February, 2018

• 18 February

  Careem plans foray into food delivery

  DUBAI / Reuters Careem said on Sunday it had acquired RoundMenu and would start trialing food delivery services through the restaurant listing and reservation online platform this month. The Dubai-based ride hailing firm acquired the website and app for an undisclosed sum. “Careem will begin testing a delivery capability for RoundMenu customers on a small scale later this month,” it ...

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• 18 February

  UAE to track fall of Chinese space debris

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Space Agency and the International Astronomical Centre (IAC) announced a joint campaign to monitor China’s Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory as it falls back to Earth. The fall is expected to take place in mid-March in areas between 43 degrees north and south latitude, which include most of the Arab region. The UAE Space Agency confirmed ...

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• 18 February

  OSN-Netflix partnership deal to offer unique content

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business OSN, the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading entertainment network, has signed the first partnership deal in the region with Netflix — the world’s leading internet entertainment service — marking a bold first step for industry collaboration and integration. The partnership comes amid a shifting global media landscape that sees demand for relevant and exclusive ...

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• 18 February

  Experts to discuss sustainability in business sector

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will host the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum on February 21 and 22. Organised by the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG) forum attendees will discuss the theme, “Taking Nature into Account,” with the participation of 200 executive directors, sustainability experts and decision-makers from various institutions in the UAE and the region. The forum will discuss ...

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• 18 February

  US, Russia tension flares over N-arms control now at risk

  

  Bloomberg As tensions escalate between Russia and the US, the nuclear-armed former Cold War rivals are risking the future of decades-old arms control agreements that have helped to keep a strategic balance and prevent the risk of accidental war. The conflict played out at a global security conference in Germany where Russia aired grievances about the US and the Trump ...

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• 18 February

  Trump rebukes aide for not defending poll result

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump rebuked his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, saying in a tweet that his aide had neglected to defend his 2016 victory when discussing US claims that Russia meddled in the election. “General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion ...

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• 18 February

  Trump: FBI miss on Florida school killer is not acceptable

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump has criticized the FBI after the agency disclosed that it failed to follow up on a detailed warning about the 19-year-old gunman who is charged with killing 17 people and wounding a dozen others at a Florida high school on Wednesday. “Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the ...

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• 18 February

  McMaster :Investors ‘cutting a check’ to Iranian guards

  

  Bloomberg Investing in Iran is like “cutting a check” to the country’s Revolutionary Guards, a group labeled as a terrorist organization by the US, according to President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Speaking at a security conference on Saturday, National Security Adviser H.R McMaster also took aim at the North Korean regime and said now is the time to cut ...

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• 18 February

  May wants total alignment with EU data rules

  

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May proposed keeping Britain in total alignment with the European Union’s data-sharing rules after Brexit, something that would allow both intelligence agencies and business to continue to share information across borders. The UK regards the EU’s data rules, which are crucial to both companies and security agencies, as one of its successes within the bloc ...

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• 18 February

  Australian PM vows he can work with deputy after rift

  Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared he can “absolutely” continue working with his deputy after the pair met in a bid to avoid fracturing the coalition government amid the fallout from Barnaby Joyce’s extramarital affair with a former staffer. “It’s always very important to meet, to work through the various challenges and issues that we face, but the important ...

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