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Bloomberg Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents defied concerns about social-distancing and a new security law to vote in two-day primaries held by pro-democracy opposition parties. More than 318,100 people voted electronically and at least 10,000 had used paper ballots as of 1 pm on Sunday, Andrew Chiu, convenor of organiser Power for Democracy, said at a press conference ...

Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been ranked first in the GCC, Arab region, and Western Asia, and 8th globally in the Online Service Index (OSI) issued by the United Nations within the E-Government Development Index (EGDI). The UAE is also ranked 4th in Asia in this indicator, advanced one rank in the E-participation Index as well as ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission will lead to a “more competitive” Arab world economy and a stronger integration with the global society, a top Emirati official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM), as the countdown has started to the official launch. “We are actually building the capacity and capability in advanced sciences in the UAE and the region. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi’s (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced that the recently reopened Al Hosn site has launched a virtual guided tours programme for the education sector, as well as individuals and public groups, as part of the Department’s continuing response to the current circumstances. Al Hosn recently conducted its first virtual ...

Al Ain / WAM The UAE’s first respirator manufacturing facility, established in May in Al Ain with an annual output capacity of over 30 million units, has already secured orders until the end of 2020, a top executive told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “To date, we have already supplied N95 masks to those on the UAE’s frontline, including healthcare workers ...

Bloomberg India’s Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) is seeking a partner to expand its distributed solar power venture, Managing Director Saurabh Kumar said. EESL has chosen Investec Capital Services to advise on the deal and expects it to come up with a valuation for the project in three months, Kumar said. The project has 100 megawatts of operational solar generation ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he would seek sweeping changes to US immigration policy through an executive order, suggesting he might create a “road to citizenship” for certain migrants brought to the country illegally as children and shift the criteria for new arrivals to a “merit-based” system. The new effort will be unveiled “over the next four weeks,” Trump said ...

Bloomberg The UK ruled out joining the European Union’s 2 billion-euro ($2.3 billion) coronavirus vaccine program, fuelling concern among doctors that a go-it-alone approach after Brexit risks delaying vital medical supplies. Signing up would prevent the UK from pursuing parallel negotiations with potential vaccine suppliers, the UK’s ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, wrote in a letter to the European ...

Bloomberg Canada reclaimed almost one million jobs of those lost to the coronavirus pandemic, a promising start to what’s expected to be an arduous recovery. Employment rose by 952,900 in June as lockdown restrictions began to ease, Statistics Canada reported on Friday, adding to the 290,000 jobs created in May. The two-month total represents just over 40% of the 3 ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its policies next month to restrict advertising for spyware and other unauthorized tracking technology. The change “will prohibit the promotion of products or services that are marketed or targeted with the express purpose of tracking or monitoring another person or their activities without their authorisation,” according to the company. While ads for these products ...