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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Officials from the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY), the national branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recently visited the UAE Red Crescent Authority moderated Emirati-Jordanian refugee camp at the Mrajeeb Al Fhood in Jordan. Representatives from Knowledge without Borders (KwB) accompanied the officials, with the delegation’s visit ...

  Paris / AFP Volkswagen boss Matthias Mueller has said that the troubled German automaker is using “all available resources” to work its way through the “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal which has engulfed it. One year after the scandal erupted, it “is and will remain an incisive turning point, a pivotal event in our history,” VW chief executive Mueller said ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently signed an agreement with the Emirates Development Bank (EDB) on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Fund to Finance Innovation, aimed at supporting the UAE’s transition to a knowledge- based economy and achieving prosperity and sustainability for the country. Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Under-Secretary of Resources and Budget Sector ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business ‘Sharjah is open for business’ – that was the message delivered by HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) during his closing address at the Sharjah Foreign Direct Investment Forum (Sharjah FDI Forum 2016), which concluded on Thursday at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah in ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), which develops the emirate’s tourism infrastructure and plans, initiates and drives its domestic and overseas promotions, on Thursday hosted the annual UAE World Tourism Day conference for the second year in a row. The half-day UAE World Tourism Day Conference, held at the Al Marjan Island ...

  New Delhi / AFP Indian commandos carried out a series of lightning strikes on Thursday along the de facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir, provoking furious charges of ‘naked aggression’ from its nuclear-armed neighbour. Amid anger in India over a recent deadly assault on one of its army bases in Kashmir, officials said troops had conducted “surgical strikes” several ...

  Jakarta / AFP Thousands of workers rallied on Thursday in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against a controversial government scheme to raise revenues that, critics claim, has allowed wealthy tycoons to avoid paying tax. The tax amnesty programme began in July, offering low rates to people who came forward to declare their untaxed wealth stashed at home and overseas. Wealthy ...

  Hanoi / AFP Vietnam’s economy dipped slightly in the third quarter year-on-year, data showed Thursday, but analysts say the communist country will remain one of Southeast Asia’s star performers. GDP growth in the three months to September hit 6.4 percent, down from 6.81 percent in the same period in 2015, the Government Statistics Office said in a statement. Vietnam ...

  Geneva / AFP The United Nations described on Thursday a desperate situation in Syria’s rebel-held eastern Aleppo, warning “hundreds” needed medical evacuation and that there was only enough food aid left for a quarter of the city’s population. “Utmost on our mind is the need to address the very concerning medical situation” in the east of Aleppo, UN deputy envoy ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business More than 100 professionals of the Middle East’s automotive aftermarket gathered in Dubai to discuss the future trends in their industry, with the rise of digitisation likely to have a major impact on the way they do business in the region. Valued at US$367 billion in 2015, the global market for replacement parts is estimated ...