June2016

News Hour: IOM launched this week in Chiapas, southern Mexico, a series of workshops aimed at strengthening the counter-trafficking capacities of the Inter-Institutional Committee for Assistance to Trafficking Victims with judiciary officials, emphasizing a human rights...

News Hour: Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, is participating in a workshop to follow up on the commitments the government of Nigeria made at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London in May on fighting corruption in...

News Hour: Los Angeles Dodgers fans were on their feet in the stands after Emirates Cabin Crew members shared a fun airline safety-inspired demonstration on how to best prepare for nine innings of baseball and share...

News Hour: Emirates Airline announced today that it has repaid a bullet bond in full for the value of USD $1 billion (AED 3.673 billion) on its maturity date of 8 June 2016.  The USD $1...

News Hour: Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading one of the two daily flights servicing its Dubai-Moscow route to an A380-800, commencing 1st December 2016. Since Emirates started flying from its Dubai hub to...

News Hour: Passengers travelling to Melbourne, Australia will now have another direct flight option with Emirates announcing that flights EK408 and EK409 will begin operating as nonstop services from Dubai from 30 October 2016. Operated by...

News Hour: Johannesburg will become the second long-haul destination in Singapore Airlines’ route network to be served by the latest-generation Airbus A350-900 fleet, with effect from 27 June 2016. The A350 will initially be deployed on...

News Hour: Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to launch non-stop flights between Singapore and San Francisco and will add a second daily service to Los Angeles in an expansion of its US operations. The non-stop Singapore-San Francisco...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Germany-based Munich Re have signed an agreement on $250 million cover to help ADB’s Trade Finance Program expand support for trade in developing Asia. The agreement will see...

News Hour: The Government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $2 million grant agreement to finance relief efforts in the country following the recent floods and landslides which claimed the...