November, 2016

• 19 November

  Cloudera expands big data management services to Mideast

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business Cloudera, the global provider of the fastest, easiest, and most secure data management and analytics platform built on Apache Hadoop and the latest open source technologies, announced its formal entry to the Middle Eastern market. The data management technology provider made the announcement at its very first Cloudera Sessions in Dubai – held at Sofitel ...

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• 19 November

  Street Art to reimagine city destinations for Abu Dhabi

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business An extraordinary programme of street art is capturing the imagination of the community in Abu Dhabi for the 8th edition of Abu Dhabi Art. Curated by Fabrice Bousteau, this tailored programme features the live creation of artistic masterpieces on shipping containers across four locations throughout the city. Street Art’s local and international talents will ...

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• 19 November

  HullWiper gets pat for enriching Dubai’s culture of innovation

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) recognised GAC EnvironHull’s pioneering hull-cleaning technology for its “exemplary role” in enriching the Emirate’s maritime sector’s culture of innovation and excellence. The diver- and brush-free HullWiper Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has been recognised in the inaugural Dubai Maritime Innovation Awards presented by HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

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• 19 November

  Hospitals hit, schools closed as Syria regime pounds Aleppo

  

  Aleppo / AFP Intense government air strikes and artillery fire on Saturday shook the rebel-held side of Aleppo city, where multiple hospitals have been hit and schools forced to close. The ferocious bombardment saw rockets, mortar shells and barrel bombs pound residential neighbourhoods, shaking buildings and terrifying residents, an AFP correspondent in east Aleppo said. “People went to sleep to the ...

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• 19 November

  48-hour Yemen ceasefire begins

    Sanaa / AFP A 48-hour ceasefire announced by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen began on Saturday, after the beleaguered government finally agreed to a US peace push. The government, which has deep reservations about a UN peace blueprint it believes undermines its authority, had previously rejected a ceasefire plan announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry ...

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• 19 November

  Fresh protest urges defiant South Korea president to resign

  

    Seoul / AFP Tens of thousands of protestors rallied in Seoul on Saturday, for the fourth in a weekly series of mass protests urging President Park Geun-hye to resign over a corruption scandal. The demonstrations—among the largest seen in South Korea since the pro-democracy protests of the 1980s—have provided a stark challenge to Park’s authority, but the president has defied ...

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• 19 November

  Malaysia’s Mahathir joins calls to oust ‘thief’ PM

  

    Kuala Lumpur / AFP Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad called for a sustained push to topple scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak as thousands rallied on Saturday to demand the premier’s resignation over the 1MDB corruption saga. Malaysians clad in the yellow of the reformist Bersih campaign flooded Kuala Lumpur for the second time in 15 months to vent anger over ...

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• 19 November

  Austria conservatives urge vote against far-right’s Hofer

    Vienna / AFP Several top Austrian conservatives on Saturday urged voters to shun far-right candidate Norbert Hoffer in next month’s presidential election, highlighting fears he could take the country out of the EU. In a manifesto published on Saturday, senior conservatives including former EU agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler and ex-vice chancellor Wilhelm Molterer, both from the People’s Party (OeVP), ...

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• 19 November

  Donald Trump looms large over future of climate action

  

    Marrakesh / AFP From across the Atlantic, Donald Trump eclipsed a UN conference which fought valiantly in Marrakesh to preserve momentum on curtailing climate change amid fears the mogul will fragment the global effort and starve it of cash. World leaders, CEOs, negotiators and activists at the two-week meeting, which closed on Friday, were clearly unsettled by the pending ...

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• 19 November

  Senior Tories urge PM May to drop Brexit appeal

    London / AFP Three prominent members of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Saturday urged her to drop the government’s appeal against a court ruling that parliament must approve the process to trigger Brexit. Oliver Letwin, former head of the government’s Brexit preparations, former law officer Edward Garnier and former attorney general Dominic Grieve all warned that ...

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