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Dubai / WAM The National Election Committee (NEC) convened the eighth Political Awareness Forum for University Students in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU. The event aimed to encourage youth participation in the upcoming fourth cycle of the FNC elections. Speaking at the gathering, Tariq Hilal Lootah, ...

Ajman / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) entered into an agreement with the free zone entity of Al Zorah – a partnership between Solidere International and Ajman Government – and a premium lifestyle and leisure destination, to operate the developments of 3,000 feet state-of-the-art Business Centre. The contemporary, furnished Business Centre, is located within The Pavilion at Al Zorah, a ...

DUBAI / WAM An Emirati mechatronics and aviation engineer has invented a smart device which uses artificial intelligence technology to track passengers with the aim of improving children’s safety on school buses. Fahim Almas, Founder and CEO of the Almas Robotics, a Dubai-based technology and engineering company, launched ‘Safe Bus’, a device that can be connected to multiple sensors installed ...

Bloomberg Natural gas prices in Europe are set to fall further below their lowest in a decade as suppliers show few signs of scaling back abundant deliveries. Inventories are near capacity weeks earlier than usual and are being flooded with more fuel coming both from tankers and pipelines. While producers have reduced some flows with repairs and maintenance at gas ...

Bloomberg Copper skidded to the lowest since mid-2017 as investors faced fresh evidence of a global slowdown and fading prospects for a deescalation in the US-China trade war. Long known as a canary in coal mine for the economy, copper has slumped 16% since mid-April on the back of a sharp downturn in factory output and warnings that major economies ...

Bloomberg China softened its tone towards Hong Kong’s protesters, saying peaceful demonstrations were allowed under the law, even as it ruled out a fundamental demand for direct democracy that has fuelled the unrest. In a wide-ranging briefing in Beijing, Chinese officials overseeing Hong Kong sought to make a clear distinction between violent protesters who have thrown petrol bombs in running ...

Bloomberg Ukraine revoked the immunity from prosecution long enjoyed by lawmakers, part of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s efforts to stamp out corruption. Parliament voted for a constitutional amendment placing its members on the same legal footing as other citizens, starting from January 1. The bill was originally submitted in 2015 by ex-President Petro Poroshenko, but was sidelined until Zelenskiy’s ruling party ...

Bloomberg US Vice President Mike Pence came under fire on Tuesday for staying at President Donald Trump’s golf resort during his official visit to Ireland, despite most of his meetings with Irish leaders taking place more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) away in Dublin. The vice president’s staff defended the decision, noting that Pence — who is travelling with his ...

Bloomberg South Africa has been hit by an outbreak of attacks on migrants from other African countries as the nation prepared to host a meeting of political and business leaders from across the continent. A spate of violence that broke out in suburbs south of Johannesburg’s city centre and spread to the central business district saw the destruction of more ...

Bloomberg A key legal test of Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament got underway in Edinburgh, with an attorney for a group of lawmakers saying that the prime minister’s move shows a “breathtaking” contempt for the UK’s constitution. “This prime minister says in his own words, in his own handwriting, that the further sitting of Parliament is only a ‘rigmarole’ ...