October, 2018

• 30 October

  DMC strengthens its international exposure at ‘Seatrade Maritime’

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Maritime City (DMC), has participated in the 9th edition of the Seatrade Maritime Middle East Conference and Expo taking place at the Dubai World trade Centre. Dubai Maritime City’s participation is to play a significant role in promoting UAE as a first-class maritime destination and will provide a platform for DMC to showcase the recent and ...

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• 30 October

  Morocco’s Maryam Amjoun wins Arab Reading Challenge

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday crowned Maryam Amjoun, a student from Morocco, as Champion of the third Arab Reading Challenge at a packed award ceremony at Dubai Opera and presented her with the cash prize of AED500,000. Al-Ikhlas School from Kuwait ...

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• 30 October

  Sharjah to host UAE’s largest entrepreneurship festival

  

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) on Tuesday announced that the second edition of the largest entrepreneurship festival in the UAE, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF), will be held on November 20-21, at the Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club. Held under the patronage of Sheraa Chairperson HE Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, the 2018 edition of SharjahEF will ...

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• 30 October

  ‘KhalifaSat reinforces UAE’s stature in area of space exploration’

  UMM AL QAIWAIN / WAM His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, stressed that October 29 will remain a glorious day in the UAE’s history, due to the launch of the first Emirati-made satellite, “KhalifaSat,” which will reinforce the country’s stature in space exploration and will make it among the ...

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• 30 October

  Dafza, DIEDC launch first-of-its-kind halal trade and marketing center

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business In the presence of His Excellency Rustam Noor Ali Minnikhanov, President of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and His Excellency Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of DIEDC, Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DafzaA) and the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) have launched the first of its kind Halal Trade and Marketing ...

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• 30 October

  Central bank amends loan transfer terms

  

  Dubai / WAM The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has decided to amend the terms governing personal loans and finance transfer from one bank or finance company to another, obligating banks and finance firms to reduce the interest rate and not to increase payment period of retail loans, which will be provided after the issuance of the new ...

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• 30 October

  FANR reviews operational activities of Barakah plant

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) convened its fifth meeting at the site of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, where it reviewed progress of its operational activities and discussed a number of initiatives planned during this year. During the meeting, the Board learned about latest updates of the FANR ...

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• 30 October

  Violence heightens divisions in Trump’s first midterms

  

  Bloomberg Deadly politically tinged violence that stunned the nation last week likely will sharpen the hard partisan edge that is defining the first midterm election of Donald Trump’s presidency. Grief and calls for civility have been replaced by finger-pointing by some members of both parties, including Trump, who blamed the news media for fostering hate just days after he made ...

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• 30 October

  Trump plans to end birthright citizenship

  

  Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for babies of non-immigrants and unauthorised immigrants born on US soil, according to excerpts of an interview released on Tuesday. “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of ...

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• 30 October

  Russia sends team to Venezuela to help draft rescue plan

  

  Bloomberg Russia has sent a senior delegation to Venezuela to consult high-ranking government officials on a plan to stem the brutal economic collapse in a key Kremlin ally. Venezuela is reeling from the impact of US sanctions and low oil prices. Russia, which has maintained close ties with the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro and provided a lifeline in ...

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