TCA Abu Dhabi to mark International Museum Day

Abu Dhabi / WAM In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, TCA Abu Dhabi, is inviting visitors to experience Al Ain’s past through a free cultural programme from May 16-18, to evoke the history of museums in Abu Dhabi and uncover the link to their future. The ‘Museums by Night’ programme ...

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VP, Argentine prez exchange views to advance cooperation

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Saturday President Mauricio Macri of Argentina at Zabeel Palace. While welcoming the President of Argentina and his accompanying delegation, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid stressed that such mutual visits between officials of the UAE and Argentine ...

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UAE, China discuss growing cooperation in trade, investment

Beijing / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State met Zhang Yesui, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing on Saturday. The meeting took place during Dr. Al Jaber ’s official visit to China to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing. The ministers discussed the ...

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ADX concludes NY roadshow

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), has concluded its first roadshow in New York City. Accompanied by a number of its listed companies, the officials from the exchange hosted meetings with around 50 institutional investors from various asset management companies and hedge funds whose assets under management are around US$ 7 trillion. The roadshow was designed to ...

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QCC issues updated new infrastructure standards guidelines

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) released an updated edition of the Infrastructure Standards Guidelines (ISGL) for the emirate of Abu Dhabi, following its approval by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. The updated ISGL will serve as a comprehensive guide to all entities concerned with infrastructure development in Abu Dhabi. The ...

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White House refuses to say ‘if Trump tapes conversations’

Bloomberg The White House repeatedly refused to say whether President Donald Trump secretly records his official conversations, after Trump suggested in a tweet that he had “tapes” of discussions with former FBI director James Comey. Trump issued a series of inflammatory Twitter posts, including a barely veiled threat against Comey, an assertion that it’s “not possible” for his spokesmen to ...

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North Korea would talk to US if terms right, says Yonhap

Bloomberg A senior North Korean official said his country would be willing to talk to the US government if conditions were right, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Choe Sun-hui, director general for North American affairs at North Korea’s foreign ministry, made the comment to reporters in Beijing, Yonhap reported on Saturday. The remarks follow comments by US President ...

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Ransom hackers who hit hospitals may return

Bloomberg The cyber-attack that spread rapidly around the globe was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, but experts said the hackers were likely to return as many computers remain at risk. Hackers can still gain easy access to personal computers that lack a security update issued in March by Microsoft Corp. ...

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The Comey debacle only magnifies Russia mystery

President Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James B. Comey will intensify focus on the issue Trump has been so eager to dismiss — his knowledge of contacts between Michael Flynn and other associates and Russia. White House arguments that Trump sacked Comey for mishandling the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails are implausible, but no more so than some of ...

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Job cuts at Indian outsourcers aren’t US president’s fault

India’s outsourcing firms are firing workers. Don’t blame it on President Donald Trump’s hawkish stance on US visas. The ‘end of hyper-globalization’ story makes for compelling headlines. But the Indian code-writers’ misfortune has more prosaic roots in technology and customer tastes. Global corporations, the paymasters of Indian software vendors, are no longer so keen to ante up for application development ...

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