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Bloomberg The US State Department released the final batch of e-mails Hillary Clinton kept on a private server while secretary of state, ending months of piecemeal disclosure that has frustrated the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign and subjected it to criticism from both sides of the aisle. The department published about 3,800 pages of messages from the @clintonemail.com server on Monday. ...

Washington / AP A generation gap among black voters could be critical for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday when Democrats vote in 11 states. Older black voters, a reliable primary voting bloc, are coalescing around Clinton. Millennial black voters — young adults energized by groups like Black Lives Matter — appear torn between the former secretary of ...

Bloomberg Ten weeks after a general election produced an unprecedented deadlock in parliament, efforts to form a government in Spain are entering a critical phase. Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez will start the countdown to a fresh ballot when he asks lawmakers to let him lead the next government in a vote on Wednesday. The legislature will then have another two ...

Seoul / AFP North Korea must pay the price for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on Tuesday, vowing to pressure Pyongyang into accepting denuclearisation as its only viable option for survival. In a televised speech to mark the anniversary of a key date in Korea’s struggle against Japanese colonial rule, Park said ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In line with its commitment to Emiratisation and developing the local talent pool, RAKBANK has initiated its new two-year Management Associate Programme, ‘IRTIQA’, which was revealed at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Employment and Training exhibition that is being held from March 1-3. As part of the new initiative, fresh Emirati graduates will be part ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority has announced an increase of 23.7 percent in occupancy across the emirate’s hotels and resorts for the month of January 2016. Figures from the industry for the first month of the year show that 2016 is off to a strong start for Ras Al Khaimah’s tourism sector with ...

Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Businesses in the Middle East and Africa region are increasingly looking at sustainable solutions for data management to accelerate decision-making processes, ensure high-levels of data security, and manage workloads. A recent study by Accenture predicts that an effective implementation and use of digital technology can boost the UAE’s economic output by $13.8 Billion by 2020. The ...

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Manufacturers, professionals and key decision makers from the Middle East paper, office supplies, and stationery market shared the stage, as the industry’s dedicated trade show opened on Tuesday with the largest exhibitor turnout in its six-year history. With 305 exhibitors from 36 countries spanning more than 5,000sqm at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, on Tuesday announced that it will highlight its innovations and involvement in the aerospace, aviation, defense and space sectors at the upcoming Global Aerospace Summit 2016, hosted by Mubadala Development Company. Part of the Abu Dhabi ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Gas (EMGAS), a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has achieved the ISO 22301 certification, a global benchmark that measures business preparedness in the face of disruptions. EMGAS is one of few companies in the oil and gas sector to be recognised for the adoption of international standards for Business Continuity Management and is ...