Muscat / WAM A delegation from the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Wednesday signed a media cooperation agreement with the Oman News Agency (ONA), on the sidelines of the official two-day visit of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Sultanate of Oman. The agreement aims to strengthen their cooperation in exchanging news and organising ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM International Holding Company (IHC) announced on Wednesday the completion of a 54% stake acquisition in Emircom, the Middle East’s leading information and communications technology (ICT) provider, through its subsidiary, IHC Digital. This AED250 million transaction comes as part of the IHC’s group-wide strategy to grow its digital assets portfolio and expand into new growth areas. ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM CNN Academy Abu Dhabi opened its doors for 2022 with a new group of 30 aspiring journalists eager to learn from experts at the world’s leading news brand. Becky Anderson, Managing Editor of CNN Abu Dhabi and Anchor of Connect the World, met the participants at twofour54’s Yas Creative Hub for a series of introductory ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib), a leading Islamic financial institution, announced the expansion of its popular Interactive Teller Machines (ITM) network with the addition of two new machines in Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi, and Oud Al Toba branch in Al Ain. The bank has witnessed a rapid growth in ITM usage year-on-year as of ...

  Bloomberg Shell Plc’s renewable energy division acquired Daystar Power, an off-grid services provider in West Africa, in its first acquisition of a power firm on the continent. The takeover, which awaits regulatory approval, will enable Shell renewable and energy solutions business to deliver carbon emission reductions and power cost savings to commercial and industrial businesses across Africa, according to ...

  Bloomberg Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest battery maker for electric cars with almost 35% of the market, plans to build a 14 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) manufacturing base in the city of Luoyang in the central Chinese province of Henan. Construction of the project in Henan will take up to three years, CATL said in a ...

Who is the real “change candidate” after 12 years of Conservative government in the UK: Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour party? Or Liz Truss, the fourth successive Tory prime minister? That is the question Starmer must answer at his annual party conference in Liverpool this weekend. The result of the next general election in two years’ time ...

The Bank of England’s next scheduled monetary policy gathering on Nov. 3 is a long, long way away. With the pound dropping to a record low against the dollar this week and UK borrowing costs surging, market soothsayers have called for an inter-meeting intervention. But Governor Andrew Bailey has resisted that temptation — and he’s right not to fall into ...

  Do Kwon is not on the run. We know that because the cryptocurrency founder said so. Singapore authorities announced that he’s no longer in their country, a South Korean court issued a warrant for his arrest, and Interpol put out a Red Notice. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to reveal his whereabouts, or his legal strategy to fight ...

HPV vaccinations among teens in the US dropped precipitously during the early pandemic, a disappointing reversal for shots that can prevent more than 33,000 cases of cancer each year. Worse, efforts to get vaccinations back on track could be stymied by legal challenges. We can’t let a decade worth of slow and steady progress in HPV vaccinations be lost. Getting ...