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  Dubai / WAM In line with the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s declaration of 2017 as the national Year of Giving, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on saturday called for a national ‘Giving Retreat’ on February 1. The retreat will bring together over 100 cabinet ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced the launch of the first 132/11 kV substation at Dubai Design District (d3), in collaboration with TECOM Group, the developer and operator of d3. The substation is the first of three that will support district’s innovative business partners as well as the events and activities hosted within this vibrant destination. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Interior apprehended 30 suspects in 17 cases related to drug smuggling and trafficking in the last three months of 2016, a senior official revealed. “The ministry seized 3,814,000 Captagon pills, 21kg of hallucination pills and hashish. An attempt to smuggle over three million narcotic pills was foiled during this period,” said Colonel Saeed ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) participated in the President’s Falconry Cup in Abu Dhabi, where it has held an awareness workshop for the falconers competing in this year’s championship. The workshop was organised as part of a seasonal program aligned with the Fund’s efforts to enhance the UAE’s role in wildlife conservation, sustainability and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, unveiled the winners of its Winter Promotion 2016 under the theme ‘Win Your Dream Home in Your Country’ held from November 1 to December 31, 2016. Mrs. Seba Dabik won the Grand Prize of a ‘dream home’ worth AED 400,000. Gold coins were ...

  Dubai / WAM Twenty Japanese companies from the healthcare industry will join Japan pavilion at Arab Health exhibition at Dubai World Trade Centre. Japan will be promoting its top companies and manufacturers during the show from January 30 February 2. Masami Ando, Managing Director of Japan External Trade Organisation, JETRO Dubai and MENA noted that the participation of Japanese health ...

AP Male and female styles mixed with US television and music stars at Paris Fashion Week on Sunday for the final installment of fall-winter menswear shows as the City of Light prepares to notch up a gear for Monday’s couture week. Here are the highlights: LANVIN STAYS EDGY Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams in a woolen coat and stylish calfskin ...

  AP Colorful fall-winter menswear shows in Paris mixed high culture, androgyny and streetwear, as Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson, stepped out for the cameras at Givenchy’s library show— fittingly in the City of Light. PARIS IN PARIS The budding 18-year-old model and daughter of music royalty posed with a black Givenchy knit sweater ...

  AP Shopping for jewelry for a loved one ahead of Valentine’s Day can be stressful. But learning some tricks should help anyone have an easier time finding the perfect gift. That means understanding a partner’s tastes, shopping at reputable jewelry stores and learning what the wording means in terms of how gemstones are graded. And there’s plenty of opportunity ...

  WASHINGTON / AP President Donald Trump has barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months, and indefinitely halted any from Syria, saying the ban is needed to keep out “radical terrorists.” The order immediately suspended a program that last year resettled in the US roughly 85,000 people displaced by war, political oppression, hunger and religious prejudice. ...