DUBAI / WAM Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Chairman of Emirates Islamic and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Emirates NBD Group, rang the market-opening bell on Tuesday to celebrate the listing by Emirates Islamic of a $500 million sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai. The bank achieved a profit rate of 1.827%, the lowest for a sukuk issued by a UAE bank ...

Berlin / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, visited the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, known as the “Holocaust Memorial,” and its museum in Berlin, accompanied by Gabi Ashkenazi, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. HH Sheikh Abdullah and Ashkenazi were accompanied by Heiko Maas, German Minister of Foreign Affairs. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In 2019, the UAE’s real estate sector achieved six positive indicators despite economic slowdown in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Middle East, highlighted by a surge in asset revenues, ownership rights revenues and profits in various indicators monitored by the central bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The companies, Emaar and Aldar, dominate the real ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Auto loans declined by 7.6 percent while property financing increased 2.9 percent during 2019, according to the statistics of the central bank of the United Arab Emirates. The apex bank’s figures indicated a drop of 2.3 percent in retail loans allocated to households in a sign reflective of an increased tendency towards spend optimisation among individuals. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 102,379 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...

Fujairah / WAM The Fujairah Charitable Society sent 200 tonnes of food and clothing to Sudan, as part of UAE’s humanitarian aid bridge provided by UAE to Sudanese people following the floods that hit the country. The aid was delivered with the support and directives of HH Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah. ...

DUBAI / WAM Switzerland reaffirms its commitment to the success of the Expo 2020 Dubai, which will run from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, and marks one year to go to the upcoming World Expo. On this occasion, the Swiss Pavilion took part in the first Pre-Expo event October, which was dedicated to space. The Expo offers a ...

For the first time since 2011, Apple Inc didn’t release a version of its flagship iPhone in September. That delay has had a massive ripple effect through its network of vendors, which makes parsing supply-chain data even more challenging than usual. Since at least March, we knew that the next installment of the iconic device would be pushed back due ...

After eight months of chaos and more than 1 million deaths worldwide, we might soon have a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. With as many as 150 vaccines in development — nearly 40 in late-stage clinical trials — it could come by the end of this year, although most experts see 2021 as more likely. Getting a vaccine is one ...

Something big is missing from Singapore’s picturesque and impeccably maintained highway linking downtown with Changi Airport: traffic. The collapse in international travel has hit the city-state especially hard. Borders are shut to tourists and much of Singapore Airlines Ltd’s proud fleet is mothballed. The idea of “flights to nowhere” had even been floated — effectively three-hour sight-seeing trips that would ...