DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, visited the Translation Challenge site to review its progress, which falls under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Monday met Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa, at the Dubai International Trade Centre. Sheikh Maktoum welcomed Kelly and his delegation, highlighting Dubai’s efforts to promote investment and benefit the national economy. His Highness said that all companies, investors and people in business ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has filed a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), following repeated incidents where Qatari fighter jets intercepted Emirati civilian aircraft during regular, scheduled flight paths. Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said that the UAE had filed a detailed complaint as per Article No. 54 ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday said that the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) has been a key driver for enhancing services and improving policies in Dubai Government over the past 21 years. Over the years, Dubai has set an example for service excellence ...

Bloomberg Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi cruised to a second term as Egypt’s president, scooping up more than 97 percent of valid votes in the election. Out of some 60 million registered voters, nearly 25 million, or 41 percent, went to the polls, according to the final results announced by the National Election Authority on Monday. Sisi secured roughly the same proportion of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates is looking for motivated and service-oriented candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. The airline will be organising Open Days for cabin crew recruitment in Dubai in the month of April. Emirates will hold Cabin Crew Open Days on April 13 and 28. Candidates can get details on the venue and the timing by ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat announced on Monday that it has further reduced its roaming rates for voice calls, SMS and data. Starting from April 1, Etisalat’s prepaid and post-paid customers will enjoy discounted roaming rates of up to 29 percent on data, outgoing voice calls to UAE, GCC and local destinations and outgoing SMS while traveling to any ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), and the Department of Economic Development (DED), met a delegation from the World Bank Group and discussed ways of strengthening cooperation in public interest and community service as well as the development of Abu Dhabi. The step is in line with the municipality’s and the DED’s continuous efforts to enhance ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, will be participating in the 34th edition of the Tunis International Book Fair, with a cultural programme packed with activities, events, seminars and interviews with Emirati writers and authors. Managed by Tunisian novelist Shukri Mabkhout, this edition of the book fair, which will run ...

Bloomberg US stocks dropped in light trading as the weakness in technology shares persisted amid renewed presidential criticism of Amazon.com and retaliatory tariffs from China. The dollar held steady and Treasury yields climbed. The S&P 500 Index slumped after its first quarterly retreat since 2015, with volumes 17 percent below average. The Nasdaq 100 Index lost more than 1.5 percent ...