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  Bloomberg Gross domestic product is so 20th century. The measure has risen from humble beginnings during the Great Depression to be an essential gauge for governments and central banks the world over. Long-term investors allocate capital based on its findings; traders buy and sell stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities in the blink of an eye after readings flash on ...

  Emirates Business Gamers, get ready to lose yourselves in the ultimate surround experience with the Sennheiser PC 373D. Whether you’re cruising the streets of Los Santos, jumping into a team fight in the jungle or staying stealthy while an opponent is lurking around, nothing matches the sound quality, style and comfort of the latest member of Sennheiser’s gaming headset ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business DP World’s announcement of launching a feasibility study to explore the possibility of using high-speed transport technology – Hyperloop – to move containers from Jebel Ali Port to an inland storage depot had a strong echo in the media and have been widely applauded. The announcement concurs with Dubai Future Foundation’s announcement of holding an ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The new GITEX Startup Movement will support global startups experimenting in robotics, drones, and 3D printing in securing funding and reaching new markets and audiences. UAE startup DigiRobotics, which launched CafeBot and CarBot driverless car at last year’s GITEX, will return to showcase the first virtual reality robotic simulator, 3D printing by a seven-axis robot, ...

  Hasakeh / AFP Kurdish fighters advanced in the flashpoint city of Hasakeh in northeast Syria after a Russian mediation bid failed to halt clashes with pro-regime forces, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a military source said the Kurds seized territory across several neighbourhoods in the city’s south in violent clashes on ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) hosted a workshop on nuclear non-proliferation, at which US nuclear nonproliferation experts provided FANR staff with training in implementing export controls over commodities that can have either nuclear-weapon or peaceful purposes. Held in Abu Dhabi, the three-day workshop was conducted by the US Department of Energy’s International ...

  Sharjah / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has approved the first phase of development of bus shelters in the emirate, according to an announcement of the Sharjah Urban Planning Council (SUPC). The project is in line with the vision of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi and ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Infrastructure Development completed 95 per cent of a housing project for citizens in Al Taween area in the emirate of Fujairah and said it will be handed over in October. Finishing work is being done at the site after all structural and electro-mechanical work was completed, the ministry said in a report released on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Philatelic Association (EPA) participated in the Thailand 2016 32nd Asian International Stamp Exhibition, which saw the participation of 21 countries. Ahmad bin Eisa Alserkal from EPA won the Gold medal for “Abu Dhabi Stamp 1963-1973” and Ian Bridle won the Gold medal for his exhibit, “Republican Postal Stationery of Java During the Revolutionary Period ...

  MALI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) is spending AED7.5 million to provide health and food assistance to affected people in the Republic of Mali as part of the UAE’s efforts to improve the quality of life in Africa. An ERC statement said the UAE relief agency was working with a number of United Nations’ organisations to address difficult ...