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  Bloomberg Shortly before invading Ukraine in February, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping declared a “no limits” friendship. Yet even as his forces suffer humiliating losses on the battlefield, Russia’s president shouldn’t expect much help at his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart since then. Xi and Putin meet face-to-face in Uzbekistan on Thursday in their first sitdown since a ...

Bloomberg The US will put $3.5 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves under the control of a Swiss-based oversight board to pay for limited financial services in the country while ensuring the Taliban regime doesn’t get access to the money, the US Treasury Department said. The funds, which the US froze after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last year, will ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), on Tuesday launched Dubai’s Research and Development (R&D) programme during a meeting at the DFF headquarters. The initiative aims to support key economic sectors and ...

  DUBAI / WAM All preparations are complete for the 8th World Green Economy Summit (WGES), which is set to take place on September 28-29 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), and Chairman of World Green Economy ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is set to host the Annual Meeting of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 2022 at the Adnoc Business Centre in Abu Dhabi from 19th to 23rd September, 2022. Organised by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), the event will take place in the presence of Ulrika Francke, President of the ISO, ...

  Bloomberg In the almost 1,000 days since Xi Jinping last ventured abroad, China has found itself increasingly isolated within the US-led world order. He’s finally reemerging this week alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin to showcase his vision for a viable alternative. Xi and Putin this week are expected to hold their first in-person chat since Russia invaded Ukraine, showing that ...

Bloomberg To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets. Facebook’s parent company has so far subpoenaed 132 companies for documents, including Snap Inc., ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok and the audio startup Clubhouse, and has warned that it may seek information from 100 more. The subpoenas ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has launched an integrated housing plan to provide 15,800 homes for nationals in Dubai over the next four years. The move follows the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE tops 156 world competitiveness indicators, and is among the top 10 in 432 thereof, according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC). These indicators, which account for 30 percent of such global indexes, see the UAE excelling in several essential areas, including education, environment, climate change, security and safety, cybersecurity, infrastructure, flexibility ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) hosted its first in-person, Opportunities Fair, connecting graduate students with 38 employers from various industries and sectors. Companies such as Adnoc, Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), DP World, Du Telecom, Etisalat, G42, Hewlett Packard, McKinsey & Company, Careem, and more, took part in an exhibition and set of ...