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    DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has recorded an increase in the use of its smart services during Q2 of 2016, with the smart adoption rate having reached 68%, from a total of 2,492,890 smart transactions. This has led to a positive effect on the environment by reducing 8,521 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Football fans across the region are gearing up for the start of what looks set to be an explosive season of football as the Arabian Gulf League (AGL) starts on Friday, September 16. All matches can be watched on Abu Dhabi Sports and Dubai Sports channels, exclusively on OSN the region’s leading pay-TV network. ...

  Slavyansk / AFP The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east on Thursday, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a recent surge in violence. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault visited the Donetsk region and viewed a bridge destroyed in fighting between separatist and government forces ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business More than 300 new hotels housing almost 85,000 guest rooms are set to open across the Middle East and Africa next year, latest industry figures have revealed. The Middle East and Africa Hotel Construction Overview report by TOPHOTELPROJECTS – released in the days leading up to the 17th annual The Hotel Show Dubai (17-19 September ...

  Emirates Business Underscoring Majid Al Futtaim’s leadership in the retail sector, the Luxury Wing has undergone a complete revamp as part of the mall’s Evolution 2015 AED1 billion multi-stage redevelopment journey, contemporising the avenue to offer a premium location for international luxury brands. Most recently, Mall of the Emirates has welcomed MCM, Boucheron, Brunello Cucinelli, Etro, Marc Jacobs, Roger ...

  Bloomberg More than 6,000 workers cycle through the world’s biggest nuclear plant every day to operate and maintain a facility that hasn’t sold a kilowatt of electricity in more than four years. The buzz at Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant plays out daily across Japan, where utilities employ thousands of workers and spend billions of dollars ...

  Yangon / AFP Myanmar cheered a US promise to end sanctions on Thursday, with residents in its commercial capital clamouring for American brands while politicians and business moguls heralded a new era of transparency and trade. US President Barack Obama vowed to scrap the trade limits during Aung San Suu Kyi’s first visit to the White House since her ...

  Bloomberg The U.K. government has approved Electricite de France SA’s controversial plan to build two nuclear reactors for 18 billion pounds ($24 billion) in southwest England. Hinkley Point C will proceed under the condition that EDF won’t be able to sell down its controlling stake prior to completion of construction without government approval, the Department for Business, Energy and ...

  Paris / AFP Protesters took to the streets across France on Thursday for fresh demonstrations against the Socialist government’s labour reforms, although opposition to the measures appeared to be running out of steam. Demonstrators also marched through the eastern city of Belfort where the government is locked in a battle with train-building giant Alstom over the future of an ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business A long-term drop in oil prices makes investment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) essential for GCC countries. The findings are part of BLOOVO.COM’s latest research on the beneficial role SMEs play in catalysing economic diversification and employment. BLOOVO.COM’s latest research shows that SMEs already account for 90% of all registered companies in the MENA ...