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DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) held a smart clinic on Thursday to raise awareness about symptoms, causes and treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells in the brain sometimes signal abnormally causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. Epilepsy means the ...

DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS As part of the implementation of the “Green Morocco Plan” and ” Halieutis Plan “strategies, especially in their food exports development component, Food Exports Control and Coordination Organization (EACCE), under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, organizes the participation of Morocco in the GULFOOD fair, that is held from 21st to 25th ...

Dubai / WAM Gulf Capital announced that one of its portfolio companies, Middle East Glass (MEG) has acquired 100% of Misr Glass Manufacturing (MGM), which is specialised in the manufacturing and marketing of container glass for the food and beverage industry. This acquisition creates the largest glass packaging manufacturer not only in Egypt but also in the MENA region and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Samsung Gulf Electronics held a Developer Day as part of its vision for technology, connectivity and increased collaboration with the local tech community. Held at the Westin hotel in Dubai, the event brought together academia, independent developers and partner organizations including Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai Police and Dubai Smart Government. Samsung also announced ...

DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS It is no secret that the Internet has become the main source of information for users from across the world. With an increasing number of Arab Internet users, and an ever-growing reliance on the Web to retrieve vital information about different medical, cultural and social topics, the need for a comprehensive and integrated platform dedicated to addressing ...

Bloomberg The strain is starting to tell on Angela Merkel. Left to climb the solitary path she’s chosen during Europe’s refugee crisis, the German chancellor mocked fellow European leaders this week for refusing to come to her aid by stalling a resettlement plan. At a private meal last month with German newspaper executives critical of her stance, she proudly served ...

Bloomberg The largest party in Brazil’s lower house of Congress re-elected a pro-government leader, strengthening President Dilma Rousseff’s hand in fending off impeachment. In a 37 to 30 vote, deputies of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, re-elected Congressman Leonardo Picciani, who has spoken out against efforts to remove Rousseff from office on charges she broke the budget law. ...

Bloomberg Turkey’s leaders vowed to retaliate for a bombing of a military bus that killed at least 28 people, raising the risk that the country will step up its intervention in the war in Syria to strike groups suspected in the attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in the capital, Ankara, which killed both civilians ...

Bloomberg Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is expected to extend his 30-year rule in an election that’s being held on Thursday amid tight security and fears of violence. Former guerrilla commander Museveni is competing with seven other candidates to run a landlocked country that’s Africa’s biggest coffee exporter, is planning oil production in two years and may build a pipeline for ...

Washington / Bloomberg President Barack Obama will pay a historic visit to Cuba in the coming weeks, senior Obama administration officials said, becoming the first president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades. The brief visit in mid-March will mark a watershed moment for relations between the US and Cuba, a communist nation estranged from the US ...