Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched, on Friday, the UAE Tourism Strategy 2031, which comes under the ‘Projects of the 50’ as one of the biggest projects of the next years. The strategy aims to strengthen the position of the ...
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Sheikh Theyab inaugurates new edition of Abu Dhabi Moments
Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, has inaugurated the second edition of the Abu Dhabi Moments initiative. Organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Community Development, in cooperation with various entities in the emirate, Abu Dhabi Moments is an initiative that includes community ...
Read More »MoHRE: 50 days to go for deadline to achieve Emiratisation target
Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) reiterated on Friday its keenness to support and empower private sector companies in the UAE and help them achieve their Emiratisation goals of 2022 with 50 days to go for the deadline before fines are imposed on non-compliant companies. Companies with 50 or more employees are targeted to ...
Read More »UAE’s Chinese learning covers 54,000 students
Abu Dhabi / WAM China-UAE relations are better than ever before, under the strategic leadership of President Xi Jinping and President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Zhang Yiming, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Friday. In an exclusive interview with WAM at the Chinese Embassy in ...
Read More »Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi wins two coveted awards
Abu Dhabi / WAM Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi walked off with two major wins in the ‘International Hospital Federation’ (IHF) Awards 2022. The winning categories included the Dr Kwang Tae Kim Grand Hospital Award, which is the highest honour for an individual hospital that demonstrates excellence in five categories including health service quality, patient experience and workforce well-being, and ...
Read More »Dewa commits to best international quality standards
Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has emphasised that its commitment to the highest quality standards has contributed to its major achievements that have made it one of the best and most efficient utilities worldwide. On International Quality Day, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa, said, “We are keen to spread a culture ...
Read More »US, Japan-led climate pact set to offer Indonesia $15b
Bloomberg The US, Japan and other countries will offer a climate finance deal worth as much as $20 billion to help Indonesia shift its coal-dominated power grid away from the polluting fossil fuel. Details of an agreement will be announced during the Group of 20 meetings in Bali next week after talks between US President Joe Biden and Indonesian President ...
Read More »Hindalco profit sinks on high costs, plans to raise $124 million
Bloomberg Hindalco Industries Ltd., the metals flagship company of billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s conglomerate, posted a sharp decline in quarterly profit as higher input and energy costs hurt its margins. The aluminum and copper producer’s board also approved a proposal to raise as much as 10 billion rupees ($124 million) through bonds, loans, debentures and other securities, it said ...
Read More »Europe’s gas use slides 22% as households keep heating off
Bloomberg Europe reined in its natural-gas consumption last month as households kept the heating off amid warm weather, providing some relief to a tight market ahead of winter. Governments across the region have been pleading with consumers to reduce their gas use after a slump in Russian supplies raised specter of rationing once the weather gets cold. A mild ...
Read More »Commodities surge after China eases some Covid curbs
Bloomberg Commodities from oil to iron ore and copper jumped after China eased some Covid restrictions, raising hopes over a demand recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. Almost all major commodities traded higher following news that China reduced the amount of time that travellers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine, a significant amendment of the ...
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