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SHARJAH / WAM FUNN, a Sharjah-based organisation that supports media arts learning for children and youth in UAE, announced that it will organise VGX Event, from June 19-21, at the Expo Centre, Sharjah. The event will be the first of its kind to be held in the emirate of Sharjah, dedicated to tapping the popularity of video games among children ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Reinforcing its position as the global market leader for the air transport of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, Emirates SkyCargo has significantly boosted its worldwide pharma handling capabilities and infrastructure. New dedicated pharma facility at Chicago Emirates SkyCargo has commenced handling pharmaceutical cargo at a new purpose-built facility in Chicago. The facility, dedicated solely for pharmaceutical shipments, is ...

Bloomberg Airbnb Inc says it’s back in business in Japan, a year after stricter home-sharing regulations forced it to freeze a major portion of its listings in the country. There are 50,000 listings available in the country, with another 23,000 rooms in hotels and traditional inns known as ryokan, Airbnb said in a statement. That’s compares with 60,000 total in ...

Bloomberg President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of those involved in a dialysis treatment scam that defrauded Philippine Health Insurance Corp, and plans a revamp of the state-run insurer for losing more than $2.89 billion from fictitious claims and abuse. “I will really go after this” and “I am ordering the National Bureau of Investigation” to take over, invite ...

Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP plans to pool 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) of its smaller European warehouse investments in a new company that will ultimately be publicly listed or sold. The private-equity giant is in the process of hiring an executive to run the company, which will manage its holdings of logistics properties close to towns and cities, according to ...

Bloomberg UK manufacturing slumped in April as the boost from Brexit stockpiling evaporated and car factories halted work, boding ill for the economy in the second quarter, figures on Monday are expected to show. Production fell by 1.4 percent from March, the biggest decline since the start of 2017, according to a Bloomberg survey. With little support from construction and ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is planning to close a UK engine factory as the last major step in an overhaul of its unprofitable European operations. The Bridgend, South Wales plant, which employs about 1,700 workers, builds engines for several Ford models in Europe, including the Fiesta and B-Max. Its future became uncertain 18 months ago when Jaguar Land Rover said ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson ramped up his campaign to become Britain’s next prime minister, vowing to take the country out of the European Union with or without a deal on October 31 and promising to hold onto money owed to the bloc until terms of the divorce become more favorable to the UK. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Johnson ...

SHARJAH / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS), affirmed that the students are the pillar and foundation of the University of Sharjah for whom the university exploits all its potential and energies to build them scientifically and behaviourally. Sheikh Sultan’s remarks ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the region, is celebrating World Ocean Day this year by highlighting its commitment to preserving marine biodiversity, under the bank’s Keep the Creek Clean marine conservation programme. The Keep the Creek Clean initiative was introduced by Emirates NBD Private Banking in 2018, with the goal of helping preserve and ...