ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with the Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) to begin training 17,000 employees to operate the new Midfield Airport Terminal at the Abu Dhabi Airport. The programme is supported by a campaign designed to capture the imagination of the airport community, ensuring that employees of all airport organisations are Familiarised, Inducted and Trained ...

Dubai / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC) will hold the fourth session of the first ordinary session of its 17th legislative chapter on Tuesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The session, which will be chaired by Saqr Ghobash, FNC Speaker, will discuss a draft federal law on the biosafety of genetically-modified organisms, (GMOs) and questions will be directed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteering Programme has completed four million local and international community volunteering hours, in keeping with the humanitarian message of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Noura Al Suwaidi, Director of the General Women’s Union (GWU) stated that the programme’s volunteers have helped achieve progress in the areas of volunteer ...

DUBAI / WAM In line with the International Day of Education, Suqia, the UAE’s Water Aid Foundation, and Dubai Cares, both operating under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to share knowledge and build capacities to support developing countries facing a water scarcity. As part of this partnership, Suqia ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced that it will highlight how it is protecting biodiversity and preserving the quality of life for a sustainable future by participating at this month’s World Urban Forum 2020. Hosted by UN Habitat until February 13 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, (Adnec) the event will see EAD ...

Bloomberg President Rodrigo Duterte plans to order the termination of a longstanding military pact with the US, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported, though the US State Department reiterated that relations between the nations remain strong. The Inquirer report, citing presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, follows Duterte’s threat in January to end the agreement after Washington cancelled a visa for a senator ...

Bloomberg The new coronavirus may have infected at least 1 in 20 people in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global outbreak, by the time it peaks in coming weeks, according to scientists modeling its spread. The typically bustling megacity, where the so-called 2010-nCoV virus emerged late last year, has been in lockdown since January 23, restricting ...

Bloomberg Irish PM Leo Varadkar’s party defied pre-election surveys to stay in contention to keep power, as an exit poll showed the nation’s three biggest political parties in a dead heat, with Sinn Fein on track for a historic breakthrough. Varadkar’s Fine Gael won 22.4% of votes in the election, according to the poll, state broadcaster RTE said, confounding surveys that ...

Bloomberg Matteo Salvini insisted that he defended Italy by refusing to let stranded migrants enter the country when he was interior minister, as parliament prepares to vote this week on whether he should be prosecuted. “It’s crazy, I don’t know how much it costs in terms of men and money to show I’m a criminal, but I’m not afraid and ...

Bloomberg House Democrats said the Trump administration’s ban on New York State residents participating in US travel pre-screening programmes is a “senseless, retaliatory decision” that must be reversed. “Your justification for this sudden policy shift appears to be no more than a pretext,” the Democrats, including Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, wrote in a letter to acting ...