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  Washington / AFP “Big data” could play a huge role in the 2016 US election, even if Donald Trump doesn’t think so. Trump, who sailed through the Republican primaries using unconventional campaign rallies and Twitter messages, has indicated that he sees little use for popular data analytics tools to help target specific voters. But analysts say he may be at ...

  Baghdad / AFP Iraq’s elite forces deployed around Fallujah, marking a new phase in efforts to retake the extremist bastion, as concern grew for trapped civilians there and in neighbouring Syria. After almost a week of shaping operations around Fallujah, the arrival of the counter-terrorism service (CTS) signalled that an assault on the IS group inside the city may ...

  Bloomberg French unions seeking to overturn an unpopular labor law are set to intensify their protests as the government shows no sign of giving in after a week of strikes and blockades caused gas stations in many regions of the country to run dry. By the end of this week, the national railroad, the Paris metro, ports and air ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Initial findings from The Emirate of Abu Dhabi Waste Master Plan 2040’s Waste Characterisation Study indicate that a significant amount of Municipal Solid Waste is food. Estimations of food waste range from 35% to roughly 50% in some waste collection areas in the Emirate. The fieldwork for the Waste Characterisation Study was carried out ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business UAE has always been atop the list of countries that are home to exciting theme parks and unmatchable thrill rides. The country is leading the way in growth of the theme-based entertainment industry, as Euromionitor report reveals that revenue from the sector is expected to reach US$837 million by 2019, with new parks on ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A high-level delegation from the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held discussions during its participation at the recently concluded 27th meeting of the GCC Committee for Undersecretaries of Post and Telecommunications, in Riyadh. Topics covered partnerships in the telecommunications sector especially the recommendations issued by the Secretariat General regarding Post Office Agents Association and ...

  Shanghai / Bloomberg CRRC Corp., China’s only maker of high-speed locomotives, plans to raise as much as 12 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) in a private share sale in Shanghai to repay debt and to help finance its daily operations. The company’s board has approved the sale of as many as 1.39 billion yuan-denominated. A shares at 8.66 yuan apiece, ...

  Bloomberg Bayer AG is close to choosing banks to arrange funds for its proposed acquisition of Monsanto Co., according to people familiar with the matter, after the U.S. company rejected the initial $62 billion bid as too low and sought reassurances on the potential financing. Bayer will probably raise more than $40 billion in short-term bridge financing and most ...

  Bloomberg The risk of a British exit from the European Union has the government in Denmark, an EU member that hasn’t adopted the euro, preparing for the worst. While most polls suggest U.K. voters probably won’t back a so-called Brexit, the June 23 referendum on whether to stay or go still threatens to cause disruption on a scale that ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, stressed that the strong and active presence of the UAE’s diplomacy in the regional and international arenas in terms of hosting numerous international agencies and conferences, as well as its active participation in international efforts to fight terrorism and ...