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  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched on Saturday the UAE Soft Power Council, which will define a comprehensive strategy to reinforce the country’s position and consolidate its values of respect and appreciation with governments and citizens across the world. The UAE Soft Power Council ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah International Airport achieved a 2 percent growth in passenger traffic during the first quarter of 2017, which reflects increased passenger satisfaction in the quality services provided by the airport. The total number of passengers that passed through Sharjah International Airport in the first quarter of 2017 grew to 2.741 million, up from 2.687 million passengers during ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, stressed that the world is now witnessing the progress achieved by the wise leadership of the UAE in labour rights. The progress in labour rights, witnessed both at the regional and international levels, is a result of the efforts made to create an atmosphere ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Al Qudra Holding PJSC held its annual general meeting recently, and presented its 2016 full activity report for the financial year ending December 31, 2016. Following the meeting Al Qudra Holding announced that the company achieved great results on all levels. The AGM’s quorum was complete, a new Board of Directors of five executives ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Sunday announced that predated sick leave of three consecutive days or more will no longer be issued, which means sick leave can only be given on the day patients visit medical facilities and not on previous days. The DHA urged physicians and others personnel at public and private medical facilities ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) recently launched a new specialised reading and strategic innovative thinking initiative under the title ‘DLD Talk’ that comes in line with the department’s ongoing efforts to develop its employees and motivate them to improve their operations and customer services. His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of Dubai Land Department, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) hosted the inaugural meeting of the UAE Association for Management Consultants and Trainers (AMCT) on its premises in Dubai. The newly established Dubai-based public interest organisation serves as an umbrella entity for management consultants and trainers across the UAE. Licensed by the Ministry of Community Development, AMCT aims ...

  Bloomberg North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile just hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounted an effort at the United Nations to rally pressure against Kim Jong Un’s regime. The missile was fired at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday local time from northeast of Pyongyang and appears to have failed, according to a text message from South Korea’s ...

  Bloomberg The Turkish government agency in charge of internet technologies blocked access to Wikipedia on Saturday, without giving a specific reason for the decision. The ban was imposed after “technical analysis and legal consideration,” the Information and Communication Technologies Authority said, without citing any violation of Turkish law. The agency didn’t respond to calls placed outside regular business hours. ...

  Boomberg Millions of Brazilians were stranded without public transport and faced shuttered banks and schools as labor unions staged a nationwide strike against President Michel Temer’s reform agenda. Groups of protesters clashed with police in Brazil’s major cities as buses, commuter trains and metro lines ground to a halt. Access roads to airports in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo ...