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Saif bin Zayed meets minister of Internal Affairs of Liberia

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, has met with Varney A Sirleaf, Minister of Internal Affairs of Liberia. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed several issues of mutual interest, in addition to ways of enhancing cooperation between their two countries in the fields ...

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Sheikh Zayed Book Award reveals 17th edition winners

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) has announced the winners for its 17th edition, which recorded the highest number of submissions across all nine categories since the award’s launch, receiving a total of 3,151 submissions from 60 countries, including 22 Arab nations and 38 countries from around the world. The award, which is organised by the ...

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Abu Dhabi ranks as smartest city in Mena, 13th globally

ABU DHABI / WAM For the third consecutive year, Abu Dhabi ranked as the smartest city in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region for 2023, according to the IMD Smart City Index released by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland in collaboration with the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The International Institute for ...

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Dubai Chambers to showcase private sector’s role in Geneva

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Chamber is set to highlight the key role played by the emirate’s private sector worldwide and expand its global networks, bilateral trade, and business reach during the 13th World Chambers Congress (WCC) in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21-23. As a diamond sponsor of the 13th WCC, which is held under the theme of “Achieving Peace and ...

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UAE sends food aid to Sudan refugees at Chadian border

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE, through the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation and the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, sent a plane carrying urgent food supplies to Abeche Airport on the Sudanese-Chadian border on Tuesday. The aid will urgently support Sudanese refugees affected by the current situation in the Republic of Sudan, which has led to the displacement of ...

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Emirates Gas, Emarat unveil new seals for LPG cylinders

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enoc Group, announced the introduction of new LPG cylinder seals in partnership with Emarat. LPG cylinders supplied in the emirate of Dubai will now have a new shrink-wrapped identification seal on their valves in unique colours which are pink for Emirates Gas and violet for Emarat. The PVC seal is ...

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Sheikh Nahyan, Al Awar honour cricket Workforce Challenge Cup winners

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Chairman of the Emirates Cricket Board, and Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, awarded winners of the cricket Workforce Challenge Cup, which took place at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day. ...

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Abu Dhabi’s Multiply Group reports net profit of AED266mn for Q1

ABU DHABI / WAM Multiply Group, an Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company, announced a net profit excluding fair value gains (losses) of AED266 million, marking a 241 percent increase from the same period last year. The Group earned AED303 million in dividends from its public market portfolio, and its operating businesses generated AED269 million in revenue during Q1, an 11.6 ...

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ADU honours ‘Arts for Autism’ Competition winners

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) honoured the winners of the  seventh “Arts for Autism” Competition, organised by ADU’s College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Emirates Autism Society, the Ministry of Education, and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. The competition received over 160 art pieces from students across the UAE, with no specific ...

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