September, 2018

• 3 September

  Stocks mixed on global-trade fears; pound drops on Brexit

  

  Bloomberg Stocks were steady in Europe on Monday while US futures climbed and emerging market shares dropped as investors assessed the complex outlook for international trade. The pound fell as the UK’s flagship Brexit proposal came under attack. Gains in energy shares were offset by declines in automakers and construction firms in thin trading on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, ...

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• 3 September

  Stock rally faces hurdles in India

  

  Bloomberg Another thousand-point milestone is within reach for India’s benchmark equity index. Following the drubbing earlier this year, the S&P BSE Sensex is nearing the 39,000 level, the gauge’s third round-number mark since surpassing its life-time peak two months ago — a rally that’s helped the gauge cement the tag of Asia’s best performer this year. While there’s optimism that ...

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• 3 September

  UAE announces names of its first astronauts to go to space

  ABU DHABI / WAM In a new Arab achievement, the UAE has announced the selection of the first two Emirati astronauts, Hazza Ali Abdan Al Mansouri and Sultan Saif Hamad Al Neyadi, in cooperation with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, among the 4,000 young men and women who have been tested for the UAE Astronaut ...

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• 3 September

  ‘UAE’s achievements reach space sector’

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE’s ongoing achievements that are taking place have succeeded in transforming ideas into reality, with the support of the wise leadership, who on Monday declared a new Arab achievement related to space, by announcing the names of the first two Emirati astronauts who will travel to the International Space Station. This achievement highlights the UAE’s ...

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• 3 September

  ‘New era of building and developing space sector begins’

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Space Agency, said that the declaration of the two astronauts who will travel to space under the UAE flag has placed the country in a more competitive and proud ...

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• 3 September

  UAE central bank reviews Q2 report

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Board of Directors of the UAE Central Bank held its seventh meeting for 2018 on Sunday, under the chairmanship of Khalifa Al Kindi, Chairman of the Board. During the meeting, which was held at the Central Bank’s premises, the board reviewed a memo regarding the Macro Prudential Policy stance report – Q2 2018, and instructed ...

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• 3 September

  RAK airport enhances its operations as travel booms

  RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM Ras Al Khaimah International Airport officially inaugurated its new-look Duty Free shopping area, following extensive renovations. Senior officials from the Ras al-Khaimah government, RAK International Airport management, and Ras al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), presided over the ribbon cutting ceremony and unveiled the remodelled stores. The Duty-Free retail space in Departures and Arrivals terminals were upgraded ...

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• 3 September

  ‘Global energy forum’ returns to Abu Dhabi in 2019

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The third annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi on January 12-13, 2019, again kicking off Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Week. The two-day event gathers international and regional political, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and examine the longer-term geopolitical and geo-economic implications of the ...

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• 3 September

  Democratic power struggle puts heat on older white incumbents

  

  Bloomberg He’s a white, 10-term incumbent in a majority-minority district. She’s two decades younger and wants to be the state’s first black woman elected to Congress. The Democrats vying in a Tuesday primary for a Boston area US House seat—incumbent Mike Capuano, 66, and Boston City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley, 44—highlight a choice the party has been confronting around the country: ...

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• 3 September

  Myanmar sentences Reuters journalists to seven years in jail

  Bloomberg A Myanmar judge sentenced Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years in prison on Monday after they were found guilty of breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act. The two reporters were arrested on December 12 after police accused them of violating the 1923 law by acquiring “important secret papers” from two policemen. They both pleaded ...

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