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DUBAI / Emirates Business Leading trade enabler, DP World, UAE Region and Zhejiang Zhidi Holding Ltd. (ZZH or Zhidi Company) of China will jointly explore the establishment of a sophisticated next-generation logistics hub to meet the rising demand for conventional and e-commerce services in Dubai. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two sides states that the intent is ...

SHARJAH / WAM Organised by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the 21st Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabian Biodiversity (SICFAB), will begin February 3 – at Desert Park in Sharjah. The four-day forum, which will be held until February 6, will include discussions of several important issues related to biodiversity such as marine and coastal management of species ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), part of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Promotion and Real Estate Investment Management Sector of Dubai Land Department (DLD), as part of a strategic alliance for enhancing cooperation and mutual facilitation of their business ecosystems. Under ...

DUBAI / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the construction progress on the bridges leading to the entrance of Deira Islands has reached 75 percent. Works cover the construction of three bridges of six lanes in each direction linked with the bridge crossing over ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) organised the first edition of the Tawasul Forum in 2020 in Abu Dhabi. The Forum was attended by a variety of Emirati entrepreneurs, who are both members and applicants of the Fund, alongside government entities and strategic partners. The Forum was launched by Khalifa Fund to enhance commercial ties ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, welcomed medical experts to a Grand Rounds Event titled ‘Use of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury’ with Dr. Mohamad Bydon, MD, Neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurologie Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Health Services Research. The one-hour session was hosted at Sheikh ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai World Dental Meeting (DWDM) dedicated to the most advanced dental courses and bringing together the best scientific minds in dentistry, began at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday. Running until the February 3, 2020, the three-day scientific dental meeting aims to focus its attention on imparting world-class dental knowledge and technical training ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Making the UAE the first Arab country to deliver safe, clean and peaceful nuclear energy, Barakah is the first major national achievement this year. Nawah Energy Company, the subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) responsible for the operation and maintenance of nuclear energy plants in the UAE, has confirmed that the World Association of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE trade in aluminum amounted to around AED 8 billion during the first three months of 2019, according to statistics revealed by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority. The Emirates’ trade in the metal hit a record of AED 6.5 bn during the reference period, a growth of 23 percent over the corresponding period in ...

AJMAN / WAM The non-oil GDP in Ajman achieved a 3.6 percent growth in 2018, according to the emirate’s annual economic report 2019 issued by the Department of Economic Development covering the emirate’s economic outcomes until the end of 2018. The report showed that the average annual growth for the 2014-2018 period was some 3.8 percent, a clear indication of ...