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Sharjah / WAM Beeah Recycling, a waste processing and material recovery business under Beeah group, has added a new Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility to its state-of-the-art, integrated waste management complex in Al Sajaa, Sharjah. The SRF facility will transform commercial residue waste into a high-quality alternative green fuel in cement factories, where the fuel will be injected into the ...

  Dubai / WAM Al Jalila Foundation, a member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, dedicated to transforming lives through medical innovation, announced that it has received the first donation in cryptocurrency at an equivalent value of $16 million to support Hamdan Bin Rashid Cancer Charity Hospital. The donation, the first of its kind in the UAE, ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has announced that the city will host the inaugural Dubai Esports Festival (DEF 2022) from November 9-20 at Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo City Dubai. DEF 2022, which will be hosted in partnership with VSPN, a global leader in esports total solutions, will be the first international leisure event ...

  Dubai / WAM DXB LIVE, the integrated event management and organisation services arm of the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), announced substantial growth in business during the first half of this year achieving an increase of 10 percent from 2019 prior to the global pandemic. Activities and services relating to events organised at the DWTC resulted in record high ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, carried more than 10 million passengers on nearly 35,000 flights to 130 destinations this summer. The airline also ramped up operations to serve customer demand during this busy period, reinstating daily services to London Stansted, and increasing flights to 33 cities on popular routes across Europe, Asia, and the Middle ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, on Tuesday announced the launch of its second Region in the Middle East, the AWS Middle East (UAE) region. AWS estimates that its projected spending on the construction and operation of the new Region will support an average of nearly 6,000 full-time jobs annually at external vendors, with ...

  MOGADISHU / WAM Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship at the port of Mogadishu, Emirati charity organisations, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and other authorities responsible for distributing relief aid, have begun distributing aid to residents in areas affected by drought in parts of Mahas and Mataban in Hiran Governorate, Hirshabelle State. Mohammed Ahmed ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has selected its latest cohort of tech startups from a large number of applicants worldwide that chose to setup and scale from the UAE’s capital. For the next two years, the new cohort will participate in Hub71’s Incentive Programme, benefiting from equity-free incentives worth up to AED500,000 and access ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) said the UAE was among the world’s leading countries in various digital life indexes, due to the significant advancement of its information and communication technology sector. In its report, titled, “Digital Lifestyle in the UAE,” the TDRA noted that in line with the figures included in relevant ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has been ranked the third most valuable utility brand in the Middle East and the third fastest growing brand in the UAE according to the annual report issued by “Brand Finance” for the strongest and most valuable brands in the world in 2022. The report underlined the remarkable success of ...