Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, recently met with Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations High Representative of the Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC). During the meeting, they discussed a number of international dossiers and ways to enhance the values of tolerance, coexistence, and peace. Moratinos praised the UAE’s efforts to strengthen tolerance, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, announced the approval of a concessionary loan worth AED55 million ($15 million) for the Olama-Kribi Road project in Cameroon. In a statement, the Fund said that the 204-kilometre road will link the capital Yaoundé to Kribi – one of the largest seaports in the country. “Aimed at enhancing the ...

Dubai / WAM Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee of UAE Football Association, announced the launch of the ‘UAE FA Retreat’ initiative. The initiative aims to plan for the Association’s next stages by taking advantage of the local and international sports expertise to form an integrated, holistic strategy for the future of football in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), commenced phase 2 construction works at the Delaija Wildlife Management Centre, project executed for the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), at a total cost of approximately AED30 million. The project, spanning an overall area of 426 thousand square metres, involves construction of administrative offices, a veterinary clinic, employee accommodation, various utilities ...

Dubai / WAM Since public voting opened last Tuesday, the UAE Nation Brand has attracted a whopping 1.5 million votes from 130 countries and 2,000 cities to select one of three logos that will represent the UAE globally. People from the age group 25-34 years old cast over a third of votes (33.5 percent), while the highest participation rates were ...

Belgrade / Emirates Business Dr Mohammed Al Zarooni, Chairman of the World Free Zones Organisation (WFZO) met with Serbian Minister of Finance, Siniša Mali in Serbia. The meeting was held to explore the role of Serbian free zones in advancing Serbian economic growth and managing the growth and sustainability of foreign direct investment through Serbian free zones. The agenda of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced on Saturday that its smart response initiative for technical notifications has saved up to 300 million gallons of water and more than AED17 million. Customer service satisfaction rates also reached 91 percent since the initiative’s launch in July 2019, the authority added. The ‘Smart Response Service’ has several features ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc would face limits on the online tracking and data sharing that power their advertising businesses under a bipartisan House proposal to establish the nation’s first federal privacy law. The draft legislation from the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which oversees online privacy issues, could diminish companies’ ability to monitor users across the web ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk has moved a step closer to building his first car factory on the home turf of Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG and BMW AG as his company hammered out a contract to buy land in Germany. Officials in the state of Brandenburg said they agreed the text of a contract with Tesla Inc to sell a 300-hectare (741-acre) ...

Bloomberg A judge ordered Uber Technologies Inc’s operation in Colombia to suspend its ride-hailing business after a technology platform presented a lawsuit claiming the company was providing the service through unfair competition. A judge at the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, which regulates the market, ruled that Uber’s app violated competition norms, the regulator said. Cotech SA, a taxi-service platform, ...