ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Emirati photographer Noura Al-Neyadi. His Highness welcomed Noura Al-Neyadi during the meeting at Qasr Al Bahar and learned about the various initiatives and projects she has undertaken in the UAE and abroad. Al-Neyadi also shared stories and challenges she has encountered while photographing architecture and other ...

BELÉM/WAM Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, gave remarks at the Amazon Summit and Collaboration for Sustainable Development, urging leaders to build on President Lula da Silva’s commitment and inspire transformational progress on nature at COP28. Gathering in the Brazilian city of Belém, Dr. Al Jaber met with leaders from the ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates’ cabin crew team crossed a milestone and are now 20,000-strong, as the airline continues to recruit cabin crew globally to meet its planned growth trajectory. Since 2022, the airline has hosted recruitment events in 340 cities across 6 continents — truly reflecting the diversity of its cabin crew team and the destinations it serves. The instantly ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has revoked the licence of Dirham Exchange, an exchange house operating in the UAE, and struck off its name from the Register, and revoked the registration of RMB Commercial Brokers Co, a Hawaladar operating in the country. The administrative sanctions followed an appeals procedure,  pursuant to Article 137 of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Energy, the Abu Dhabi-based international energy company, has today released its latest Sustainability Report. In a pivotal year for the company in which it launched a new strategy focused on expanding its business in low-carbon solutions supporting the energy transition, and unveiled a new name and brand, the company recorded substantial progress on key ESG ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Halimah Yacob of Singapore, on the occasion of her country’s National Day, which is observed on August 9. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His ...

BLOOMBERG Amazon.com Inc is in talks to join other tech companies as an anchor investor in Arm Ltd’s initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the situation, part of preparations for a deal that could raise as much as $10 billion. Amazon is one of several tech companies that have talked to Arm about backing the offering, which ...

BLOOMBERG China’s largest tech companies Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have gained $66 billion in market value since May’s end, propelled by expectations of a gradual return to pre-crackdown growth and a litany of official promises to unshackle the private sector. Yet some investors warn the celebration may be premature. For the first time since 2021, China’s ...

BLOOMBERG Bitcoin may be closer to bursting out of a period of unusually low volatility if chart patterns and the token’s history are any guide. Some gauges of how much the largest digital asset swings around dropped toward a record low in the past month as Bitcoin hovered around $30,000. The lull coincided with a cooling in the token’s 2023 ...

BLOOMBERG European stocks rallied, led by a bounce in Italian banks, as investors weighed Rome’s backtracking on part of its windfall tax on lenders. The FTSE MIB Index was up 1.9% after dropping the most in over a month on Tuesday, as Italy said the impact of the tax may be limited for some banks and that the levy won’t ...