August, 2018

• 4 August

  250,000 Yemenis benefit from ERC aid in Hodeidah

  HODEIDAH / WAM Over 250,000 Yemenis, mostly women and children, have benefited from aid packages distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) during the past 40 days, in response to the immediate humanitarian needs of the citizens in 39 districts in the liberated areas of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast. The aid included 40,300 food baskets, which were distributed as part ...

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• 4 August

  Ebtikar achieves GSMA security accreditation

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Ebtikar Card Systems, an Etisalat Group subsidiary, announced that its advanced production center in Ajman renewed Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS) certification from the global organization ‘Global System for Mobile Communications’ (GSMA). GSMA SAS qualification is the highest standard of safety and data protection in smart card industry. Currently, there are 30 SAS certified companies worldwide. ...

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• 4 August

  UAE, Nigeria discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations

  ABUJA / WAM Ways of advancing relations between the UAE and Nigeria and issues of mutual concern, with special emphasis on the judicial domain, were discussed at a meeting between UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Fahd Obaid Mohammad Al Tafaq, and Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The Nigerian minister hailed the growing relations between the ...

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• 4 August

  UN data forum to showcase UAE as a global hub in sustainable development

  Dubai / Emirates Business The SDGs and the upcoming UN World Data Forum were discussed in a meeting between DSG Amina Mohammed and Abdulla Lootah, DG of FCSA at the UN HQ in New York. In particular, how advanced technologies and data can be utilised to serve nations as they strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Lootah discussed ...

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• 4 August

  Khalifa Fund invites entries for Pitch@Palace contest

  ABU DHABI / WAM In line with its mission of encouraging innovation among the youth and promoting SMEs, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has invited creative entrepreneurs to participate in the second edition of ‘Pitch@PalaceUAE’ and the first edition of ‘Pitch@PalaceGCC, a competition being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of ...

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• 4 August

  Pompeo warns Russia, China on flouting N Korea sanctions

  

  Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo warned against easing up on sanctions until North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons, drawing a rebuke from the regime that underscored how far apart the two sides remain almost two months after their leaders met in Singapore. Back in Singapore for a regional security forum, Pompeo on Saturday called out Russia and ...

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• 4 August

  Russian agent in US seeks dismissal of indictment

  Bloomberg Accused Russian operative Maria Butina asked a judge to dismiss a US indictment charging her with acting as an unregistered agent of the country and appealed an order denying her release from custody. Butina has been held since her arrest July 15 after prosecutors said she had ties to Russia’s intelligence services and oligarchs who could offer her safe ...

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• 4 August

  Kushners give up control of ‘tower’ to save themselves

  Bloomberg The Kushners have found their out—and it comes at a price. The family firm of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner will be relieved of the biggest drag on its real estate empire, will no longer face a $1.2 billion debt payment due in months, will be rid of having to overhaul an aging property. But in return, they’ve given up ...

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• 4 August

  Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s presidency after deadly protests

  

  Bloomberg Emmerson Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe’s presidential election, a victory overshadowed by deadly protests, opposition allegations of rigging and threats of legal action, and criticism by observers that the contest was flawed. The controversy surrounding the vote may undermine efforts to reunify the southern African nation and rebuild an economy battered by almost two decades of misrule under Robert Mugabe, who ...

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• 4 August

  Judge: US must name czar to reunify children

  

  Bloomberg The federal judge presiding over the reunification of immigrant children separated from their parents at the US border ordered the government to figure out how to reunite the more than 500 children still in custody after calling the government’s efforts “unacceptable.” The government must “identify an individual or a team” to create and implement a procedure for those kids ...

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