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ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon announces the postponement of the 2020 Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on December 11. Following lengthy discussions with the organiser, Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) and race title sponsor Adnoc, the third edition of the Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon will now take place in 2021, due to ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong-un paraded ballistic missiles and thousands of troops through Pyongyang in the largest such event in at least two years, with the North Korean leader vowing only to unleash his nuclear arsenal to prevent an attack. North Korean state television on Saturday showed battalions marching under the bright lights of Pyongyang’s main square in a rare night parade ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Wednesday announced the launch of AIQ, its Artificial Intelligence (AI) joint venture (JV) company with Group 42 (G42), an Abu Dhabi-based AI and cloud computing company. The completion of the formation of AIQ follows the signing of the JV agreement between Adnoc and G42 in November 2019 with ...

DUBAI / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been named as the “model nation” to aspire to by Arab youth for the ninth consecutive year. In the 12th Annual ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey, the country was voted for by young Arabs ahead of other Western and Eastern nations, underlining the UAE’s reputation as one of the world’s top places ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has convened virtually, and reviewed the performance of the authority in accordance with the 2020 Operational Plan as well as the progress in implementing a number of initiatives planned during this year. Members of the board reviewed latest updates of the four units ...

Dubai / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, stated that the UAE government, since the establishment of the country in 1971, has prioritised the housing sector to provide citizens with suitable housing that will achieve their family stability, happiness and quality of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways has announced that it is the country’s first airline to implement electronic technical logs (eTech logs) for airline operations. According to Etihad, the approval from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for implementation on Etihad’s freighter fleet accelerates the journey towards paperless airline operations which is a key initiative for Etihad Airways and the ...

Bloomberg Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stood in front of the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg to offer a pledge to unify the country as his campaign entered its final four weeks and his support appears to be growing. “Today, once again, we are a house divided,” Biden said using a phrase made famous by President Abraham Lincoln. “This must ...

Bloomberg The European Union looks (EU) set to launch a foray into social bonds, a market that has already swelled four-fold this year to fund projects to help societies recover from the coronavirus. The bloc’s first ever social bond sale is expected to come in the second half of October, as part of up to 100 billion euros ($118 billion) ...

Bloomberg The longest-maturity Treasury yield surged to a three-month high as traders adjusted their election bets. The yield curve steepened as the 30-year rate climbed more than nine basis points to 1.581%, the highest level since June 10, driving the widely watched 5- to 30-year spread to a peak of almost 125 basis points. Rates moved as US President Donald ...