September, 2016

• 3 September

  African-Americans cast cynical eye on Trump

  

  Detroit /AFP Donald Trump visits Detroit on Saturday insisting he is the change agent that America’s blackest big city needs in the White House, but residents have a message for the Republican presidential nominee: Not buying it. Many here acknowledge that Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, has fallen short in improving conditions in blighted communities. But in interviews ...

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• 3 September

  Malaysia reports 1st locally transmitted Zika case

    Kuala Lumpur / AFP Malaysia reported its first locally transmitted case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus on Saturday, news likely to add to fears of a full-blown outbreak in the tropical nation. The patient was a 61-year-old male resident of the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, the Ministry of Health said. It said local transmission was highly likely because ...

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• 3 September

  May’s Brexit red lines prompt ‘warning’

  

    Bloomberg The European Commission fired a warning shot across Theresa May’s bow after her government decided to seek a tailor-made Brexit deal on its own terms, saying that the U.K. could not pick and choose the conditions it preferred. The British premier earlier this week set out the first of her red lines for Brexit negotiations, saying she wanted ...

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• 3 September

  USA bans key antibacterial soap chemicals over health risks

  

    Bloomberg The US Food and Drug Administration has banned several key chemicals in antibacterial hand soap, warning of health risks and saying they were not more effective than the ordinary soap. The FDA move took aim at 19 ingredients including the two most common, triclosan and triclocarban, which are widely included in liquid and bar antibacterial soaps despite fears ...

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• 3 September

  Economic issues priority over security for French

    Bloomberg A majority of French say that economic and social issues should be the top priority for candidates in next year’s presidential election, an Elabe poll showed. About 64 percent of voters say the economy and social matters are more important than questions about the French identity and security in the presidential campaign, according to a poll of 1,002 ...

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• 3 September

  Germany requests EU mediation in Fiat dispute

    Bloomberg The European Commission said Germany requested that it mediate a dispute with Italy over whether Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s vehicles breached emissions rules. “We will now assist the German and Italian authorities to the extent possible with a view to facilitating a common understanding of the car manufacturer’s compliance, or lack thereof,” commission spokeswoman Lucia Caudet said by ...

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• 3 September

  Real estate most preferred investment in region

  

    Emirates Business A survey of home buyers and investors across the GCC and Egypt has shown that real estate is the number one preferred investment, underlining the buoyancy of the regional property market. The Real Estate Barometer study, conducted by global market research company YouGov in partnership with Cityscape Global, revealed that more than half of respondents (54%) would ...

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• 3 September

  Bloom Properties forays into mid-market housing

    Emirates Business Bloom Properties, a Bloom Holding business specializing in the development of integrated and sustainable communities, has announced a mixed-use project in Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) in Dubai, marking the Abu Dhabi-based master developer’s foray into mid-market housing in the Emirate. Located in the heart of new Dubai, Jumeirah Villa Circle is a family-friendly development designed to provide ...

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• 3 September

  Economic growth, tourism fuel UAE audio-visual market

  

    Emirates Business Economic growth, rising tourism, and the completion of several mega projects, are the key drivers of the UAE’s professional AV (audio visual) market, with demand for related equipment and services estimated to grow by nearly eight per cent over the next two years, new research has revealed. According to a report by Euromonitor International (EMI), the UAE’s ...

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• 3 September

  Iraq, Kurdistan export Kirkuk oil again

  

    Reuters Iraqi state oil firm SOMO and Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have begun jointly exporting crude from the giant Kirkuk oilfield again after cutting a preliminary deal on revenue-sharing, trading sources said on Thursday. The development signals a breakthrough in relations between Baghdad and Erbil, which have been disputing how to share oil and budget revenues for several ...

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