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Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC) has emphasised that the prestigious status of UAE as the biggest donor of developmental aid in the world reflects the vision of the founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and represents the culmination of his efforts to establish the country’s commitment ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), the region’s leading real estate development company, on Wednesday announced that Emaar Hospitality Group’s premium luxury hotel brand Address Hotels + Resorts has been selected to manage its flagship hospitality project in the Holy City of Makkah. This also marks the first expansion of Address Hotels + Resorts to the Kingdom ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Charity Association (DCA), announced a project to build a charity complex costing AED1 million, which will carry the name of the late founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in the Jayhoun area of Tajikistan, on the occasion of Zayed Humanitarian Work Day. The project will include the construction and launch of a mosque, ...

Dubai / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities (TRA), marked Zayed Humanitarian Day by launching a series of charitable initiatives, reflecting the humanitarian values of the founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The initiatives and activities include all segments of the society, reflecting the clear message that Sheikh Zayed’s legacy is universal and his charitable work always ...

Dubai / WAM Al Jalila Foundation on Wednesday announced that it has received a donation of AED3 million from Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), to support its A’awen, patient support, programme. The Al Jalila Foundation programme provides support, treatment and medical care for patients in the UAE who are unable to afford quality treatment. Since its inception in 2013, Al Jalila ...

Bloomberg Attorney General Jeff Sessions played two starkly different roles as he fielded questions from lawmakers over the firing of FBI chief James Comey and alleged Russian connections to himself and other associates of Donald Trump. For Republicans at Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sessions was the nation’s top law enforcement officer, defending the president and declining to ...

Bloomberg Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu’s job is on the line as the ruling party meets to discuss his government’s performance following signals he may be pushed out. The premier, who took up his post in January, refused a demand from Social Democratic leader Liviu Dragnea for him to resign, according to two people with knowledge of the talks who ...

Bloomberg Fugitive Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya said there was “no loan diverted anywhere” and reporters could “keep dreaming” about allegations he committed a billion-dollar fraud as he waded through cameras outside a London court. Appearing on Tuesday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for a hearing on his extradition after his April 18 arrest, Mallya was mobbed by questions from reporters, a ...

Bloomberg Theresa May is under growing pressure to abandon her plan for a hard Brexit as she tries to stitch together a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists that will keep her Conservative Party in power. Two former Tory prime ministers broke cover to demand that May reassess her approach to leaving the European Union after she lost her parliamentary ...

Bloomberg Leo Varadkar visited Galway last year, spending a day-and-a-half checking out state-sponsored jobs programs in the west of Ireland before heading to Eyre Square for a late-night snack. The 38-year-old social protection minister, who will be sworn in Wednesday as Ireland’s youngest-ever prime minister, was quickly mobbed by revellers enjoying hamburgers, recalls Peter Feeney, a local councilor accompanying Varadkar ...