AL DHAFRA / WAM The Abu Dhabi Police (ADP), discussed a response plan for monitoring the radiation of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant and explored the readiness of relevant authorities and participating teams for emergency situations, according to set plans supervised by a radiation monitoring team. The meeting, chaired by Colonel Hamdan Saif Al Mansouri, Director of the Criminal Security Sector ...
Read More »Dubai’s DED issues 1,509 new licences in September
Dubai / WAM The ‘Business Map’ digital platform of the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) saw 22,113 business registration and licensing transactions being completed during the month of September, an increase of 25% compared to August (17,710 transactions). This confirms the position of Dubai as a business and investment hub as well as the emirate’s advanced sustainability standards. The ...
Read More »DV Global Link, ANFAO ink deal over partnership
Dubai / WAM DV Global Link, the joint venture between Italian Exhibition Group and Dubai World Trade Centre, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ANFAO, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers’ Association, a Confindustria associate. The agreement initiates the establishment of a partnership, which will lead to the participation of ANFAO member companies at the Dubai Optical Show – Vision ...
Read More »DSF to give away cars, cash worth AED5mn
Dubai / Emirates Business With the 24th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) promising to provide unforgettable shopping experiences, the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) announced that the DSF Mega Raffles promotions – the Infiniti Mega Raffle and the Nissan Grand Raffle – will begin on October ...
Read More »AquaGold offers gentle microneedling procedure
Dubai / Emirates Business These days people are being bombarded by cosmetic procedure offers for lasers, facials, botox, fillers and sometimes all of the above. For the average person, the stacking of many treatment is overwhelming and most are losing faith in the capabilities of cosmetic dermatologists. Most people are looking for a single treatment that fulfills all of the ...
Read More »Brazil’s military poised to amass power after three-decade wait
Bloomberg General Antonio Hamilton Mourao would be Brazil’s vice president. General Augusto Heleno would be defense minister. And General Oswald Ferreira is likely to run a new infrastructure ministry. If ex-Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro wins the runoff vote against the Workers’ Party’s Fernando Haddad on October 28, he has promised to name as many as five generals to his cabinet, ...
Read More »Swedish opposition bloc fails to form government
Bloomberg The leader of Sweden’s four-party opposition Alliance called an early end to his attempts to form a government as the Nordic nation struggles to find political stability more than a month after an inconclusive election. After meeting with the speaker of parliament on Sunday in Stockholm, Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson said he remains ready to be prime minister, ...
Read More »EU mulls calling no-deal Brexit summit
Bloomberg European Union leaders are considering holding a crisis summit in November to draw up contingency plans in case the UK crashes out of the bloc without a deal, EU diplomats said. If a meeting of EU chiefs in Brussels this week fails to make “decisive progress,†the bloc could switch to Brexit no-deal mode and turn a gathering penciled ...
Read More »Beijing will defend its interests: Envoy
Bloomberg China’s ambassador to the US said Beijing has no choice but to respond to what he described as a trade war started by the US. “We never wanted a trade war, but if somebody started a trade war against us, we have to respond and defend our own interests,†Ambassador Cui Tiankai said on “Fox News Sunday†in a ...
Read More »UAE has earned good reputation among international investors
Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on Monday launched the 38th Gitex Technology Week at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed toured the five-day exhibition, which involves 4,000 government authorities and private sector companies that specialise in information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, ...
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