JAKARTA / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has led a UAE delegation to Jakarta, Indonesia, to attend the Asean Business and Investment Summit, the annual economic policy forum that brings together heads of state, policymakers and business leaders to discuss key issues facing South-East Asia. During the visit, Dr Al Zeyoudi held ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a written letter from, Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, discussing enhancing bilateral relations and opportunities to serve their mutual interests. Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, received the letter at his office during his meeting with Jakub Sławek, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Arabian Horse Society, and the follow-up of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamad Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the EAHS, the ...

CAIRO / WAM Adel bin AbdulRahman Alasoomi, President of the Arab Parliament (AP), has congratulated the UAE on the success of astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi’s space mission and his safe return to earth from the International Space Station (ISS), marking the longest Arab space mission in history, which lasted all of six months. Alasoomi commended what AlNeyadi and UAE work teams ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has rolled out the “Back to School” and “My School Bag” initiatives in collaboration with Madinat Zayed Municipality Centre. These initiatives underpin the municipality’s dedication to fostering cooperative relationships across various sectors. With partnerships from Al Ittihad Private School, Sharjah American School, and Rabdan School, the “Back to School” initiative welcomed ...

DUBAI / WAM Medlab Middle East will return to the Dubai World Trade Centre from February 5-8 with a host of new features, including a new zone, Next Gen Medicine, which will focus on the transformative potential of early disease detection and preventive medicine. This year’s edition of the show follows a record-breaking year in 2023, where Informa Markets, the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support (SIARA) has opened nominations for its 8th annual edition, calling on humanitarian changemakers in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and beyond to participate in one of the world’s leading honours presented to NGOs whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of refugees and internally displaced people. Nominations ...

BLOOMBERG Foreign funds reversed their record exodus from Indian stocks as the country’s appeal as an alternative to China grows, boosting valuations for its equity market to a new peak. Global investors bought $17.2 billion of shares in the South Asian nation on a net basis this year through September 1, which more than made up for their retreat in ...

BLOOMBERG European stocks retreated after a fresh set of downbeat economic data from the euro area and China, while the single currency sank to a nearly three-month low against the dollar. The Stoxx 600 dropped as much as 0.8%, edging lower for the fifth day, while US equity futures also retreated. The dollar strengthened as much as 0.5% against its ...

BLOOMBERG Ryanair Holdings said it was forced to cancel more than 350 flights over two days late last month when air-traffic control in the UK was hit by an outage, disrupting air space across the country. The Irish low-cost airline said in a traffic statistics release that 63,000 of its passengers faced cancellations on August 28 and 29 because of ...