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UK’s Johnson unveils more spending as election looms

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged billions of pounds for education, social care and transportation, and warned Conservative lawmakers to get behind his Brexit plan or face losing their party affiliation. Prime minister tells Sunday Times: “The fundamental choice is this: are you going to side with Jeremy Corbyn and those who want to cancel the referendum?” Michael Gove, ...

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US poised to sign 5G deal with Poland amid Huawei row

Bloomberg The US and Poland are poised to sign an agreement on 5G security as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to persuade European nations to block Huawei Technologies Co and other China telecommunications firms from their networks. A joint declaration on the technology could be signed as Vice President Mike Pence travels to Warsaw, according to a senior administration official ...

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VW to restate mileage on US gas-powered cars

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG will revise fuel economy labels on several gasoline-powered models and pay $96.5 million to drivers after an investigation discovered software that could optimise efficiency during government tests but not during real-world driving. A joint investigation between the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board discovered the automaker had equipped roughly 1 million vehicles with ...

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Modi’s $5trn GDP goal hits hurdle: debt at road builder

Bloomberg India’s path to economic recovery faces another obstacle, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the state road builder to stop constructing highways after its debt ballooned almost seven-fold over the past five years. “National Highways Authority of India totally logjammed with unplanned and excessive expansion of roads,” the prime minister’s office wrote to NHAI in a letter. “NHAI mandated ...

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Echo, iPhone production moving from China to India

Bloomberg On a steamy summer morning, dozens of buses pull up outside a cluster of low-slung, blue buildings in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Women dressed in colourful salwar kameezes disembark, their dupatta body scarves billowing as they make their way past hibiscus bushes and posters proclaiming, “Our aim, no accident.” The night shift at Foxconn Technology Group’s ...

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Netanyahu vows to annex all West Bank settlements

Bloomberg Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, running in an election that could be the fight of his political life, said he hopes to annex all Jewish West Bank settlements. Israel will build more settlements and won’t uproot settlers, Netanyahu said in a speech in the West Bank settlement of Elkana. “With God’s help, we will extend Jewish sovereignty to ...

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Sheikha Fatima: Emirati women essential to UAE future prospects

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, has sent a message of support to Emirati women reinforcing their critical role in enabling the growth and progress for the UAE. Addressing employees of the Abu Dhabi ...

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EDA welcomes record number of students in fifth academic year

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) welcomed 80 students to its 2019 orientation, the largest cohort since its inception. During its orientation week, the EDA received its fifth cohort of students for the Postgraduate Diploma in UAE Diplomacy and International Relations programme, and its third cohort for the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations programme. ...

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World Energy Congress to see largest attendance in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI / WAM With less than two weeks to go until the 24th World Energy Congress, the UAE Organising Committee gave on Wednesday an update on the number of delegates, ministers and exhibitors that will be attending the global event in Abu Dhabi. Taking place from September 9 to 12 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), the global ...

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Europe’s leading livestock fair coming to Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI / WAM The inaugural edition of EuroTier Middle East, a leading trade show for animal husbandry and livestock management, is set to take-off on September 2 with 16 countries participating in the event, including Saudi Arabia, the event’s ‘Guest of Honour’. The event will take place in the nation’s capital, Abu Dhabi, under the patronage of HH Sheikh ...

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