DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced that 80% construction work has been completed of its new plant at Jumeirah Village, which is the world’s first unmanned and fully-automated district cooling plant. Upon completion, the plant will have a total capacity of 50,000 Refrigeration Tons (RT). This is part ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), on Sunday hosted the preparatory meeting of the seventh round of the UAE-Kazakhstan Joint Committee. The meeting was headed by Dr Mohammed Al Jaber, UAE Ambassador in Kazakhstan, and Madiyar Menilbekov, Kazakhstani Ambassador to the UAE. At the meeting, Al Jaber conveyed the greetings of the UAE’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties on Sunday launched its first residential community in the heart of Saadiyat Island – Saadiyat Reserve. The AED722 million community features 306 infrastructure enabled land plots open to buyers of all nationalities. This is the first land plot development to be launched on Saadiyat Island since the introduction of new laws enabling foreign buyers ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE’s national airline, and SIXT, an international mobility service provider, have announced a new partnership to provide airport transfers to passengers globally. Customers can now book the extra transfer service online for their flight via etihad.com immediately after purchasing their airline ticket or even up to one hour in advance. The new service ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), announced that it is aiming to attract more Russian visitors this year as an increasing number of tourists from the country continue to flock to the emirate to experience first-hand its world-renowned hospitality and unique cultural heritage. According to the 2018 figures released by SCTDA, Russian visitors, ranked second on ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and President of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, praised the success of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), mixed martial arts championship hosted by Abu Dhabi. He also praised the support of ...

Bloomberg China’s exports unexpectedly contracted in August, with sales to the US tumbling amid the escalating trade war between the two nations. Exports decreased 1 percent in dollar terms from a year earlier, while imports declined 5.6 percent, leaving a trade surplus of $34.84 billion, the customs administration said. Economists had forecast that exports would grow 2.2 percent, while imports ...

Bloomberg India located the spacecraft lander in its moon mission after losing contact with it, but was unable to establish communication yet, Asian News International (ANI) reported. The mission’s lunar orbiter took a thermal image of the lander on the moon’s surface, the report said, citing K Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The development comes a ...

Bloomberg Home prices in Australia’s mining towns are leading the recovery in the property market, accounting for nine out of the 10 suburbs with the strongest growth in median prices. The gains were led by a suburb close to the home to one of the world’s largest lead smelters, as well as a once-struggling steel city, as record-low interest rates ...

Bloomberg The senior manager at Nissan Motor Co who led the probe into excess compensation for Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa and other executives is resigning, people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest sign of chaos engulfing the Japanese automaker’s top ranks. Christina Murray, Nissan’s vice president in charge of audit and compliance, will leave the carmaker as ...