00:00Good Day, Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, July 22. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11Nearly 70 shops across the UAE have been fined by the Consumer Protection Department in the
00:17Ministry of Economy for manipulating prices and for a lack of clear pricing since the
00:21beginning of Ramadan. The department issued fines and warnings to 20 stores in Abu Dhabi,
00:2716 in Dubai, 5 in Sharjah and 24 in Fujairah.
00:30British officials say Prince William's wife, Kate, has been admitted to the hospital in
00:34the early stages of labour. Royal officials said the Duchess of Cambridge travelled by
00:39a car to St Mary's Hospital in central London. The baby will be third in line for the British
00:44throne.
00:45Syria's Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
00:49Lavrov in Moscow today, seeking ways of ending the 28-month Syrian conflict. The move comes
00:55as Russia and the US seek to convene an international conference on Syria but amid differences
01:01over its parameters. Six Egyptians were killed and 11 others wounded in several attacks by
01:06militants in the Sinai Peninsula near Egypt's border with Palestine, medical sources said
01:11on Monday.
01:12Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest bank, buy assets today reported a 50% rise in second-quarter
01:18net profit as fee-based income climbed. E-NBD's net profit for the quarter rose to 972 million
01:25dirhams.
01:26In sport, American Phil Mickelson is today enjoying the adulation of the golfing world
01:31after his impeccable final round won him the British Open title in Scotland yesterday.
01:36In cricket, Australia will have to regroup after suffering a .347 run hammering by England
01:41in the second Ashes Test yesterday. Michael Clarke's side now trail the five-match series
01:462-0.
01:47And Britain's spectacular sporting summer continued last night when Chris Froome wrapped
01:52victory in the 100th edition of the Tour de France.
01:55Superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan appear to have settled their score after the
02:00actors hugged each other at an iftar party in Mumbai. The two were not on talking terms
02:04after an incident at Katrina Kaif's birthday in 2008.
02:08Finally, the weather. And today's high across the UAE will be 49 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:12to 31 at night.
02:14That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:22.
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