October, 2017

• 10 October

  RTA displays benefts of ‘Avaya’ service at GITEX

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is helping to empower the ‘People of Determination’ by offering customer services tailored for people with disabilities. The video chat and call service, based solutions from Avaya, is being previewed at GITEX Technology Week and demonstrates the RTA’s support for the UAE’s ‘determined ones’ policy. Launched this year by ...

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• 10 October

  DJI to highlight technological achievements

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI) is participating in the 37th edition of GITEX Technology Week 2017. Reflecting its own vision to be the regional centre for legal and judicial excellence, DJI is participating within the Smart Dubai Government platform – the technical arm of Smart Dubai – which aims to transform Dubai into the smartest and happiest ...

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• 10 October

  US should remove envoy if he made visa move: Erdogan

  

  Bloomberg Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the US should immediately withdraw its ambassador if he failed to consult with his superiors over a decision to suspend visa services, saying he doesn’t regard the envoy as an American representative and won’t accept his farewell visit. “I find the lack of consultation by senior US authorities with our foreign minister awkward,” ...

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• 10 October

  Trump floats IQ test contest with Tillerson after ‘moron’ report

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump defended his intelligence after reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called him a “moron.’’ “I think it’s fake news, but if he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests,” Trump said in an interview with Forbes Magazine published on Tuesday. “And I can tell you who is going to win.” The president’s ...

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• 10 October

  EU blames Britain for slow pace of Brexit talks

  

  Bloomberg The European Commission said it’s the UK’s fault that Brexit negotiators are taking a break in the middle of the current round of talks. “The timing of talks depends on the availability of our UK partners and I think that explains where we stand, in terms of presence, who speaks to whom and how these negotiations advance,” European Commission ...

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• 10 October

  Catalan moment of truth nears as Spain weighs police response

  

  Bloomberg The Catalan government’s determination to break from Spain faces its moment of truth, with the region’s president, Carles Puigdemont, risking immediate arrest if he goes too far down the path of independence. Puigdemont is due to address the Catalan parliament at 6 pm in Barcelona on the outcome of an October 1 referendum ruled illegal by the Constitutional Court. ...

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• 10 October

  Kenya oppn withdraws from election

  

  Bloomberg Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga withdrew from a rerun of the country’s annulled presidential election, pushing the East African nation towards a constitutional crisis. Odinga, the leader of the National Super Alliance, said he’s pulling out of the race because the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission refuses to discuss proposed changes to its personnel and procedures to ensure ...

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• 10 October

  Liberians vote for new president as Johnson Sirleaf steps down

  

  Bloomberg Liberians vote on Tuesday to choose a new legislature as well as a president to replace Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from among 20 candidates who include a retired soccer star, a former warlord and a wealthy chicken farmer. Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president who’s governed the impoverished nation for 12 years, has thrown her ...

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• 10 October

  Saudi Arabia to make deepest cut to crude supply despite strong demand

  

  Bloomberg Saudi Aramco plans to make “the deepest customer allocation cuts in its history” in oil supplies in November to help reduce global inventories and balance the market. State-run Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Aramco, will make an “unprecedented” cut of 560,000 barrels a day in its allocations to customers next month, the Saudi energy ministry said in a ...

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• 10 October

  Oil trades near $50 before US data

  

  Bloomberg Oil traded near $50 a barrel in New York before data forecast to show a third weekly drop in US crude inventories, while Saudi Arabia said it will sell customers considerably less crude than they’re asking for. Futures rose 0.8 percent after advancing 0.6 percent, rebounding from a weekly loss. Crude stockpiles probably slid by 750,000 barrels last week, ...

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