December, 2016

• 14 December

  Alphabet shifts self-driving cars into new unit Waymo

  

    Bloomberg Google parent company Alphabet Inc. is separating its self-driving car project into a new business called Waymo, seeking to sharpen its focus on changing the transportation industry. John Krafcik, chief executive officer of Waymo, announced the move on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The company has been developing autonomous vehicle technology for more than six years, ...

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• 13 December

  Mohamed bin Zayed offers condolences on death of Hamdan bin Rashid bin Hamdan Al Nahyan

  

    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 Tuesday offered his condolences to Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan Al Nahyan on the death of his son Sheikh Hamdan. HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler`s Representative in the ...

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• 13 December

  UAE will always be a melting point of creative individuals

  

    DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday met the key Arab social media influencers on the sidelines of the Arab Social Media Influencers Summit (ASMIS) being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. He was accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin ...

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• 13 December

  DAFZA signs pacts to boost innovative solutions

  

    DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage and presence of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), the authority on Tuesday signed multilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with several major entities under the Dubai Government. This is in line with the inauguration of the ‘Development of Governmental Services’ Innovation Ecosystem’ initiative which ...

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• 13 December

  Noor Bank wins ‘Islamic Retail Banking’ award

  

    DUBAI / WAM Noor Bank has been named as winner of the ‘Critics’ Choice Best Islamic Retail Banking Brand Award 2016,’ at the World Islamic Retail Banking Conference (WIRBC) Awards 2016, hosted by UK-based Cambridge Analytica. Chirodip Basu Roy, Head of Marketing Operations, Noor Bank, collected the award on behalf of the bank at an impressive gathering, which was ...

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• 13 December

  ZonesCorp joins Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance to help diversify economy

    ABU DHABI / WAM ZonesCorp joined the Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance at the SIAL ME exhibition , as part of ZonesCorp’s efforts to help improve food security and diversify the economy within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ZonesCorp is planning to support the alliance by encouraging local agriculture and livestock farming with a series of initiatives that will ...

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• 13 December

  Trump taps ExxonMobil chief Tillerson as secretary of state

  

    Washington / AFP US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson as his nominee to be secretary of state, despite concerns on both sides of the political aisle about the oilman’s deep ties to Russia. The nomination was the one most awaited by observers at home and abroad as the 70-year-old Republican billionaire builds his cabinet ...

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• 13 December

  Putin foe Alexei Navalny announces 2018 Kremlin bid

  

    Moscow / AFP Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday announced he would run for president in 2018 after a court victory allowed the outspoken Kremlin critic to be a candidate. In an email sent to supporters, the 40-year-old anti-corruption campaigner said: “Presidential polls will take place in our country in 2018 and I have decided to take part in ...

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• 13 December

  China warns Trump of ‘crushing his own toes’ on Taiwan row

  

    Beijing / AFP China offered its sternest rebuke yet to Donald Trump, saying anyone who challenges Beijing’s interests in Taiwan will “lift a rock only to crush his own toes”. “If he tries to sabotage the One China policy or harm China’s core interests, ultimately he will lift a rock only to crush his own toes,” Chinese foreign minister Wang ...

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• 13 December

  Beijing offers Philippines weapons for drug war

    Manila / AFP China is ready to give the Philippines weapons to help President Rodrigo Duterte wage his controversial war on drugs which has claimed over 5,000 lives, the Chinese ambassador to Manila said. Beijing has previously said it supports Duterte’s bloody crime war, which has been slammed by the United Nations and human rights watchdogs over alleged extrajudicial ...

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