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DUBAI / WAM Over the summer travel months of July and August, Emirates handled nearly 1.2 million customers at its hub, compared to 402,000 customers during the same period in 2020, highlighting the safe and smooth resumption of international travel to and through Dubai. In fact, in 2020, Emirates was the largest international airline carrying over 15.8 million passengers, according ...

Ajman / WAM Salem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, discussed, with K. Kalimutu, Indian Consul General for Trade and Economy to Dubai, ways of enhancing the commercial and economic cooperation between the UAE, specifically the emirate of Ajman, and India. During the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the chamber and attended ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates has welcomed 41 Afghan evacuees, including members of the Afghan girls’ cycling and robotic teams, as well as at-risk human rights activists and their family members. The evacuation operation was sponsored by and conducted in cooperation with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and IsraAID, which accompanied the group following their ...

Dubai / WAM Over the summer travel months of July and August, Emirates handled nearly 1.2 million customers at its hub, compared to 402,000 customers during the same period in 2020, highlighting the safe and smooth resumption of international travel to and through Dubai. In fact, in 2020, Emirates was the largest international airline carrying over 15.8 million passengers, according ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etisalat announced that all its postpaid and prepaid customers would be able to access their Al Hosn app in public places without activating or purchasing a data plan. Al Hosn App is now whitelisted so that any data consumed while using the app will not come off a mobile subscribers’ allowance, said an Etisalat statement on ...

DUBAI / WAM The Kingdom of Netherlands has launched “The Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour” that aims at identifying and scaling up some of the most innovative start-up solutions in the fields of water, energy and food. The tour covers the fastest growing innovation ecosystems in the world and will culminate at the finals taking place at the Expo ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced the launch of this year’s edition of the company’s Al Robot competition, which challenges university students to design and build industrial robots for use at EGA’s aluminium smelters. The Al Robot competition is now in its fourth year, and aims to support young people to develop real world skills in ...

Abu DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Sunday a phone call from Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. During the conversation, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Khan discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations in various fields in ...

BRASILIA / WAM Saleh Ahmed Al Suwaidi, UAE Ambassador to Brazil, has discussed with Carlos Moura, President of the Brazilian Space Agency, the privileged bilateral relations between the two friendly countries in the field of space, as well as the participation of the Brazilian space sector in Expo 2020 Dubai. During the meeting, the UAE ambassador valued Brazilian efforts in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Yousef Mana’a Saeed Al Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States of America, has stressed that Expo 2020 Dubai reflects the UAE’s endeavour to build a more optimistic, peaceful and prosperous future for the whole world. The UAE ambassador added that, during this prominent international event held under the theme ”Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, the ...