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MoIAT, MBZUAI launch training programme on AI industry applications

  ABU DHABI / WAM Industrial leaders in the UAE have participated in the second edition of Industry 4.0 and AI for Industrial Leaders, a professional training programme delivered as part of a collaboration between the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). The four-day programme is designed to develop knowledge ...

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Etihad Airways returns to Heathrow Terminal 4

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE national airline Etihad Airways has confirmed it will return to London Heathrow’s Terminal 4 from June 22. Etihad is returning to Terminal 4 following a temporary home at Terminals 2 and 3 during the pandemic. Transport connections, including the London Underground and Heathrow Express, will also reopen. The Etihad Lounge will also reopen ...

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Operation Smile UAE starts its medical mission

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Operation Smile UAE, in cooperation with Healthpoint and the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi, will start a new medical mission in the UAE on Saturday, providing free surgeries to patients with cleft conditions over a course of three days at Healthpoint, Abu Dhabi. In January 2011, Operation Smile UAE was established under the patronage of HH ...

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Louvre Abu Dhabi launches second Richard Mille Art Prize

  Abu Dhabi / WAM To mark the museum’s fifth anniversary, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Mille announced the second edition of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here exhibition and the Richard Mille Art Prize, which will call on GCC artists (nationals and residents) working in various media to become part of its universal story. Curated by ...

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FNC becomes observer member at LatAm, Caribbean Parliament

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), said the decision of the Latin America and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) to make the UAE, represented by the FNC, an observer member will strengthen the cooperation between the two sides and support the efforts to enhance the economic, social, cultural and political relations between the UAE ...

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Dubai records AED18.4bn worth of realty deals in May

  Dubai / Gulf Time According to Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price and rental performance index launched by Dubai Land Department (DLD) in cooperation with Property Finder, Dubai’s real estate market records a total of 6,652 sales transactions worth AED18.4 billion in May, the highest volume of transactions for the month in the past decade. The sales transaction volume during ...

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WAM boosts cooperation with Italy, Switzerland media outlets

  ROME/MILAN/LUGANO / WAM An Emirates News Agency (WAM) delegation visited several media establishments in Italy and Switzerland to promote cooperation in news exchange. The visit is part of WAM’s keenness to create partnerships with media outlets in Italy and Switzerland, develop a sustainable model of constructive cooperation and partnership in media and build a wide network of strategic work ...

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ADX-MBank sign deal to facilitate IPO subscriptions

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Al Maryah Community Bank (MBank), the UAE’s first digital bank, signed an agreement on Thursday to facilitate initial public offering (IPO) subscriptions and streamline the process for obtaining a National Investor Number (NIN). As part of the agreement, MBank customers will be able to digitally create a NIN and self-subscribe ...

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Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan discuss ways to boost business relations

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber, received Abdallah Al Dardari, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan, and the accompanying delegation at the chamber’s tower in Abu Dhabi. Attended by Helal Mohamed Al Hameli, Deputy Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber, both sides discussed promoting their economic ...

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UAE keen to strengthen ties with global partners

  GENEVA / WAM Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, has held bilateral meetings with the ministers of trade from several Arab, Asian, and African nations on the sidelines of the UAE delegation’s participation in the World Trade Organisation’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12). Al Marri led the UAE delegation to the conference, which took place recently in Geneva, ...

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