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Bloomberg Taiwan warned it faces “severe military challenges” from surging Chinese military activity edging closer to the island, as Beijing tries to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Taipei expects the People’s Liberation Army to continue sending warships and jets across the median line that divides the waterway, the island’s Ministry of National Defense said in an annual ...

Bloomberg German inflation accelerated to the most since the euro was introduced on soaring energy prices, bolstering calls for a jumbo interest-rate increase when the European Central Bank meets next week. Consumer prices in Europe’s biggest economy, calculated under European Union harmonised standards, jumped 8.8% from a year ago in August, matching the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has delivered an inspiring audio message to students as the new academic year begins in UAE schools. In his speech, which was broadcast in classrooms across the country this morning, His Highness welcomed students and teachers to the start of what he hoped would be a ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has selected its latest cohort of tech startups from a large number of applicants worldwide that chose to setup and scale from the UAE’s capital. For the next two years, the new cohort will participate in Hub71’s Incentive Programme, benefiting from equity-free incentives worth up to AED500,000 and access ...

  Sharjah / WAM “Museums Express” initiative, launched by the Sharjah Museums Authority in early 2019, attracted more than 11,817,000 students from the emirate’s public schools, after resuming its tours that were halted due to the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic in November 2021, and is the first initiative of its kind, at the level of the region and the ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) met its gas storage filling goal two months ahead of target as the bloc braces for a tough winter with Russia limiting supplies and energy contracts trading at elevated levels throughout the continent. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen celebrated the milestone on Monday, telling an audience at an energy conference in Denmark that the ...

Bloomberg The Biden administration is preparing to sell $1.1 billion in missiles and radar support to Taiwan, according to an official familiar with the matter, in what would be the largest such transfer in almost two years. The package would include as much as $650 million in continued support for a surveillance radar sold earlier, about $90 million for roughly ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Chairwoman of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), has stressed that women are the cornerstone of the country’s process of building and empowerment, and are the icons of its national achievements. In her exclusive ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Defence – represented by the Joint Operations Command – has begun operating an air bridge to transport humanitarian aid provided by the UAE to Pakistan. The relief aid includes shelter materials, humanitarian needs, food and medical parcels for those affected by torrential rains and floods, with the aim of contributing to supporting ...

  Dubai / WAM Expo City Dubai is gearing up to open on October 1, building on Expo 2020 Dubai’s pledge to inspire future generations. Ahead of the official opening of the Expo City Dubai site in October, visitors are invited to experience two of its most popular pavilions from September 1, with the re-opening of Alif – The Mobility ...