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  Dubai / WAM Dubai Airports has upped again its annual forecast for passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) to 64.3 million following a strong performance by the hub in the third quarter, and the prospects of a stronger surge in the offing in the final three months of 2022. DXB started the second half of the year with a ...

  Dubai / WAM Riveting keynote speeches from leaders, compelling research papers, and speakers drawn from the industry and academia marked the opening of the 4th International Aviation Management Conference (IAMC) at Emirates Aviation University. This year’s topical theme – The Future of Aviation: Covid-19 Pandemic and Challenges – has brought together leaders, professionals, research scholars, students and academia to ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urged China to avoid “destabilizing actions” toward Taiwan in his first face-to-face meeting with Defense Minister Wei Fenghe since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August. In talks Tuesday in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the Pentagon chief also called for the two sides to maintain open lines of communication and warned of ...

Bloomberg JD.com Inc. is slashing salaries for about 2,000 managers by 10% to 20% and diverting some of those savings toward a $1.4 billion employee benefits fund, aligning China’s No. 2 online retailer with Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” campaign to share the wealth. Billionaire JD.com founder Richard Liu will donate 100 million yuan ($14 million) of his own money toward ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Serdar Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan on Monday discussed the deep-rooted ties between the two nations and explored opportunities for boosting collaboration. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed received President Berdimuhamedow at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi and expressed his wishes that their meeting would accelerate joint cooperation ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar Green Reit, the UAE’s first Real Estate Investment Trust to invest solely in sustainable real estate assets, has concluded the acquisition of property worth AED934 million ($254.28 million), taking its portfolio value to AED1.91 billion, with further assets identified for potential future investments. The announcement, made by the fund’s manager Masdar Capital Management Limited (MCML) ...

  Sharjah / WAM Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Chairman of the Sharjah National Day Celebrations Committee, said that the emirate is preparing to celebrate the annual National Day, which will include UAE citizens, residents and visitors. On the occasion, he congratulated President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President ...

Bloomberg Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder Morris Chang said the congratulations he offered Chinese President Xi Jinping about the congress that his ruling Communist Party recently held were his own “personal” view. “Taiwan’s Presidential Office told me beforehand that if there was an opportunity, there was no need to avoid meeting or greeting him,” Chang said Monday at a press ...

Bloomberg The US and Chinese defense chiefs are likely to meet for their first talks since Beijing suspended dialog with Washington over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s August visit to Taiwan —the latest sign that ties between the two nations are stabilizing. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would welcome a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during a gathering of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) has announced the launch of the ‘Abu Dhabi Smart Manufacturing Index’, that guides and facilitates private sector players’ transition to Industry 4.0 technologies, applications, and methods as part of its rolling out of the initiatives and objectives set forth by the Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy. Re-affirming the ...