Bloomberg A driver plowed a rental van through a crowd of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk on April 23, killing 10 and injuring 15, in Canada’s worst mass killing in almost three decades. A 25-year-old man was arrested after a lone policeman unwaveringly stared down the agitated suspect — clothed head to toe in black — who appeared to ...
Read More »Senate panel approves Pompeo nomination for secretary of state
Bloomberg A divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in favour of Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, paving the way for the CIA director to gain approval from the full Senate later this week and handing a victory to President Donald Trump. The committee backed Pompeo’s nomination after Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, reversed his earlier ...
Read More »Trump warns Iran against restarting nuke programme
Bloomberg President Donald Trump warned Iran not to restart its nuclear program as French President Emmanuel Macron urged him to remain in the international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic’s atomic efforts. Trump made his differences with Macron clear from the outset of a state visit on Tuesday, beginning an Oval Office meeting by saying the Iran deal was “insane, ridiculous, ...
Read More »Italy picks new mediator in search for majority
Bloomberg Italian President Sergio Mattarella asked lower house Speaker Roberto Fico to find out whether the anti-establishment Five Star Movement could govern with the center-left Democratic Party, in the latest attempt to break a seven-week impasse. The head of state appointed 43-year-old Fico, from Five Star, to hold talks on his behalf and report back to him by Thursday. Senate ...
Read More »Mueller reviewed Manafort testimony on Russian Deripaska
Bloomberg Special Counsel Robert Mueller and FBI agents seized tens of thousands of items from the home of Paul Manafort and have also reviewed testimony that he gave in a civil lawsuit about a protracted business dispute with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, disclosed his review of the Deripaska-related testimony in ...
Read More »Etisalat revenue grows 5 percent to reach AED13.1 billion in Q1
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat Group on Tuesday announced its consolidated financial statements for the three months ending March 31. Etisalat Group announced that consolidated revenues in Q1 amounted to AED 13.1 billion, representing an increase of 5 percent year over year. In the UAE, the revenue of the company in first quarter increased year on year by 3% ...
Read More »Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque receives 516,000 visitors, worshippers
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi received 516,141 visitors and worshippers in March of various nationalities, from both inside and outside the country. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre (SZGMC), organised many events in March, in line with its leading cultural role and its efforts to promote the values of tolerance and coexistence, according ...
Read More »UAE nationals to get visa on arrival in Tonga from May 24
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), announced that UAE nationals can travel to the Kingdom of Tonga without the need for a pre-visa as of May 24, and can stay for up to 60 days during each visit. Ahmed Alham Al Dhaheri, Assistant Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs at MoFAIC, said that Emirati nationals ...
Read More »HAAD signs MoUs with UK health authorities
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), signed two Memoranda of Understanding, (MoUs), with British health authorities. The first agreement was signed with the UK Healthcare Commission and the second MoU with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The signing of the two MOUs was held on the sidelines of the UAE-UK Business Council ...
Read More »Manazel wins housing and urban development award
Abu Dhabi / WAM Manazel Real Estate won the Housing and Urban Development Award at the 2018 Global Infrastructure Congress, GIC. The award was presented by Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development. The award is a recognition of Manazel’s ‘Ghantoot Waterfront Project’ and its continued support for public and private developments and promoting energy efficiencies ...
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