November, 2018

• 11 November

  Dubai Tram serves 20mn passengers

  Dubai / WAM Since its launch on November 11, 2014 through the end of September 2018, the Dubai Tram had served 20,879,564 passengers. Its 10.6-kilometre route connects 11 stations and has reduced the emirate’s carbon footprint by 81 percent. The Dubai Tram is the first tram project outside Europe powered by a ground-based electric supply system that extends along the ...

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• 11 November

  Advanced technologies and sciences are shaping future

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that being proactive in creating a better tomorrow is a priority for the UAE government. This approach guides the development of strategies and services for positively impacting people’s lives. “Advanced technologies and sciences are shaping the future. ...

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• 11 November

  DLD opens real estate office in New York

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Land Department (DLD), opened a real estate promotion office in New York, in partnership with Aqari Global Ltd ‘Century 21,’ and in the presence of Majid Al Suwaidi, Consul-General of the UAE in New York. Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director-General of DLD, and Majida Ali Rashid, CEO of the Real Estate Promotion and Investment Management Sector ...

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• 11 November

  ERC intensifies its urgent relief efforts in Yemen

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has intensified its urgent relief aid efforts to the residents of the Red Sea Coast of Yemen since the start of October. The ERC previously declared a comprehensive plan to rebuild the Red Sea Coast, at a cost of AED107.1 million, which includes the restoration of a 143-kilometre international coastal road, ...

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• 11 November

  Dubai sees 25.8% surge in new licences in October

  

  Dubai / WAM The Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector in the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) issued 1,898 new licenses during October 2018, an increase of 25.8% compared to September (1,509 licenses), as Dubai remained a destination of choice for investment in diverse business sectors. Among the new licenses issued, 62.1% were commercial, 35.5% professional, 1.4% related to ...

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• 11 November

  Trump-Putin ‘talks’ in focus as leaders crowd Paris event

  

  Bloomberg So many world leaders came to the French capital on Sunday to commemorate the end of World War I that organisers had to use buses to move them around. But the focus was on whether two of the 69 — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin — would find time to get together amid the ceremonies. French President Emmanuel Macron ...

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• 11 November

  California fires kill 23, cause epic damage

  

  Bloomberg Wildfires north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles have killed at least 23 people, caused record destruction and forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people, including in Malibu, the coastal enclave of the rich and famous. The fires have spread to more than 170,000 acres and threaten to destroy tens of thousands of structures, according to the ...

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• 11 November

  Ousted Lankan PM ready for polls as legal action planned

  Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s ousted PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is ready for polls after President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the island nation’s parliament and called for a snap general election. “We are prepared to go for an election, but this is illegal,” said Harsha De Silva, who was state minister of economic affairs under Wickremesinghe’s government. “There will be a massive backing of ...

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• 11 November

  Poland marks 100th Independence Day with nationalist march

  

  Bloomberg Poland is set to mark the centennial anniversary of regaining its sovereignty amid concerns that events on Sunday may be hijacked by far-right groups. PM Mateusz Morawiecki said this week that he expects as many 200,000 to gather in Warsaw and celebrate independence in an outpouring of patriotism. The government and nationalist groups will march together, in a test ...

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• 11 November

  Chinese envoy warns Bolton over Taiwan

  

  Bloomberg A top Chinese official gave National Security Adviser John Bolton a pointed warning on Taiwan, as the two sides began a round of high-level meetings to bolster relations strained by trade disputes. Yang Jiechi — a member of Communist Party’s 25-seat Politburo — told Bolton during a meeting at the White House that the status of the democratically run ...

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