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  ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), under the leadership of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), inaugurated three colleges of technology in Fiji, to support the country’s education sector in areas affected by severe Tropical Cyclone Winston. Each college consists of ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dr Dena Assaf, United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates, has commended the UAE’s environmentally-friendly endeavours in a bid to protect the environment and achieve the sustainable development goals. In this context, the UN official hailed the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi’s decision to ban the use of single-use plastic bags from June 1, ...

  ABU DHABI / Gulf Time Etihad Airways is inviting guests for an unforgettable stopover in Abu Dhabi with three different offers that suit all tastes and budgets. With the relaunch of Etihad Stopovers, travellers can benefit from 40% discounted prices at one of Abu Dhabi’s premium four-star and five-star hotels participating in this campaign, or from a one or ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties has announced the launch of apartments at Grove District, a new at Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Epicentre on Saadiyat Island. Grove District sits within Aldar’s flagship Saadiyat Grove development, and its apartments boast partial views of the island’s three landmarks: Zayed National Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. The development, when completed, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, announced that Abu Dhabi will launch a new industrial strategy in two weeks, which will include four strategic pillars. In his statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines of the “Make it in the Emirates” forum held ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM One Million Arab Coders (OMAC) initiative, since its launch in 2017 and over four years, has equipped more than one million Arab youth with digital skills, in partnership with Udacity – a global digital educational platform specialising in providing digital courses in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, cloud computing, and other disciplines. The initiative ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) – the UAE defence and security acquisitions authority for the UAE Armed Forces, Abu Dhabi Police and national security agencies – injects, through its Tawazun Economic Programme, AED2 billion annually as an added value to the national economy, said Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, Chief Executive Officer of Tawazun. Al Hosani made ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Mubadala Investment Company have entered into binding agreements for Taqa and Adnoc to purchase stakes in Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) from Mubadala. This is a major milestone towards completing the transaction announced late last year by President His Highness Sheikh ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM G42 Healthcare, an Abu Dhabi-based leading health tech company and subsidiary of G42, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company located in Abu Dhabi, signed a letter of intent (LOI) with global biopharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, in the presence of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), to expand their collaboration into the domains of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Tuesday it has identified AED70 billion ($19 billion) worth of products in its procurement pipeline that could be manufactured locally. Out of this value, Adnoc signed agreements for local manufacturing opportunities worth AED21 billion ($5.7 billion) with UAE and international companies. The agreements, which were signed at ...