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Dollar UAE signs strategic MoU with Emirates Roadside Assistance to elevate customer experience
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Dollar UAE signs strategic MoU with Emirates Roadside Assistance to elevate customer experience

Dollar Car Rental announced a strategic alliance with Emirates Roadside Assistance, a subsidiary of Emirates Auctions, further solidifying its position as a regional leader in the car rental industry. Under this partnership, comprehensive roadside assistance services will now be available 24/7, ensuring immediate assistance in the event of a breakdown, service recovery, or accident recovery.To drastically reduce downtime and improve the overall customer experience, Emirates Roadside Assistance will serve as Dollar's committed partner for real-time recovery andsupport services. Marwan Almulla, General Manager of Dollar Car Rental, said, “This partnership reaffirms our commitment to offering innovative, client-focused solutions. Collaborating with Emirates Roadside Assistance allows us to of...
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Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief
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Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief

 Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Saturday's attack on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been fighting each other since the conflict broke out in April 2023. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for attacks on health infrastructure to stop, without saying who was responsible. The WHO Sudan office said that six children and five medics were killed in the attack, reporting extensive damage to the facility. Emergency Lawyers, a human rights group, accused an army drone of striking the hospital on Satur...
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Germany’s Wadephul against suspending the EU agreement with Israel
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Germany’s Wadephul against suspending the EU agreement with Israel

German Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul (L) and Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp arrive to attend the informal breakfast ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.Credit: Alexandros MICHAILIDIS/European Council/dpa German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday he wants to keep a partnership treaty between the European Union and Israel despite possible violations of the agreement. "We need good relations with Israel," Wadephul said on the fringes of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. "Israel is the democratic constitutional state in the Middle East," he said. An EU internal review concluded recently that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip are not in line with the principles established for its close cooperation with the EU. The...
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Nearly two in three Germans back European nuclear shield
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Nearly two in three Germans back European nuclear shield

Nearly two-thirds of Germans support the creation of an independent European nuclear deterrent, separate from the United States, according to a new survey.The poll, conducted by the Forsa polling institute for the magazine Internationale Politik (International Politics), found that 64% of respondents were in favour of establishing a European nuclear shield as a deterrent, while only 29% were opposed. The survey was conducted on June 12 and 13, before the latest escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran, which included direct US military involvement on Israel's side.Even before taking office in May, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced plans to seek talks with the United Kingdom and France - Europe's two nuclear powers - to explore a shared European nuclear strategy. The i...
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Jadwa Acquires Majority Stake in Leading Retailer Makhazen Alenaya Through its GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund
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Jadwa Acquires Majority Stake in Leading Retailer Makhazen Alenaya Through its GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund

Jadwa Investment, a leading investment management and advisory firm in the Middle East, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Makhazen Alenaya through its flagship blind-pool vehicle, Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund. Founded in 2019, Makhazen is a fast-growing Saudi retail concept with 15 branches across the Kingdom. The company has redefined the beauty and personal care sector by pioneering an emerging retail format: the multi- category specialist. Makhazen offers a wide, curated product range at consistently affordable prices and througha premium one-stop-shop experience. Backed by strong consumer traction and a scalable operating model, the company is poised to expand its footprint across Saudi Arabia. The transaction marks Jadwa’s fourth investment ...
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Germany: Iranian nuclear programme heavily compromised by strikes
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Germany: Iranian nuclear programme heavily compromised by strikes

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to coordinate closely with his European partners on the escalating conflict in the Middle East.Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa Large parts of Iran's nuclear programme have been compromised following the US attacks overnight, a German government spokesman said on Sunday after a security meeting headed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). However, a precise damage assessment of the US airstrikes would only be possible at a later date, spokesman Stefan Kornelius said after the security Cabinet consultations. Merz was to talk with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the morning on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, according to informed sources. Kornelius also said Merz and the m...
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Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, reports say
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Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, reports say

Donald Trump has approved plans to attack Iran, but has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country, the BBC's US partner CBS reports. The US president held off from initiating strikes in case Iran agreed to abandon its nuclear programme, a senior intelligence source told CBS. Trump is reportedly considering a US strike on Fordo, an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected Trump's demand for unconditional surrender, as the US president said his patience had run out. On Wednesday, Trump said, "I may do it, I may not do it", when asked a question about US involvement in Iran. Khamenei rebuked Trump in Wednesday's recorded speech, saying that "any US military intervention" would be costl...
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Arrests in Germany after €90 million drug haul seized in British port
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Arrests in Germany after €90 million drug haul seized in British port

A press spokesman for Hamburg customs presents a small part of a seized cocaine find at a media event in the port in 2022.Credit: Marcus Brandt/dpa German police have detained six men suspected of drug smuggling, after 3,600 kilograms of cocaine were seized in Britain last week, a spokeswoman for police in the northern port of Hamburg said on Thursday. The drugs, estimated to have a street worth of €90 million ($103.3 million) were discovered in the port of Southampton last Thursday hidden among bananas in a refrigerated container, she said. The container, which remained on the vessel, was then shipped to Hamburg, where the suspects loaded it onto a lorry and transported it to a warehouse in the town of Winsen, south-east of Hamburg. Hamburg police special forces detained five ...
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German president urges closer Japan relations amid mutual challenges
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German president urges closer Japan relations amid mutual challenges

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks to the press after talks with Japanese experts on geopolitics, geoeconomics and regional security at the International House of Japan.Credit: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday said he believes Germany and Japan are facing similar challenges amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape. Steinmeier, who met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on the second day of his three-day visit to the country, called for closer cooperation, arguing security and prosperity in East Asia and Europe are closely intertwined. "There are many things that are just as worrying here in Japan as they are here in Germany and Europe," the German president said, citing Russia's war against Ukrai...
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Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino and Toyota Motor Corporation conclude Definitive Agreements on integrating Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors
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Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino and Toyota Motor Corporation conclude Definitive Agreements on integrating Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors

• Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation pleased to announce conclusion of Definitive Agreements to integrate Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino on equal footing • Bundling forces to establish a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse to the benefit of all stakeholders • New combined company with over 40,000 employees with the scale, resources, and technology leadership to shape the future of the commercial vehicle landscape in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond • Aiming for new listed holding company to start operations in April 2026 Daimler Truck AG (President and CEO: Karin Rådström, hereafter “Daimler Truck”) Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (President and CEO: Karl Deppen, hereafter “Mitsubishi Fuso”), Hino Motors ...
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