Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways’ newest aircraft, a specially themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner, touched down in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after a delivery flight from Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. The aircraft, embellished with a striking faceted colour scheme, is the flagship of the Etihad Greenliner Programme. This is a unique collaboration between the UAE’s national ...

DUBAI / WAM Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, revealed that a total of AED166.6 million in marriage grants was disbursed in 2019 for 2,380 beneficiaries all over the UAE, a 15 percent growth over 2018. Buhumaid emphasised that the marriage grants given by the Ministry of Community Development reflect the support of the UAE’s wise leadership for UAE ...

TOKYO / WAM Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, completed a visit to Tokyo, Japan in her capacity as Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform for the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly. The visit was at the invitation of the Japanese government and followed her visit to Beijing, China. ...

Dubai / WAM Cities in the Middle East and Africa are gaining momentum, with Dubai, Riyadh and Nairobi all ranked within the top 20, according to JLL’s City Momentum Index 2020 which identifies the world’s most dynamic cities from a real estate perspective. Now in its seventh year, the annual Index combines socio-economic and commercial property metrics to provide new ...

DUBAI / WAM Close to 600 exhibitors featuring some of the world’s leading education-focused brands have confirmed to attend and showcase the latest innovations in education technologies at the 13th edition of GESS Dubai. A leading global education show, part of the GESS portfolio of international education conferences and exhibitions, GESS Dubai will feature the largest gathering of edtech companies ...

AJMAN / WAM As part of its commitment to support the digital transformation plan in the emirate of Ajman and improve the quality of all electronic payments, Ajman’s Department of Finance announced that self-service kiosks will be a part of Ajman Pay’s payment channels and customers will be able to register and top-up through MBME’s smart kiosks. Under this agreement, ...

Bloomberg YouTube secured the exclusive rights to broadcast some of the biggest esports leagues, giving Google a boost in its efforts to push into the lucrative world of video games. The deal, signed between Alphabet Inc’s Google and video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc, gives YouTube the rights to broadcast the new Call of Duty League and the already-popular Overwatch ...

Bloomberg Attorneys general from nine states urged a federal judge to toss out Google’s $13 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit blaming its Street View mapping technology for a massive violation of consumer privacy. The proposed accord in a debacle that became known as “Wi-Spy” doesn’t offer compensation for millions of people whose confidential data was captured off their Wi-Fi ...

Bloomberg The House impeachment managers wrapped up their case against President Donald Trump by warning senators that they will cause sustained damage to the Constitution and the nation’s system of government if they don’t hold him accountable. “That will be an unending injury to this country,” Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said in his summation. “The balance of power that our ...

Bloomberg A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Turkey’s eastern Elazig province killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds. About 30 people remain under the rubble of collapsed buildings, the NTV news channel said. Four buildings were wrecked in the Elazig city centre, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said. Twelve of the hundreds of aftershocks had a magnitude of ...