ATHENS / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a meeting on Thursday in Athens with Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the friendly Republic of Greece. At the beginning of the meeting, that took place at the presidential palace, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou welcomed HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and congratulated him on becoming the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee held its first meeting, under the chairmanship of Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) and Chairman Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), to discuss strategy for blockchain and virtual assets, which is aligned with the Emirates economic strategy. The committee emphasised ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Emaar Malls Management LLC (Emaar Malls), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC (Emaar) and Noon AD Holdings Ltd (noon) announced on Thursday that they have entered into definitive documentation for Emaar Malls to sell the entire share capital of Namshi Holding Limited (“Namshi”) to noon for a total cash consideration of AED1.23 billion ($335.2 ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, this week celebrated Captain Aisha Al Mansoori who has become the UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in a commercial airline. This is a significant milestone for aviation within the UAE and part of Etihad’s efforts to expand the roles of women in aviation, in particular the pilot ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time As travellers kick-start the search for their next holiday, Emirates is announcing that it will restore its non-stop A380 services to and from Auckland and Kuala Lumpur, starting from December 1. The airline currently operates to both cities with a linked Boeing 777-300ER service, which makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur before continuing on to ...

  SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, presented to Al Qasimia University (AQU) a variety of sources and references in various sciences and knowledge that enable researchers, specialists and students to benefit from it in their research and academic career. The batch is added to the series of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has committed to adopting a mangrove tree on behalf of every guest who books an Economy Space seat, ensuring every “space” seat sold is eventually carbon neutral. The announcement follows the launch of the Etihad Forest, Etihad’s initiative for biodiversity, wildlife and environmental protection through a network of mangrove and other forests being ...

All indicators are flashing red for Europe. Warnings about a winter recession are growing louder, the single currency is slipping and the energy market is already in crisis mode. But European governments are still running three steps behind — in large part because they spend too much time second-guessing Russia’s next moves. Instead, they should be paying closer attention to ...

August is prime time for enjoying Britain’s rivers and coastal areas, but not so much this year. Pristine waterways have been polluted with raw sewage, yielding photos of gray-brown sludge and thousands of dead fish killed by toxic waste. It’s a brave person who orders oysters right now. There is nothing new about the twin problems that have been making ...

  In Pakistani politics, nothing gets done by halves. A few weeks ago, one of ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former cabinet ministers, Shahbaz Gill, warned lower-ranking military officers against following “illegal orders” from their superiors. The remarks were taken as an attempt to divide the country’s all-powerful army and Gill was promptly arrested. This, as well as Gill’s subsequent claims ...