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Bloomberg In Germany’s year of political turmoil, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is emerging as a surprise winner. With his pro-European convictions and even-keeled presence, the Social Democrat gained stature during Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent infighting with her party bloc’s nationalists over migration. Scholz, 60, has pulled ahead of Merkel and now is Germany’s most popular politician, having stood aside and ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin continues to unsettle lawmakers and foreign policy experts, many of whom also gave the thumbs-down to a possible follow-up meeting at the White House. “We need to know everything, and the president’s national security team needs to know everything” about the leaders’ two-hour meeting in Helsinki on July 16, ...

Bloomberg Britain’s new head of Brexit talks said the country needs to prepare for the possibility of negotiations collapsing on a new trading arrangement with the European Union once the divorce is final. “Any responsible government must make sure we have planning in place in case of a no-deal outcome,” Dominic Raab, appointed Brexit secretary this month, told the “Andrew ...

Bloomberg Several prominent Democrats who once worked with Paul Manafort have been dragged into court filings ahead of his fraud trial, most prominently Tad Devine, the 63-year-old political consultant who ran Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. The names appear on a list filed by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller of documents he could show to the jury that will be selected ...

Bloomberg Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the US arrest of Russian Maria Butina on suspicion of trying to infiltrate Republican circles and acting as an unregistered foreign agent was unacceptable. In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the top Russian diplomat said the charges against Butina were fabricated and called for her prompt release, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), have signed a cooperation agreement to support the application of sustainability best practices. The agreement was signed by Hassan Mohammed Jumaa Al Mansouri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, in the presence of Abdullah ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has opened the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan paediatric hospital in Mary province, Turkmenistan, at a cost of AED110 million ($30 million). Construction of the hospital is in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Informa Middle East, organiser of the region’s foremost real estate platform, Cityscape. The strategic agreement was signed by His Excellency Sultan Butti Bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Tom Rhodes, Exhibition Director at Cityscape. The new agreement aims to focus its efforts on promoting ...

DUBAI / WAM To mark the historic visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the UAE, Emirates Post Group (EPG), in cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, issued commemorative stamps celebrating 34 years of diplomatic relations between the UAE and the People’s Republic of China. The stamps bear three design executions, one with President His ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Urban Planning and Municipalities Department (ADM) launched 13 new digital services as part of its efforts to participate in the digitalisation drive and the modern vision of our leaders, who are keen to improve the quality of services and bringing happiness to community members. The move also responds to the needs of sustainable development and ...