October, 2018

• 21 October

  VP: UAE’s youth are a renewable fortune

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that the UAE’s youth are a renewable fortune, and that building the abilities and qualifying the Emirati leadership is the leaders’ chosen course in focusing on people as the foundation of preparing for the nation’s future. His ...

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• 21 October

  UAE, Bulgaria discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Sunday Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, and discussed with him ways of strengthening bilateral relations between both countries, in addition to a number of regional and international issues of common interest. ...

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• 21 October

  UAE cabinet approves new policy for senior citizens

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved the National Policy for Senior Emiratis to reflect the directions of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to cater for all segments of the UAE society and ensure ...

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• 21 October

  UAE, France keen to boost cooperation in field of renewable energy, smart cities

  

  Dubai / WAM A delegation led by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry participated in the second UAE-France Economic Forum in Paris, which highlighted strengthening economic ties between the UAE and France, and explored prospects of expanding bilateral cooperation in areas of smart cities, renewable energy and investment. The high-level forum was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce ...

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• 21 October

  ADFD-funded $10mn Mauritius project evaluated

  ABU DHABI / WAM A delegation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), visited Mauritius to assess the ADFD-funded $10 million solar PV kits project. Announced at the eighth session of the Irena Assembly, the project to provide 10,000 Solar PV kits to low income communities – one of the beneficiaries of the ...

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• 21 October

  Abu Dhabi Police warns of credit card balances’ theft

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Police has warned the public to be on alert for credit card theft using electronic devices attached to ATM machines. Brigadier General Omran Ahmed Al Mzarouei, Acting Director of Criminal Investigation Directorate in the Criminal Security Division, stressed that no reports of such thefts have been received, and said stealing from bank accounts could ...

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• 21 October

  Hodeidah governor hails UAE ‘projects’ in Yemen

  

  HODEIDAH / WAM Dr Al Hassan Ali Taher, Hodeidah Governor, praised the UAE’s development and infrastructure services being carried out in Yemen’s Red Sea Coast region, noting their economic and social impacts on Yemenis and confirming the humanitarian commitment of the UAE towards the Yemeni people. Taher said the Yemeni people appreciate the UAE’s humanitarian and development role in Yemen, ...

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• 21 October

  2,000 experts to attend UN world data forum in Dubai

  NEW YORK / DUBAI / WAM The United Nations World Data Forum 2018 is set to kick off on October 22 in Dubai, bringing together nearly 2,000 data leaders from more than 100 countries. The data experts from national statistical offices, the private sector, NGOs, academia and international and regional organisations will gather from October 22-24 to collaborate and tackle ...

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• 21 October

  84 percent of Southeast Asia power plants ‘incompatible’

  

  Bloomberg Almost 84 percent of Southeast Asia’s planned and existing fossil fuel power plants are incompatible with future scenarios that avoid catastrophic damage from climate change, according a new study from the University of Oxford. The report, which comes on the heels of a major United Nations-backed study of the impacts of global temperatures rising 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), ...

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• 21 October

  Warburg considering $3 billion Navitas sale

  

  Bloomberg Buyout firm Warburg Pincus is considering a $3 billion sale of natural gas producer Navitas Midstream Partners LLC, people with knowledge of the matter said. Navitas has hired investment bank Jefferies Financial Group Inc. to run an auction process, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The company, which is ...

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