March, 2018

• 27 March

  Emirates to start second daily flight to Prague from July 1

  

  PRAGUE / Emirates Business Emirates on Tuesday announced it will add a second daily flight between Dubai and Prague, after steadily growing passenger numbers on the route during the eight years since launch of operations in July 2010. The new Emirates flight will commence from July 1 to meet the increasing demand for both inbound and outbound travel. The second ...

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• 27 March

  Etihad launches Dreamliner on Geneva route

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has launched its flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the Abu Dhabi – Geneva route on March 25, beginning with the summer schedule. Geneva is the second Swiss destination after Zurich served by Etihad Airways’ next generation aircraft which is fast becoming the backbone of the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s long-haul fleet. The three-class aircraft, featuring ...

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• 27 March

  NMC meet explores prospects of developing local media content

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The National Media Council (NMC’s), Board of Directors has underlined the importance of developing local media content production to achieve the National Agenda 2021 and the UAE Centennial 2071 Plan, at its meeting, chaired by Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Al Jaber, Minister of State and NMC Chairman. Present at the meeting were Noura bint Mohammed Al ...

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• 27 March

  Image Nation forms strategic partnership with Futurism

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Futurism, a web science and technology publication, on Tuesday formed a wide-reaching content partnership. Through the new partnership, Image Nation and Futurism will develop and produce feature films and documentaries, along with scripted and unscripted television series. The companies will also collaborate across existing platforms to market and distribute content. This ...

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• 27 March

  SGH Dubai performs intestinal surgery on one-day-old infant

  Dubai / Emirates Business The pediatric surgery team in Saudi German Hospital Dubai (SGH Dubai) succeeded in saving an infant’s life suffering from a life-threatening gastric and intestinal dilatation. The medical team that consisted from neonatal intensive care doctors and pediatric surgery doctors did an urgent exploratory operation that ended up successfully. According to Dr. Kamalish Bal, Pediatric Surgery Specialist, ...

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• 27 March

  Trump’s expulsions stun Putin in favour of snubbed Europe allies

  

  Bloomberg The US president often accused of cozying up to the Kremlin suddenly looks closer than ever to the European allies he’s sometimes snubbed. Donald Trump expelled 60 Russian diplomats considered spies from the US, the most since 1986, demonstrating united resolve with Europe after the UK blamed Vladimir Putin’s government for a March 4 nerve-agent attack on a former ...

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• 27 March

  Trump fundraiser sues Qatar over hacked emails

  Reuters Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser, sued Qatar, accusing the Gulf state of pilfering and leaking emails in retribution for his attempts to influence the Trump administration in favour of regional rivals of Qatar. In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Los Angeles, Broidy accused Qatar and its agents of hacking into his and his wife’s email ...

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• 27 March

  Putin vows full probe on deadly Russian mall blaze

  

  Bloomberg Vladimir Putin told relatives of the scores killed in a shopping-mall fire in Siberia that those guilty for one of the deadliest blazes in recent Russian history would be brought to justice, seeking to defuse a rising wave of public anger over the loss of life. The Russian president flew to the city of Kemerovo early on Tuesday morning, ...

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• 27 March

  Kim makes surprise China visit

  Bloomberg Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said. Further details of his trip, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not immediately available. Speculation about a possible visit by a high-ranking North ...

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• 27 March

  Thousands more leave enclave in Ghouta

  

  BEIRUT / Reuters Some 7,000 people departed eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday under a deal arranged by Russia to surrender the enclave to the Syrian government, Russian state media and a war monitor said. Rebels have been gradually leaving Ghouta, accepting safe passage for themselves and their families to Idlib in northwestern Syria ...

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