June, 2016

• 25 June

  Ramadan Night Market opens its doors to public

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s largest night souq, Ramadan Night Market, opened its doors to public among much anticipation and excitement. The 10-day event, will be held untill July 2, at Za’abeel Hall 5, Dubai World Trade Centre, was inaugurated by HE Sami Al Qamzi, Director General of Dubai Department of the Economic Development, in the presence of organisers ...

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• 25 June

  UAE attends AIIB meeting in China

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE participated in the first annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the newly formed infrastructure development body, which was held from June 25 – 26 in Beijing, China. The Beijing meeting, attended by representatives of 57 member states, looked at measures to accelerate infrastructure development across Asia ...

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• 25 June

  DCA offers iftar in Spain to underprivileged children

  

    Dubai / WAM The Dubai Charity Association (DCA), under the supervision of the UAE Consulate-General in Lisbon, implemented an iftar project for the underprivileged and Muslims with Special Needs in Catalonia region on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The project is the largest of its kind in Catalonia. The UAE Consulate-General in Barcelona has distributed 62 tonnes ...

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• 25 June

  Dubai to host 18th edition of WETEX from October 4-6

  

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is ready to launch the 18th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016) from October 4-6 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. DEWA organises WETEX under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and under ...

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• 25 June

  Battling the bins

  

    Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Introducing novel and state-of-the-art technologies in waste management, UAE aims to lead the way in eco-friendliness. The Emirates has been focusing profoundly on the elements and techniques of recycling over the past few years. Development of the recycling industry as well as promoting new and innovative ways to collect and process all types of ...

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• 25 June

  US-backed Syria fighters edge into IS extremists’ border hub

  

    Syria / AFP US-backed fighters edged further into the IS group stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, threatening a key staging post on the extremists’ lifeline from Turkey to their “caliphate” in Syria and neighbouring Iraq. If it succeeds, the offensive on Manbij—backed by intense air strikes by a US-led coalition—would mark the most significant victory against IS for the Syrian ...

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• 25 June

  Car bomb kills 4 civilians in Libya’s Benghazi

    Libya / AFP A car bomb killed four civilians and wounded 14 others in the war-torn Libyan city of Benghazi Friday night, a hospital official said. The car was parked in front of the entrance of the Al-Jalaa hospital, one of the two biggest in the city and where troops get treatment for injuries battling armed groups, including IS ...

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• 25 June

  Russia planes pound Aleppo as army closes in

    Syria / AFP Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded rebel-held areas of divided second city Aleppo on Saturday as government forces closed in on the rebels’ sole remaining supply line, a monitoring group said. An AFP correspondent in the rebel-held east of the city said the air strikes lasted throughout the night into the morning. Aleppo, which was Syria’s commercial ...

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• 25 June

  India blames China for stalled N-group entry

  

    New Delhi / AFP India has blamed regional rival China for blocking its entry to a nuclear trade group opposed to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, after its members met in South Korea with no decision on India’s bid to join. India wants to become a member of the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which works to prevent the ...

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• 25 June

  Taiwan protests after Cambodia deports suspects

    Cambodia / AP Taiwan protested after Cambodia deported 25 Taiwanese internet scam suspects to rival China in the latest snub of the self-ruled island. The 25 Taiwanese and 14 Chinese were deported on a special plane dispatched by the Chinese government on Friday, said the chief of the Cambodian Interior Ministry’s Immigration Investigation Bureau, Gen. Ouk Haiseila. He said ...

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