ADEN / WAM Over a three-year period, the UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) launched 32 projects to provide drinking water in the governorates of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, benefitting some 600,000 people. The projects are part of a series of humanitarian projects implemented by the UAE to help the Yemeni people related to food aid, shelter, social ...

AL AIN / WAM Strata Manufacturing, the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing facility wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company, successfully delivered 100 shipsets of the assembled A350-900 Inboard Flaps (IBF). Having completed the full First Article Inspection for the fabrication of six IBF components at its facility in the Nibras Al Ain Aerospace Park, Strata now assumes fabrication and assembly duties ...

Bloomberg Pension fund managers from three continents have launched an online green-investing tool that measures companies against United Nations sustainable development goals. The SDI Asset Owner Platform will allow investors to assess 8,000 companies using the UN criteria, according to a statement on Monday. The four pension funds — APG Asset Management NV and PGGM NV from the Netherlands, British ...

Bloomberg Oil rose in London to above $43 a barrel as Saudi Arabia hiked its official selling prices, and as global equity markets climbed. Brent gained 1.3% in London to near the highest level since March. Saudi Aramco increased its crude prices to Asia as demand recovers. Libya’s oil exports are expected to fall this month as forces opposed to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday sent a plane carrying over 12 metric tonnes of medical supplies and Covid-19 testing kits to Brazil in furtherance of joint cooperation to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 and assist approximately 12,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the coronavirus. Commenting on delivery, Saeed Abdullah Mohammed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to signify their joint commitment to progressing sustainable finance across the UAE and the wider region. Through the MoU, ADGM and Irena solidified their mutual dedication to promoting solutions that facilitate investment in renewable ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Air Arabia Abu Dhabi has announced that will start direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi with Alexandria and Sohag in Egypt. The inaugural flight will take off from Abu Dhabi to Alexandria on July 14 followed by flights to Sohag the next day. Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will start its operations with two Airbus A320 aircraft based ...

DUBAI / WAM in5, an enabling platform for startups and entrepreneurs launched by Tecom Group, on Monday announced that its members have raised more than AED65 million in direct investment, through multiple funding sources such as venture capital funds or angel investors, during the first six months of this year. “After generating more than AED400 million in funding between 2013 ...

Dubai / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has welcomed Lumex to the expanding community of laboratory-grown diamond businesses within the Free Zone. Lumex is the latest laboratory-grown diamond business to select Dubai and DMCC as the base of its operations in the region. “Since its inception ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Studies by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) have identified a single example of a species of tree not previously recorded in the Emirate, it was announced on Monday. It is believed by local inhabitants to be over 100 years old. The tree, known locally as Al-Sarh, is a member of the caper family, with ...