Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), in cooperation with the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry, organised a trade mission to participate in the WorldFood Exhibition in Moscow. The SCCI, which will be represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Centre, will attend the activities at the exhibition from September 17-19. The trade mission ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD), through the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), announced the issuance of nearly 500 thousand real estate permits for real estate companies through the ‘Trakheesi’ system. Ali Abdulla Al Ali, Director of Real Estate Licensing Department at RERA, said: “Achieving this number reflects the overwhelming approval of ‘Trakheesi’ and the services it provides ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM Up to 1,400 people from Al Fujair area in Trim district, Hadramaut, benefited from urgent relief aid distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), as part of the UAE surge plan to ease the suffering of the Yemeni people. The UAE’s premier humanitarian aid provider distributed the aid among the eligible households in the district who have ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Emirates National Oil Company Group (Enoc), plans to open five service stations in 2019, with the number of stations in the emirate reaching 25 over the next five years. The stations will include the latest technologies and equipment and will operate according to the highest standards to develop the services provided to residents of the emirate. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business With the new boat show season that has just started in Cannes, Azimut Yachts, the world’s leading yachts manufacturer with seven offices in the Middle East including UAE, achieved an excellent year as Azimut Benetti Group closed the accounting period with value of production estimated at €850 million (+18% on the previous year at constant exchange ...

Al AIN / WAM Focused on empowering small and medium sized business and startups, the third edition of the Al Ain SME 2018 will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, at the Al Ain Convention Centre on September 17-18. The event’s 2017 edition was hugely successful ...

VIENNA / WAM The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna has launched the first National Nuclear Science for Development Student Competition in cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Education, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec). Targeting high-school students from the age of 14 ...

Bloomberg Florence weakened to a tropical storm, trudging through the Carolinas at 5 miles per hour as it unloaded pelting rain and floods that killed at least five people. Its implacable advance threatens as much as $20 billion in damage, a toll that likely will unfold through the weekend. “Florence is still grinding its way across North Carolina,” Governor Roy ...

Bloomberg Super Typhoon Mangkhut battered the Philippines with gales and torrential rains, leaving at least three people dead and thousands homeless, triggering landslides and damaging an airport before heading toward China. The most powerful storm of the year ripped into Cagayan province in the northern Philippines with winds of up to 269 kilometres (167 miles) per hour. By US standards ...

Bloomberg Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team scored a significant victory as President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman pleaded guilty to conspiring against the US and agreed to cooperate in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The former campaign aide, Paul Manafort, admitted to a decade of crimes related to his work as a consultant for pro-Russia politicians ...