Abu Dhabi / WAM As the UAE is celebrating its golden jubilee and looking ahead to the next 50 years, the government’s national goals place even greater importance on expanding women’s roles, nurturing their rights, and supporting their position in society, said Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak said the vision ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority For Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) have jointly announced that, starting from August 30, application for tourist visas will be open to people from all countries, provided that they are fully vaccinated with one of the WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines. This comes as part of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and the Netherlands on Sunday signed two judicial and legal agreements related to the extradition of criminals and mutual assistance in criminal matters. The agreements were signed by Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice, and Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice of the Netherlands. The signing event was attended by Lody Embrechts, Ambassador ...

Dubai / WAM The Arab Water Council is getting ready for the 5th edition of the Arab Water Forum (AWF) scheduled to be convened in Dubai. The forum will kick off, in both hybrid and physical form, under the main theme “Arab Water Security for Peace and Sustainable Development” from September 21-23. The forum will be held under the patronage ...

BUENOS AIRES / WAM Saeed Abdullah Saif Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, and Alexis Guerrera, Argentine Minister of Transport, met to discuss relations between the two countries. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport in the capital, Buenos Aires, touched upon means to further develop cooperation between the two countries in ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has installed 15 electric vehicle (EV) Green Charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions: Opportunity; Sustainability and Mobility. The Green Chargers will serve the electric vehicles visitors to the Expo. Dewa has installed five Green Chargers at each pavilion, enough to charge 30 electric vehicles simultaneously, in addition to two stations ...

Bloomberg BP Plc and PetroChina Co formed a joint venture to manage the giant Rumaila field in Iraq, an operating structure the British oil major has adopted in other parts of the world as it focuses on the energy transition. BP is at the beginning of transformation to slash emissions and hydrocarbon output, while ramping clean-energy production. That strategy sits ...

Bloomberg The Netherlands’ advertising watchdog ruled that a Royal Dutch Shell Plc advertising campaign that said customers can offset the carbon emissions from their fuel purchases is misleading. Shell offers customers the option of paying extra for fuel, such as gasoline, saying it will use the proceeds to plant trees and re-absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The Advertising Code ...

One of the most disturbing aspects of the terrorist atrocity at Kabul’s airport is the reaction it failed to arouse. This act of stunning depravity should have reminded Americans that what they have in common as civilised people is much more important than what divides them. There’s little sign it did. The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is approaching, and ...

In an industry facing its biggest crisis since the dawn of jet aviation, Qantas Airways has been having rather a good pandemic. It’s the return to normalcy it needs to worry about. Shares rose 3.5% last week, the biggest increase in a year, in spite of the announcement of a A$1.83 billion ($1.33 billion) annual loss. One reason for the ...