August, 2018

• 27 August

  Emirati women have become pioneers in strategic sectors

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirati women have overcome many traditional obstacles that obstructed their progress in many countries, enabling them to rise to the stage of complete social partnership and equal representation, as well as to become pioneers in many strategic sectors. Coinciding with the country’s celebration of Emirati Women’s Day that will be held this year under the theme, ...

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• 27 August

  Emirates offers special fares for inaugural Edinburgh flight

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business To celebrate the inaugural flight to Edinburgh on October 1, Emirates is offering passengers attractive fares to the Scottish capital. Travellers in the UAE can book special fares on all Economy and Business Class travel from Monday until September 10 for travel between October 1 and May 31, 2019. Economy Class passengers can enjoy fares starting ...

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• 27 August

  Sheikha Fatima: Women will remain foundation of building community

  ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), has congratulated all Emirati women on the occasion of the “Emirati Women’s Day”, which will be held this year under the theme, “Women on the Course ...

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• 27 August

  Women empowerment in UAE began with establishment of union

  ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, has said that the women empowerment in the UAE began with the establishment of the union, with unlimited support from the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was a strong supporter of women. On the occasion of Emirati Women’s Day, marked on ...

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• 27 August

  Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre records 3mn cases

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre has handled more than 900,000 calls this year, and its employees have successfully completed more than three million procedures that involve managing cases in the system, achieving 88 percent of customer satisfaction. The Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre, Abu Dhabi Government’s first integrated communication platform for its customers, has also achieved ...

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• 27 August

  Merkel calls for assertive Europe as Trump upends global order

  

  Bloomberg Angela Merkel marked her return to the political front line with a call for Europe to assert its interests more forcefully as President Donald Trump punches holes in the world order. In her first television interview after the summer break, the German chancellor said Europe needs to take on more global responsibility, including on defense. As Trump attacks Germany’s ...

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• 27 August

  Choice for McCain’s successor lays bare struggle within GOP

  

  Bloomberg The selection of John McCain’s replacement in the Senate sets up a potentially defining struggle between competing factions within the Republican party—the old guard represented by the late Arizona senator, and the iconoclastic wing led by President Donald Trump. The state’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, won’t make an announcement about the seat until McCain is laid to rest next ...

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• 27 August

  India, Pakistan plan talks to resolve water disputes

  

  Bloomberg India and Pakistan will discuss the resolution of a dispute over sharing river waters this week, officials said, setting off the first official negotiations between South Asia’s nuclear-armed rivals since newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan took charge. Both sides will discuss the issue over two days starting from August 29 in Lahore, Indian and Pakistani officials said, asking not ...

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• 27 August

  Raising retirement age is souring Russians on Putin

  

  Bloomberg Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 helped boost Vladimir Putin’s approval rating to stratospheric levels. Since then, he’s fuelled an ongoing conflict in Ukraine, interfered with America’s elections and ordered strikes on behalf of the Assad regime in Syria. Through all of these foreign adventures, 87 percent of Russians continued to support him. But those days may be coming ...

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• 27 August

  Facebook bans Myanmar’s military chief for hate speech

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc. has removed accounts and pages linked to Myanmar’s top military officials as a new United Nations report accused the country’s armed forces of committing war crimes against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. On Monday, Facebook removed 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook pages that were followed by nearly 12 million people, the company said ...

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