July, 2017

• 9 July

  SEHA forms team to implement AI in Abu Dhabi hospitals

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) announced the formation of a specialised committee for artificial intelligence (AI), which will work to implement the technology and its applications in medical and operational development. Artificial intelligence is a branch of information technology that refers to the ability of machines to simulate the human mind and perform tasks in ...

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• 9 July

  EWF-WWF moves to sustainable city to cut greenhouse emissions

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF), announced the relocation of its offices to The Sustainable City (TSC), in Dubai. This latest development comes as part of EWS-WWF’s collaborative partnership with Diamond Developers, when the two joined forces last year in an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG), emissions and promote greater uptake of ...

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• 9 July

  Mosul liberated as IS faces total rout in Iraq

  

  Bloomberg Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul to declare it liberated from IS, three years after the city’s abrupt fall to the extremists alerted the world to the group’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity. Al-Abadi congratulated the Iraqi people and fighters on a “great victory” after the last pockets under IS control were retaken, according to a ...

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• 9 July

  GCC tourism, hospitality sector set to reach $36.7bn by 2020

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Despite the short-term challenges posed by global macroeconomic factors across the GCC, the region’s tourism and hospitality industry remains on an upward trajectory as govern- ments recognize the potential of the sector in enabling revenue diversification and job creation, and actively invest in its development. Set to be worth $36.7 billion by 2020 according to Euromonitor ...

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• 9 July

  ADX, DGCX agree on unified clearing system in UAE

  

  Dubai / WAM A steppingstone for a unified clearing house in the UAE has been laid by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), and Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) to accelerate growth and development of the UAE financial markets and raise the bar in terms of trading and clearing standards. This came through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ADX ...

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• 9 July

  Dubai’s Atlantis to get AED368mn revamp

  

  Dubai / WAM In line with Dubai Tourism’s vision of attracting 20 million visitors per year by 2020, Atlantis, The Palm, has announced a US$100 million refurbishment programme across Atlantis, The Palm, as well as an expansion with the brands second property, The Royal Atlantis Resort and Residencies also located on The Palm. Atlantis, The Palm shares impressive results during ...

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• 9 July

  DHA to launch 2nd phase of ‘Salama’ system

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has completed its preparations to launch the second phase of the unified electronic system ‘Salama’. The second phase, which will be launched in August, includes Dubai Hospital, Dubai Diabetes Centre, the Family Gathering Centre and all Primary Health Care Centres. The Salama project, which was launched under the patronage of HH Sheikh ...

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• 9 July

  Abu Dhabi QCC recalls 2,363 products after inspection campaign

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), has announced the voluntary recall of 2,363 products in 21 categories including toys, electrical appliances, cosmetics, cigarettes and tobacco products. The recall was an outcome of inspection campaigns on controlled products carried out in the first half of 2017 during which QCC inspectors examined a total of 36,291 ...

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• 9 July

  Trump’s trade trap

  

  Donald Trump’s foreign policy, such as it is, rests on a massive and apparently indestructible contradiction. Trump wants the United States to remain the ‘essential’ nation, the best embodiment of Western ideals of freedom and democracy, while at the same time deliberately alienating many of our traditional ‘allies,’ whose support the United States desperately needs. American leadership becomes difficult, if ...

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• 9 July

  Brazil needs to look beyond corruption scandals

  

  It’s hard to catch a breath in Brazil. Just the other day President Michel Temer dodged a brick, surviving potentially job-ending charges in electoral court that he’d won his mandate with dirty campaign money. Political bulls promptly declared Temer a survivor who would not only salvage vital political and economic reforms but also tough out his beleaguered presidency. But in ...

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