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  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) on Sunday unveiled the official platforms and hashtags of the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX 2017) and Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 2017) on key social media platforms. For IDEX 2017, ADNEC has selected #IDEXUAE as the official English hashtag and #NAVDEXUAE as the official English hashtag of ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Masdar Institute of Science of Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technology, on Sunday announced Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) will pledge to support the Institute’s Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL) 2017 program as part of its drive to build capable future leaders. Mubadala has committed to support the ...

  DUBAI / WAM Nakheel announced an invitation to submit construction proposals for Deira Islands Boulevard, its new, AED5 billion community for 10,000 people, to be built at Deira Islands in Dubai. Nakheel announced that it will release a tender this week for the construction of 2,924 apartments and townhouses in 16 residential towers spread across four clusters, each containing ...

  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” mutters Marcellus as ghosts and mad spirits haunt Elsinore Castle in the first act of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet.’ After this past week of salacious leaks about foreign espionage plots and indignant denials, people must be wondering if something is rotten in the state of our democracy. How can we dispel the dark ...

  While ATMs in India are still waiting to get refilled, analysts’ spreadsheets are finally getting populated. The high-frequency statistics they need to weigh the impact of the country’s bizarre currency ban are slowly trickling in. By the looks of things, some earnings forecasts may escape with just a trim; others may need the slash-and-burn treatment. Sample two pieces of ...

  James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, has called Russia the “most dangerous” short-term threat to US interests and raised the question of whether President Vladimir Putin is “delusional.” Trump, meanwhile, has praised Putin’s savvy and talked of repairing US-Russia relations. This isn’t the only issue on which Mattis is at odds with his prospective boss, and ...

  Donald Trump did it again. He called John Lewis, civil rights icon and Democratic congressman ‘all talk and no action.’ The Republican billionaire response came a day after John Lewis described Trump as an illegitimate president. Lewis, like many other Democratic lawmakers, vowed to give Trump’s swearing-in a miss. Trump blasted Lewis saying that he should instead clean his ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports signed a Musataha Agreement with Khalidia International Shipping, a subsidiary of Emirates Business Group (EBG) to set up a third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse with a total investment of AED80 million in KIZAD, the Khalifa Industrial Zone’s trade and logistics cluster. The agreement was signed by Mohamed Abdul Jaleel Al Blooki, Chairman of the ...

  Dubai / WAM The number of passengers through the Dubai air, land and sea ports over the past year had reached about 52 million passengers, according to the statistical report issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai (GDRFA). Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director -General of the GDRFA said that the passenger traffic through Dubai International ...

  Vatican City / WAM Pope Francis praised the policy of tolerance pursued by the wise leadership of the UAE in promoting the values of tolerance, compassion and cooperation. The statement was issued during the official visit of Dr. Hessa Abdullah Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to Spain, at the invitation of His Holiness Pope Francis for the annual meeting of the ...