February, 2018

• 17 February

  Mena’s US egg imports grow 73 percent

  Dubai / Emirates Business Middle Eastern consumers are showing a fast-growing appetite for eggs. According to thelatest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US egg imports to the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region grew 73 percent in USD value in 2017 over the imports in 2016. This represents a volume growth of 88 percent for US table ...

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• 17 February

  Brexit battle lines redrawn within Theresa May’s cabinet

  

  Bloomberg The battle within Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet over the shape of the Brexit trade deal they want to strike with the European Union is still raging—but the front line has moved. According to two senior UK officials, the warring sides of ardent Brexit campaigners and pro-Europeans within May’s team are now fighting over how the new rules that ...

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• 17 February

  S Korea’s Moon sees hard road to summit even after gestures

  

  Bloomberg Achieving a summit between the two Koreas will be difficult even after positive gestures made by the north during the Winter Olympic Games, according to South Korean President Moon Jae-in. During a visit on the eighth day of the Olympics, Moon reiterated his government’s goal to turn the games into an event promoting peace and told reporters that North ...

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• 17 February

  Brazil army takes control of Rio security

  

  Bloomberg Brazil’s President Michel Temer justified putting an Army general in charge of Rio de Janeiro’s security forces to contain a rising tide of violence by saying that the circumstances required extreme measures. In a televised address, Temer explained the decree he had signed earlier in the day which puts the state’s police forces under military control. The intervention, which ...

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• 17 February

  Philippines, China in talks for joint sea exploration

  Bloomberg The Philippines and China are in talks to jointly pursue oil and gas exploration in disputed waters of the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. “I can tell you we are pursuing it aggressively because we need it,” Cayetano told reporters. The Philippines will finalize within three months a legal framework that will allow for ...

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• 17 February

  Post Porter row, White House overhauls ‘clearance process’

  Bloomberg White House Chief of Staff John Kelly ordered an overhaul of the clearance process for staffers in the West Wing amid a storm of controversy after former staff secretary Rob Porter was allowed to remain in his job for months after the White House was told of allegations of domestic abuse. “We should—and in the future, must—do better,” Kelly ...

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• 17 February

  Mohammed attends HM King of Bahrain Endurance Cup

  

  Manama / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised the impressive development of endurance racing in Bahrain, thanks to the constant support and follow-up of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid made these remarks when he attended ...

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• 17 February

  Mohamed, US Senator discuss bilateral ties

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces on Saturday, received the visiting US Senator, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, at Al Bahr Palace. Sheikh Mohamed and the US Senator discussed cooperation and bilateral relations between the UAE and the US, and ways ...

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• 17 February

  UAE offers AED8mn aid to Angola

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), implemented the first phase of the relief, medical and logistics aid programme valued at AED 8 million, provided by the UAE to support the humanitarian situation in Angola. The gesture is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Vice President, Prime Minister ...

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• 17 February

  MAG Group donates AED3.3mn to support Sandooq Al Watan

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects for the post-oil era, has received AED 3.3 million in donations from the Moafaq Al Gaddah, MAG, Group, a Dubai-based multinational conglomerate. Moafaq Al Gaddah, Chairman of the group, commented, “MAG Group firmly believes that the private sector has a major ...

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