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament

  

  Bloomberg Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the island nation’s parliament and called for a snap general election amid mounting pressure to prove a majority in the house supports his newly appointed prime minister. The 225-seat parliament was dissolved at midnight and a new one will meet on January 17 after a vote on January 5, according to a presidential ...

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• 10 November

  China, US to discuss ways to avoid accidental clashes

  Bloomberg China and the US should discuss ways to avoid accidental conflict, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told his US counterpart, Defense Secretary James Mattis, at a meeting in Washington, after an incident between the two countries’ navies last month. The Chinese and US military forces should “properly manage risks, discuss ways to avoid accidental conflicts and let military relations serve ...

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• 10 November

  Thousands flee California wildfires

  

  Bloomberg Fanned by hot, dry winds, wildfires north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles have forced the evacuation of more than 215,000 people, including in Malibu, the coastal enclave of the rich and famous. The fires have grown to about 131,000 acres overall and threaten to destroy tens of thousands of structures, according to the California Department of Forestry ...

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• 10 November

  UAE makes a quantum leap in global competitiveness ranking

  

  Dubai / WAM The UAE has made a new leap in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), according to the recent Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum (Davos) 2018, where the country has advanced 18 places in “ICT Adoption” from 24th to 6th place in the world. This theme measures the efficiency of the telecommunications sector in countries ...

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• 10 November

  Sharjah opens hospital for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

  

  SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Humanitarian Envoy of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), and Chairman of Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC), opened the hospital built by The Big Heart Foundation in collaboration with the Medicines Sans Frontieres – Doctors without Borders, in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. The AED3 million hospital aims to offer lifesaving aid and ...

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• 10 November

  ADM wins ‘World Smart City Award’

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), made a new achievement by winning the “World Smart City Award for the Fastest Growing Practices”, presented by the German Sigfox Connect Company in Berlin. The awards attracted the participation of 52 countries from all over the world. Sami Abdul Qadir Al Hashimi, Manager of Technical Support for Infrastructure, and ...

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