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  WAZIRISTAN / WAM Chief of Pakistani Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif inaugurated on Saturday Spinkai Cadet College in South Waziristan, which was built as part of the UAE-funded Project to Assist Pakistan (PAP) at a total cost of US$ 6.3 million. The College was built in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has donated school supplies to underprivileged children studying at Noshera Mewat Public Middle School near New Delhi, India. The donation was presented at the official re-opening of the school, which has been fully rebuilt with funds raised by the Abu Dhabi-based airline. Students received ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE can be a regional hub for global pharmaceuticals manufacturing, with innovation driving performance in the sector, the leaders of some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies heard at a briefing led by the UAE Government and supported by the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) – the world’s inaugural global gathering for the ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, through the endorsement and support of the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (ESMA), and the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority (NESA), is set to host the next scheduled meeting of the global Information Technology (IT) security standards body, the International Organisation for Standardisation ...

  Aleppo / AFP Hundreds of wounded civilians were stranded in rebel-held areas of Syria’s Aleppo on Saturday after the UN said security concerns had prevented evacuation convoys even as Russia extended a ceasefire into a third day. The unilateral “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s devastating Russian-backed assault on the opposition-controlled east of the city has largely held since it ...

  Bloomberg Australia just found out the price of blocking foreign investment. The New South Wales state government announced it had sold a 50.4 percent stake in power network Ausgrid to two local funds in a deal valuing the entire company, including debt, at about A$20.8 billion ($16 billion). Two months earlier, the federal government barred New South Wales from ...

  Bloomberg  After a decade of unrivaled expansion, Australia’s largest gas-pipeline owner is facing growing pains. Complaints from industrial gas users, frustrated by supply shortages and hefty price spikes following the start of Queensland’s liquefied natural gas export plants, sparked a regulatory review last year aimed at boosting competition in the eastern seaboard market. APA Group Ltd. is now looming ...

  Bloomberg European Parliament President Martin Schulz said he’s optimistic he can salvage a trade deal between Europe and Canada after talks broke down on Friday amid opposition from the Belgian region of Wallonia. Schulz met Canada’s International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland in Brussels on Saturday and had separate talks with Wallonia’s Minister-President Paul Magnette. Negotiations to rescue the Comprehensive ...

  Bloomberg General Electric Co. may not grow this year as low oil prices, a strong dollar and a sluggish economy crimp demand for oilfield equipment and locomotive parts, a setback for Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt as he pursues a sharpened focus on manufacturing. The stock fell after GE cut its outlook for organic sales growth, projecting the figure ...

  Dubai / WAM A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to promote awareness about the UAE’s national heritage, particularly amongst visitors, both domestic and international, between Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre and Dubai Airports, on Thursday. The memorandum demonstrates the enthusiasm between both parties to collaborate and co-ordinate their efforts in achieving their vision to preserve and promote the intangible ...