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  Dubai / Emirates Business As a reflection of Dubai Electricity Authority’s (DEWA) excellence in cyber security, and leading position in different technical fields, DEWA received the COBIT5 certification in governance and information technology operation control. DEWA passed a series of auditing and monitoring process evaluations, becoming the first government entity in the UAE to fulfil all requirements of the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC) successfully organized lately a highly interactive workshop aimed at identifying key strategies, standards and guidelines that can be used to help in the implementation of initiatives complementing 2017’s declaration as the ‘Year of Giving,’ which was announced by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and is based ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dubai have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of Her Excellency Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office and Dr. Yousef Al Assaf, President, Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai RIT Dubai, to launch the Corporate Happiness Program. Offered in ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Leading international experts will share practical experience to create a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable environment, at the fourth EcoWASTE conference and exhibition to be held from January 16-19 as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). Hosted by Masdar in strategic partnership with Tadweer, EcoWASTE highlights the business opportunities available by adopting the ...

  Lima / DPA Astrid Gutsche actually only wanted to open one restaurant in the Peruvian capital Lima. Now, when asked how many restaurants she has around the world, she has difficulty remembering; “I don’t want to know, it stresses me out,” she says. Her name and that of her husband Gaston Acurio are now a synonym for culinary excellence ...

  DPA Birgit Kaiser fingers the shiny pullover carefully, checking out first the material and then the neckline. “Low-cut necklines don’t suit me,” says the 39-year-old. But the jumper her friend Gabriele Weck has picked out for her has a high neckline and therefore it makes the shortlist. She’s been blind in her right eye since childhood. Until a few ...

  Bloomberg Facing calls to strike back at Russia for what US intelligence agencies have termed Moscow’s interference with the 2016 US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump instead suggested warmer relations between the two countries. The president-elect took to Twitter on Saturday to discuss the potential US-Russia relationship under his administration, a day after US spy chiefs briefed him on ...

  KABUL / AP Approximately 300 United States Marines will be deployed to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand. A Resolute Support Mission spokesman, US Navy Capt. Bill Salvin in Afghanistan, said on Sunday that the deployment will take place in the spring. Salvin said in a statement that the marines are scheduled to ...

  JERUSALEM / AP A truck rammed into a group of Israeli soldiers who were disembarking from a bus in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, Israeli police and rescue services said. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the truck veered off course and rammed into the group. She said the attacker was shot dead. The attack ...

  BELGRADE, / AP Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures have left villages cut off and caused power outages as extremely cold weather continues for fourth day in most of Eastern Europe. Dozens of villages in the remote Pestar region of Serbia were sealed off Sunday by heavy snow, prompting the evacuation of some 100 people by emergency crews. Numerous villages ...