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MAKKAH / WAM The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have agreed to provide a $2.5 billion economic aid package to Jordan, to help the country which is facing an economic crisis following anti-austerity protests. The announcement was made in a joint statement following an emergency summit of the four nations which was held in Makkah. The meeting was hosted by ...

DUBAI / WAM The 2018 edition of the Dubai HeliShow is ready to begin its run from November 6-8 at the Royal Pavilion, Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai South, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, with over 60 exhibitors and visitors from more than 30 countries. ...

New York / WAM Sarah bin Yousef Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, has headed the UAE delegation to the Third Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened by Marie Chatardova, President of the UN Economic and Social Council. Various stakeholders discussed ways in which science, technology, and innovation can ...

Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs and wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah, has made a strong call for a renewed global commitment urging greater cooperation among world leaders, decision makers, humanitarian organisations and civil society to protect children from being pushed into the world of forced ...

Bloomberg B.N. Srikrishna is a genial, 77-year-old former Supreme Court judge who recites Shakespeare and Sanskrit scriptures with equal facility. But he’s making the likes of Google, Amazon and Facebook more than a little nervous. Srikrishna is leading the effort to draft new data-privacy laws for India that will regulate how tech giants from the US and elsewhere operate in ...

Bloomberg Cobalt is facing its first major test since an impending demand boom from electric vehicles triggered a two-year surge, with prices retreating in top consumer China amid signs there’s still enough material to go around. The price for cobalt sulfate — the chemical form used in car batteries and consumer electronics — fell to its lowest since January, and ...

Bloomberg AT&T Inc.’s wait is finally over. Nearly two years after inking an $85.4 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Inc., the phone giant will learn on Tuesday whether a federal judge in Washington will grant the US Justice Department’s request to block the takeover on antitrust grounds. The decision hinges on whether the combination of AT&T’s pay-TV and mobile-phone ...

Bloomberg After more than a year of vicious accusations and a flurry of lawsuits and counter claims, Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc’s multi-billion-dollar legal dispute is about to get serious. Hearings in the three most important markets — US, China and Germany — will soon determine whether Apple’s attempt to save itself billions in technology licensing payments by forcing one ...

Bloomberg Some US companies anxious for exclusions from Donald Trump’s tariffs are turning to creative ways to get the president’s attention. One Texas steel pipe maker is promising that it will invest millions and hire new workers in return for a temporary break on tariffs. It’s also offering its employees cash prizes for writing the best postcards to Trump advocating ...

Bloomberg China isn’t officially represented in the historic talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but that hasn’t stopped Beijing from making its presence felt. Kim arrived in the city state on Sunday aboard a Boeing 747 operated by Air China Ltd., China’s state-run flagship carrier. The flight was both a potent display of China’s ...