May, 2016

• 21 May

  Emirati author launches encyclopedia to enhance ‘foresight’

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirati author and researcher, Sulaiman Al Kaabi launched a scientific and knowledge-based encyclopedia titled ‘Foresight Future’. It includes 386 scientific futuristic idioms that present seriousness in research and entertainment with the objective of enriching future foresight studies and promoting this culture in the Arab world. Sulaiman Mohammad Al Kaabi, the author of the ...

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• 21 May

  ‘UAE has an influence through positive economic growth’

  

    HONG KONG / WAM A high-profile UAE trade delegation, led by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, concluded a two-day visit to Hong Kong, where they participated in a major summit and held meetings with key figures in the Hong Kong financial sector. The visit was part of the government’s efforts to usher in a new era ...

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• 21 May

  Prices of 12 building materials down in April

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) issued on Saturday its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of April 2016, compared with March 2016 and April 2015. The report presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction industry in Abu Dhabi retail ...

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• 21 May

  Abu Dhabi, Italy to build ties in tourism and culture

  

    Dubai / WAM The Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) hosted on Saturday members from the Emirati-Italian Friendship Association at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, led by Francesco Rutelli, Italian Minister of Culture and former Mayor of Rome. The Italian delegation was received by Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Under-Secretary of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Economic Development and Sufian ...

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• 21 May

  Emcredit and SMK Logomotion to offer mobile payment solutions

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Emcredit, a subsidiary of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SMK Logomotion Corporation, a global provider of mobile payment solutions, to develop and launch innovative and secure payment products and services in the UAE to benefit local consumers, banks, finance houses and telecommunication companies. Utilising Emcredit’s ...

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• 21 May

  EWS, WWF to mark World Biodiversity Day today

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (EWS-WWF), is marking World Biodiversity Day on May 22 by launching a ground breaking scientific research project – The Gulf Green Turtle Conservation Project – with the ultimate aim of conserving endangered marine species and critical habitats in the UAE and wider region. ...

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• 21 May

  G7 vows to curb global terror finance; rifts on policy remain

  

    AKIU / AP The Group of Seven major economies showed a united front on fighting terrorist financing and tax evasion, but shied away from coordinated action on policies to revive stalling growth. An “action plan” issued after the talks by G7 finance ministers and central bank governors at a hot springs hotel in northern Japan called for increased exchanges ...

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• 21 May

  ‘Brexit’ in spotlight at meeting in Japan

  

    SYDNEY / AP Britain’s possible exit from the European Union took centre stage at a G7 meeting in Japan on Saturday, as UK finance minister George Osborne warned a ‘Brexit’ could doom trade deals with EU countries. The comments came during two days of talks largely focused on how the club of rich nations can stoke the lumbering world ...

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• 21 May

  Japan complains over US arrest in ‘base murder’

  

    Tokyo / AP Japan’s defence minister travelled to Okinawa to lodge a formal protest with the commander of the US military base there on Saturday after the arrest of a base employee linked to the suspicious death of a local woman. Gen Nakatani’s visit to the island comes just days before a high-profile trip to Japan by US President Barack ...

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• 21 May

  Trump fuels Americans relocation dreams

  

    New York / AFP Donald Trump’s inflammatory presidential campaign and the prospect of the brash-talking tycoon actually becoming commander-in-chief has left progressive Americans obsessing about one thing: moving to Canada. Stars from Cher to Lena Dunham have declared their intention to head north if the former reality star, famous for insulting Muslims and Mexicans, and under the microscope for ...

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