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Ryanair Holdings Plc lifted its full-year passenger goal and played down the likely impact of a recession on demand, saying bookings are looking strong as far ahead as next summer. Europe’s biggest discount airline expects to fly 168 million people in the year through March, up from 166.5 million previously, according to a statement on Monday. It said earnings should ...

Traders took China’s reiteration of the Covid Zero strategy in their stride, focusing instead on an eventual reopening and continuing to scoop up the nation’s battered shares. That meant another day of gains for equity indexes in Hong Kong and China as they try to stage a sustainable rebound after months of heavy losses. Tech and property shares — ones ...

Chinese markets are facing another volatile week after health officials vowed to “unswervingly” stick to the country’s Covid Zero approach, damping investor optimism that Beijing was working towards easing restrictions. Assets from equities to oil rallied last week on convictions that China is taking concrete steps toward reopening. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index had its best weekly gain since ...

Apple Inc.’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron Corp. has begun assembling the company’s latest iPhone 14 model in India. That move makes Pegatron the second Apple supplier to produce the iPhone 14 in the country. It comes at a time when Apple’s key iPhone Pro manufacturing hub in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou — operated by Foxconn Technology Group — was ...

Dubai / WAM     HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and President of DIFC, on Sunday announced the launch of the Dubai FinTech Summit, a global event that will bring together more than 5,000 experts, thought leaders, policymakers and decision-makers in Dubai to discuss how they can shape ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Dr Fuad Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq. During the meeting, which was held in Abu Dhabi, the two sides reviewed the UAE-Iraq ties and ways to enhance cooperation across all domains. They also discussed a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM During the UAE government media briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Saif Al Dhaheri, Official Spokesperson of the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), has announced that all restrictions and precautionary measures related to Covid-19 will be cancelled, as part of the country’s second phase of easing restrictions, effective at 06:00 AM on Monday, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will attend the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which is being held in Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The conference will welcome world leaders, heads of government, and representatives of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canda. During the meeting, which was held in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen joint cooperation between the two countries. They also reviewed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, said that the UAE’s participation in the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt will set a milestone in its path to climate action and an affirmation of its pioneering model regionally ...