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Steel group backs stronger UAE safety codeThe Steel Alliance Against Counterfeiting (SAAC) has pledged its support for more stringent regulations controlling the use of key building materials in ongoing revisions of the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice 2016. SAAC More… |
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Bahrain ‘resolute in fighting terror’Bahrain is committed to the fight against terror, stressed Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. He said Bahrain stood firmly with the international coalition to combat the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh or ISIL, and wo More… |
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Drug firms urge govts to do more to combat superbugsMore than 80 international drug and biotech firms urged governments to work with them to combat drug-resistant superbugs which could kill tens of millions of people within decades unless progress is made and new antibiotics found. More… |
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GCC nations stand united against terrorThe security of GCC nations is indivisible, the interior ministers said last night, vowing to stand united against the scourge of terrorism. The ministers urged improved joint action to strengthen security and stability in GCC cou More… |
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Bahraini activists in ‘#ICan'tBreathe' drive against violenceRights activists in Bahrain have launched their own "I Can't Breathe" campaign, taking up a slogan adopted by American protesters outraged by the police killing of an African-American man. However, the term is not being used in Ba More… |
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Arab nations back US to expand anti-jihad operationsArab nations have rallied behind US President Barack Obama's call to expand operations against jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Bahrain and nine other Arab countries agreed, in a joint communique, to do more to stop the flow of fu More… |
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Banks reluctant to refinance ColonialGoldman Sachs and other banks are reluctant to refinance Spanish property firm Colonial's debt, potentially blocking its buyout by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), said a source familiar with the deal. The Middle East sovereign wealt More… |
