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While observing its Golden Jubilee, the UAE has carved itself an exceptional foothold in the “farthest point in the universe Arabs have ever reached” as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai put it!. The Hope Probe’s long awaited rendezvous with the Red Planet is not just a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of the General Women’s Union (GWU), received Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, at the GWU’s headquarters. Also present were Antonio Álvarez Barthe, Ambassador of Spain to the UAE, along with a number of officials. The meeting touched upon means to further develop joint partnerships ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (Seha), the largest healthcare network in the UAE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH-D), Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Under the patronage of Dr Abdulaziz Al Ghamdi, Chief Executive Officer of the First Health Cluster in Eastern Region, KSA; SEHA’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gareth ...

BEIJING / WAM Dr Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to China, has said that with entering into the Chinese New Year, there is optimism on the horizon, with both the UAE and China achieving respective arrivals to the orbit of Mars. Al Dhaheri stated, “Spring Festival upon us as we enter into the Chinese New Year, many of us ...

DUBAI / WAM DP World Limited has announced that it handled 19.1 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in Q4 2020, with gross container volumes increasing by 7.6 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and up 6.5% on a like-for-like basis. On a Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 basis, DP World handled 71.2 million TEU, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The increased issuance of Sole Establishment licences in the UAE continued in the first month of 2021, underscoring the robust activity of the sector, which recently attracted many investors from both inside the country and abroad. The National Economic Register’s recent figures show that relevant authorities issued over 4,000 new licences for Sole Establishment around the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has expressed his condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, on the death of the mother of Prince Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai is seeing growing interest from Zimbabwean agribusiness companies that are keen to leverage the emirate as a strategic hub to boost trade, industry experts said during a recent webinar. The virtual forum, organised by Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Mozambique in cooperation with DEAT Capital, DP World and Dubai Exports, examined existing trade synergies between the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai is seeing growing interest from Zimbabwean agribusiness companies that are keen to leverage the emirate as a strategic hub for boost trade, industry experts said during a webinar. The virtual forum, organised by Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Mozambique in cooperation with DEAT Capital, DP World and Dubai Exports, examined existing trade synergies between the UAE ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Arancha Gonz ález Laya, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, to discuss ties between the two countries. During a working dinner in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them across various ...