April, 2018

• 4 April

  Sharjah, UAQ, RAK Rulers accept condolences on death of Sheikh Ahmed Al Qasimi

  Sharjah / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, HH Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, and HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, this morning accepted condolences on the death of Sheikh Ahmed ...

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• 4 April

  Emirates NBD receives four awards at The Asian Banker

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates NBD has won four awards at The Asian Banker’s for international excellence in retail financial services, which was held in Malaysia. Emirates NBD won the ‘Best Retail Bank in the Middle East’ and ‘Best Retail Bank in the UAE’ awards, while Liv., Emirates NBD’s digital lifestyle bank for millennials was recognised as the ‘Best Digital ...

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• 4 April

  Children to get more protection against violence, abuse in UAE

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), agreed to focus more on providing children with protection against maltreatment, violence and abuse. In their consultative meeting, held on Wednesday at the Headquarters of the UAE General Women’s Union (GWU), the two parts reviewed the UNICEF Country Programmes of ...

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• 4 April

  AMF discusses media coverage of Jerusalem

  Dubai / WAM On the second day of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) proceedings, a session entitled ‘Jerusalem at the Heart of Media’ was held, where Arab media representatives discussed the situation in Jerusalem, especially after the recent US decision to consider the city as the capital of Israel and its implications on the peace process. The session, moderated by journalist ...

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• 4 April

  Google to train 4,000 journalists in MENA

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The newly launched Google News Initiative together with Google News Lab will offer free training to 4,000 journalists in the Middle East and North Africa region to help journalists advance their editorial, research, writing, fact-checking and editing skills, over the next 12 months, a senior Google official told delegates at the Arab Media Forum. “We have ...

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• 4 April

  Abu Dhabi to host world’s largest cultural summit on Apr 8

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Seeking to forge cultural solutions for today’s global challenges, delegates from more than 80 countries will attend CultureSummit 2018 in Abu Dhabi on April 8, making it the largest global gathering of top government officials, philanthropists, arts administrators, business leaders, technologists and artists in the world. The summit’s action-driven programme of expert panels, discussions and workshops ...

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• 4 April

  Pentagon to respond on cloud contract seen favouring Amazon

  

  Bloomberg The Pentagon says it’s received 1,089 comments—including submissions from 46 companies—on its plans for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract in a sign of the intense interest and sharp debate over a winner-take-all award that competitors say will favour Amazon.com Inc. Industry comments and questions, but not the names of the companies making them, will be posted along with the ...

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• 4 April

  China tariffs impact Tesla

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc. needs to brace for another setback after China included electric cars among American products that it’s targeting with additional tariffs in its counter-punch to the US. While other autos imported from the US were also on the list, including most types of SUVs, Tesla is at a particular risk because it relies on American-made vehicles for all ...

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• 4 April

  PSA CEO brushes aside Brexit with Vauxhall expansion in UK

  

  Bloomberg PSA Group Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares played down concerns about Brexit as he unveiled a plan by the French carmaker to invest in a factory near London in a bid to revive the Vauxhall brand it acquired last year. “We are hearing many remarks from the UK government that make us think that they are negotiating with the ...

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• 4 April

  Steinhoff halves value of property unit in review

  Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings said a European real-estate portfolio may be worth about half previous estimates, as the embattled global retailer reviews the value of its assets following an accounting scandal. Hemisphere International Properties BV has been valued at about 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in a review by CBRE Group Inc., Steinhoff said in a statement. That compared with ...

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