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    Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has concluded its participation at the 29th edition of the Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF), held recently in the Russian capital of Moscow – an event that garnered the participation of nearly 500 publishing houses from 40 countries from all around the world. SBA utilised their presence at the book ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will spare no efforts to invest in human resources as we aim to develop leading educational models on which we rely to make a difference, and which feature the 21st century skills to address issues in a fast-changing world, His ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business For the fourth consecutive year, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, in partnership with the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), and in collaboration with DinarStandard presented the key findings from the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIE) and introduce the Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI) ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of its comprehensive programme of visits to its investors, a delegation representing the different departments from the Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones (ZonesCorp), headed by HE Saeed Eisa Mohammed Al Khyeli, Director General of ZonesCorp visited the headquarters of the Al Masaood Group. The delegation was received by HE Abdulla Al ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In its quest to raise the bar and build a world-class roadmap for smart cities globally, Dubai South on Monday inked a strategic Statement of Intent (SOI) with the Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ). Signed by His Excellency Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman, Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai South and Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier ...

  Birmingham / AFP The pound hit a three-year low against the euro on Monday after Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain will trigger Brexit negotiations by the end of March and her finance minister warned of “turbulence”. Sterling weakened to 87.46 pence against the euro, the lowest level since August 2013, after May’s government gave more details about how ...

  Beirut / AFP At least 21 Syrian rebels fighting alongside Turkish troops in northern Syria against the IS group were killed by landmines laid by the extremist group, a monitor said on Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll was the highest loss of life for forces involved in the Turkish-led operation in northern Syria since ...

  Kunduz / AFP Explosions echoed across Kunduz as Afghan commandos began to push back a Taliban assault on Monday, forcing residents to shelter in their homes one year after militants briefly seized the strategic provincial capital. Government helicopters were targeting gunmen from the air in a bid to repel the attack, a day before President Ashraf Ghani is due ...

  Washington / AFP The World Bank is indirectly financing a boom in some of Asia’s dirtiest coal-fired power generation despite commitments to end most funding for the sector, a development advocacy group charged on Monday. The power plants, which contribute to climate change and deforestation as well as premature deaths due to illness, are cropping up from Bangladesh to ...

  BLOOMBERG Coal India Ltd.’s output fell year-on-year for a second consecutive month in September, signaling demand from power plants, its biggest consumers, remains weak. Production at the world’s biggest miner of the fuel declined 5.2 percent from a year earlier to 35.24 million metric tons in September, while shipments fell 6.6 percent to 37.74 million tons, according to data ...