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  IRBIL / AP The United Nations warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons in Mosul, if confirmed, would be a war crime and a serious violation of international humanitarian law, according to a statement released on Saturday. “This is horrible,” Lise Grande, the humanitarian coordinator in Iraq said in the statement, “there is never justification — none whatsoever ...

  PARIS / AP Christian Dior sang the blues to its star-studded front row at Paris Fashion Week on Friday in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s sophomore ready-to-wear show that celebrated all things navy. Attendees Kate Moss, Rosamund Pike, Uma Thurman, Sienna Miller and a tardy Rihanna, ensured that Dior’s was the most attention-grabbing on the fourth day of fall-winter 2017 collections. ...

  PARIS / AP A tardy Nicki Minaj held up H&M’s fall-winter evening show that ended on a stirring note with a performance by The Weeknd. It capped a dizzying day in Paris. Day 2 of Paris Fashion Week saw deconstructed clothes, blown-up prints, and contrasting patterns shake up the runways at the VIP-filled collections of Dries Van Noten, Maison ...

  EMIRATES BUSINESS With its impressive mix of hundreds of international brands, a unique entertainment offering and outstanding choices for dining, Yas Mall offers a great opportunity for families to enjoy quality time together and participate in fun-filled and entertaining activities that will be a perfect addition to every family’s plans throughout the spring break. Yas Mall is committed to ...

  Sharjah / WAM Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, launched its flagship project ‘Sharjah Food Park’, the region’s first and largest city dedicated to food & commercial industries, comprising of warehouses, offices and labour accommodations on a total area of over 11 million square feet. The authority announced that its new world class facility is dedicated to importing, exporting, holding and re-packaging ...

  Ajman / WAM Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Municipality and Planning Department, has launched the eco-friendly electric vehicle to facilitate the work of parking monitors in the Emirate of Ajman, and set a model for entire population to use such vehicles. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Director – General of ...

  Dubai / WAM Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) inaugurated its new endowment residential project in Al Warqaa area in Dubai, funded by the endowment of the late Emirati philanthropist Hamel bin Khadem Al Ghaith Al Qubaisi. The Foundation will use the proceeds to finance its Family Village that provides shelter, education, psychological and healthcare support to orphans in a ...

  Dubai / WAM National Media Council (NMC) announced a series of events to support the ‘National Reading Strategy’, which is scheduled to go on until the year 2026. This is in tune with the Council’s strategic role as a federal authority mandated to support national events in terms of media and content. The NMC’s mandate includes setting media policies that ...

  Bloomberg Costco Wholesale Corp. fell the most in almost 15 months after posting disappointing quarterly earnings, a sign its warehouse-club model may be less durable than expected in a shaky retail economy. Earnings were $1.17 a share in the fiscal second quarter, the Issaquah, Washington-based company said. Analysts had predicted $1.36 a share, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. is shrinking its Seattle-area workforce by at least 1,800 jobs this year as the company streamlines operations in a brutally competitive commercial-aircraft market. The planemaker approved voluntary layoffs for 1,500 mechanics, according to a person familiar with the situation who asked not to be named because it hasn’t been made public. Another 305 engineers and technical ...