Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with Emaar Properties, is starting the trial run on Thursday of the first autonomous 10-seater car shuttling over a 700-metre long track at the Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said, “The trial run of the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, manager and operator of ports and the Khalifa Industrial Zone in the emirate, has partnered with Abu Dhabi Chamber to establish a representative office of the chamber at the business centre of the Khalifa Industrial Zone, Kizad, in Al Taweelah. The new representative office was inaugurated by Mohamed Helal Al ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) on Wednesday organised a ‘creativity lab’ workshop themed, ‘Envisioning the Future’, to discuss innovative solutions and industry solution in the energy sector, 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. IoT is the connection of everyday physical objects to the Internet in order to gather real-time data about ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said on Wednesday that the private sector is a key partner to the public sector in the UAE’s economic development growth and in the country’s ambitious vision for comprehensive development. Sheikh Mohammed made the remarks while visiting the IMG ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) paid visit on Wednesday to the Etihad Airways Innovation Hub in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy. He was accompanied by Omar bin Ghaleb, GCAA’s Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director of Support Services, Laila Ali bin Hareb Al Muhairi, GCAA’s Assistant Director-General of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Data released by Tokyo’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) shown that Japan imported 25.47 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE in July. This accounted for 26.1% of Japan’s total crude imports, the agency, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, said. Saudi Arabia provided 32.89 million barrels, or ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The federal government takes interest in the national companies that work within the food diversity ecosystem, Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment said. While touring the National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing company in Abu Dhabi, he praised the company’s role in preserving national food diversity, noting that such ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Delegates from across the globe will unite in Abu Dhabi this November to celebrate women’s achievements in the nuclear industry at the 24th Global Women in Nuclear (WiN) conference. To be held at the Fairmont, Bab al Bahr hotel between November 20-23, the conference is held under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, ...

  Beijing / AFP Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Ottawa’s finance department said on Wednesday, in a coup for Beijing after Washington had tried to dissuade US allies from signing up. “Canada is always looking for ways to create hope and opportunity for our middle class as well as for people around the ...

  Bloomberg Australia’s government will probe bank lending to small businesses as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tries to stave off opposition calls for a broader inquiry into the financial industry. The inquiry, to be conducted by the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, comes on top of moves to summon chief executives of the nation’s big four banks to testify ...