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Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, received a note from President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic, regarding the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. The note also touched on ways to further develop relations between the UAE and France in various fields, in addition to the latest developments on the regional ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), inaugurated the Al Fatah Elementary and Secondary School in Al Qataba, Khawkhah District in Hodeidah Governorate, after it has been renovated, rehabilitated and furnished, to support the education sector in Yemen. The ERC’s representative in the Red Sea Coast stated that the project was completed in record time, to enable 1,800 ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Boat Show gets underway next week, welcoming no fewer than 450 yachts and boats from around the world to the Dubai Canal. Ranging from fishing boats and small leisure-craft, to 50-metre (164ft) superyachts, the Dubai International Boat Show will be home to all things “chic nautique”, and will once again be the Middle East’s premiere ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Gulf Craft Nomad Yachts range goes from strength to strength as the company pushes the innovation button with the launch of an extended range of Nomad Yachts at the Dubai International Boat Show. The new range is added to the already successful Nomad 55, Nomad 65 and Nomad 75 models which have made waves in ...

Dubai / WAM Demand within the UAE’s food and beverage sector is expected to gain momentum over the next three years, supported by the country’s fast-growing population, rising number of tourists, and expanding halal food market, according to new analysis from Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The findings of the analysis were revealed during a briefing on the sidelines ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin signaled Russia will aim new weapons at the US if it stations missiles in Europe after quitting a landmark Cold-War-era treaty, amid growing fears of a new arms race. Still, the tone of Putin’s annual state-of-the-nation speech was less belligerent than a year ago, when he showed computer-graphics demonstrations of a series of new missiles and ...

Bloomberg Pressure on Emmanuel Macron’s top three aides intensified after a French Senate committee recommended a probe, saying the officials may have misled lawmakers while testifying under oath in a scandal about the president’s rogue bodyguard. Citing “withholding, incoherence and contradictions,” a parliamentary investigation committee recommended that the president of the Senate ask the prosecutor’s office to conduct an inquiry ...

Bloomberg Syria accused the US of sabotaging improved ties with Arab nations that could be key to rebuilding the war-shattered country. The US has pressured allies to block Syria’s reinstatement into the Arab League, President Bashar Al-Assad’s media adviser, Buthaina Shaaban, said in an interview in Moscow. The restoration of Syria’s suspended membership could be more than symbolic, potentially transforming ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to save her Brexit deal and prevent Parliament seizing control of the UK’s divorce from the European Union. The British government sees May’s meeting on Wednesday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels as a crucial chance to get legally binding changes to the so-called Irish border backstop, which ...

Bloomberg Barefoot and in pajamas, Milan Jovanovic watched flames engulf his Belgrade house after a Molotov cocktail crashed through a window in an attack before dawn. He and his wife survived only because she smelled the smoke. “They nearly burned us alive,” said Jovanovic, a 68-year-old investigative journalist who writes about government corruption. Jovanovic is the latest journalist in Serbia ...