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Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co., the Japanese carmaker that was embroiled in a vehicle-inspection scandal last year, said it uncovered some instances of misconduct involving falsified data about exhaust emissions and fuel economy. The data falsification, which occurred on 19 models across five plants in Japan, was found out when the company was carrying out an internal check about employees conducting ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Pyongyang to get Kim Jong-un to give up his nuclear weapons. He left with a harsh reminder that the North Korean leader expects something in return. While President Donald Trump’s point man for nuclear talks summed up his 27 hours in the North Korean capital as “productive,” the regime called the ...

Bloomberg Political and business leaders gathering for an economic conference in southern France over the weekend called on the European Union (EU) to flex its muscles and save a world trade system disrupted by US President Donald Trump as tariff wars escalate among the US, Europe and China. “If tomorrow, there were to be new hikes of tariffs on other ...

Bloomberg New homes built in the UK will soon be required to have charge points for electric vehicles, according to the government’s Road to Zero report released on Monday. “It is our intention that all new homes, where appropriate, should have a charge point available,” it said. “We plan to consult as soon as possible on introducing a requirement for ...

Bloomberg Daimler halted deliveries of a type of diesel engine for trucks as a precautionary measure, after the company said it found issues that could lead to emissions “slightly” exceeding nitrogen oxide limits under certain conditions. The Stuttgart-based company reported its findings to Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) at the end of June, and is in a “constructive dialog” ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has revealed that 66 percent of the AED4.4-billion ($1.2 billion) New Al Ain Hospital, a project with a total built up area of 347 thousand square metres being executed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), is now complete. “Musanada is keen on delivering these projects, of which ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates A380 touched down in Islamabad on Sunday for a historic one-off service to Islamabad International Airport. This was the first time ever that the iconic double-decker aircraft has landed in Pakistan. The landing demonstrated the airport’s readiness to accommodate the A380, the world’s largest commercial passenger jet. The special Emirates A380 flight was operated ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Abu Dhabi Monitoring and Control Centre (MCC), to facilitate the exchange of information and co-operation in relation to matters regarding monitoring & control compliance within ADGM’s Free Zone. The MoU was signed by Dhaher Bin Dhaher Al Mheiri, ...

HODEIDAH / WAM A four hour operation carried out by the UAE Advanced Surgical team has saved the life of a three-year old Yemeni girl who was seriously injured by a mortar shell fired by the Houthi militia. The child, Sumaiya, was at her family home in the At Tuhayat District of Hodeidah when it was hit by the shell, ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration is letting ZTE Corp. resume some business activities while the US weighs an end to a seven-year ban on the Chinese telecommunications company. The easing of restrictions didn’t come soon enough for ZTE’s bid to win a contract in Italy to supply wireless equipment to Wind Tre SpA. ZTE lost the deal because it’s barred from ...