June, 2016

• 2 June

  Ministry outlines national plan on protection of sharks

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MCCE) held a workshop to prepare a national plan for the protection of sharks. The workshop is part of a larger national strategy that aims to protect biodiversity and achieve the objectives related to developing and implementing programs that sustainably manage endangered marine resources. Attendees discussed the proposed goals, ...

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• 2 June

  Dubai to host maritime expo from Sept 20-21

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Three of the maritime industry’s most respected global professional bodies have announced their commitment to September’s Maritime Academic Conference and Expo in Dubai, demonstrating the priority they are giving to regional education and training needs. The Nautical Institute, the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects have confirmed ...

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• 2 June

  Emirates SkyCargo launches weekly HK-Delhi-Dubai freighter service

    Dubai / WAM Emirates SkyCargo is strengthening its footprint in the Far East and Indian Subcontinent with the launch of a new weekly freighter service from Hong Kong to Dubai via Delhi. The weekly service, which began on Wednesday, will tap the increasing cargo movements between Hong Kong, the world’s top cargo hub, and Delhi, India’s busiest cargo hub. Some ...

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• 2 June

  Health ministry signs MoU to raise diabetes awareness

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Health and Prevention has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve diabetes awareness and care for patients in the UAE with Sanofi. The announcement is an initiative aimed at improving physicians and nurses’ capabilities in providing standardized treatment for diabetes patients, and enhancing prevention and awareness among healthy individuals in society ...

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• 2 June

  Turkey fumes over Germany’s Armenian ‘genocide’ decision

  

    Berlin / AFP Turkey on Thursday recalled its envoy to Germany and threatened consequences, in a furious reaction over the Bundestag’s decision to adopt a resolution recognising the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. Only one MP voted against and another abstained, as the German parliament approved overwhelmingly by a show of hands the resolution ...

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• 2 June

  European celebrities sign ‘love letter’ to UK

    London / AFP ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger were among 140 European celebrities who signed a “love letter to the British people” on Thursday, hoping they will stay in the EU. The letter, also signed by Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven, French former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier and French-American actress Julie Delpy, comes with exactly ...

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• 2 June

  Need to end ‘utopian dreams’ of Europe: Tusk

    Brussels / AFP European Council President Donald Tusk urged Europeans to abandon dreams of a federal Europe as these will only stoke the rise of anti-EU populists. The former Polish prime minister, who presides over EU leaders summits, made the comments three weeks before Britain votes in a June 23 referendum on EU membership. “There is no worse prospect ...

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• 2 June

  Western Europe floods kill 5

    PARIS / AP Floods inundating parts of France, Germany and Belgium have killed five people and trapped thousands in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria. And it isn’t over — more rain is forecast for the coming days in some regions, and authorities in the French capital predict the Seine River won’t reach ...

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• 2 June

  Venezuela awaits ruling on Maduro ‘vote’

  

    Caracas / AFP Venezuela’s opposition learns on Thursday whether authorities will let them proceed with efforts to call a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro, whom they blame for the country’s fall from booming oil giant to basket case. The National Electoral Board (CNE) must accept or reject an initial petition with 1.8 million signatures endorsing a recall vote ...

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• 2 June

  Gunmen kidnap 17 in northern Afghanistan

    Kabul / AFP Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped at least 17 people travelling in civilian vehicles in northern Afghanistan, officials said, in the second group abduction within a week, underscoring the worsening security situation in the country. The passengers, all minority Hazaras, were pulled out of their vehicles in Sancharak district in Sar-e-Pul province and taken to a remote area ...

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