January, 2017

• 2 January

  RTA wins Green Organisation award in energy management in Korea

    Dubai / WAM The Green Organisation named the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) a winner of the Green World Award 2016 – one of the most prestigious awards in energy management in public and private sectors, given by The Green Organisation. The RTA competed in the Best Energy Management Practices category and received the award in an event recently held ...

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• 2 January

  Trump presidency puts California lawmakers in defense mode

  

    SACRAMENTO / AP As California lawmakers return to Sacramento on Wednesday, liberal dreams of expanding safety-net benefits and providing health coverage to immigrants are giving way to a new vision revolving around a feverish push to protect gains racked up in the past. After years of pushing forward a progressive agenda, legislative Democrats will be pushing back against conservative ...

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• 2 January

  Son of Equatorial Guinea’s president on trial in France

    PARIS / AFP The son of Equatorial Guinea’s president is going on trial in France accused of buying real estate, sports cars and other luxury goods with public funds from his country. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who is also Equatorial Guinea’s second vice president, faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement ...

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• 2 January

  Tunisian charged with murder of Pole; event sparks riots

    WARSAW / AP Polish authorities have charged a Tunisian citizen with murder in the stabbing death of a Polish man on New Year’s Eve, a case that sparked violent protests over the weekend. The trouble began on Saturday evening when the 21-year-old Pole, identified only as Daniel, got into a quarrel with the employees of a kebab restaurant in ...

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• 2 January

  Myanmar gov’t admits video shows police beating villagers

  

    YANGON / AFP Myanmar’s government has vowed to take action against police officers shown beating villagers in a video that has circulated on the internet. A front-page story on Monday in the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper about the November 5 incident was a rare official acknowledgment of abuses taking place in the western state of Rakhine. ...

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• 2 January

  Suicide car bomber outside Mogadishu airport kills 3

  

    YANGON / AP A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint near Mogadishu’s international airport on Monday, killing at least three people, a Somali police officer said. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the bomb detonated as security forces were searching cars at the checkpoint, a few hundred meters (yards) from the main base of the African Union peacekeeping ...

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• 2 January

  Cologne police get support for New Year’s focus on ‘Nafris’

    BERLIN / AP German politicians voiced strong support on Monday for a police crackdown on potential troublemakers during New Year’s celebrations in the city of Cologne, despite concern that officers may have engaged in racial profiling. Police stopped hundreds of North African men heading into downtown Cologne on Saturday to prevent a repeat of the robberies and sexual assaults ...

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• 2 January

  Man detained in Germany on suspicion of financing terror

    BERLIN / AP Authorities say a man has been detained in western Germany on suspicion of financing terrorism. Police and prosecutors in Saarland state, on the French border, wouldn’t give details before a news conference planned later Monday. They said that the 38-year-old man from Saarbruecken was detained on Saturday, news agency dpa reported.

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• 2 January

  Carrefour to open largest distribution hub in Dubai

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa, on Monday announced that it will open a new distribution centre at the National Industries Park (NIP) in Dubai. The centre, once operational, will be the largest and most advanced distribution hub of its kind for Carrefour ...

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• 2 January

  Sears CEO to keep retailer afloat

  

    Bloomberg Sears Holdings Corp. Chief Executive Officer Eddie Lampert is opening his wallet once again to help keep the struggling retailer in business, a move that could help placate vendors after an uncertain holiday season. Lampert, a hedge fund manager and Sears’s biggest investor, will offer a $200 million letter of credit to the department-store chain through affiliates of ...

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