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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, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, have discussed the strong fraternal relations and ways to enhance them in various fields. In a phone call, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and King Abdullah reviewed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) will represent the UAE at the 11th annual meeting of the GCC Meteorology and Climate Standing Committee, to be held on August 27 and 28 in Oman. The meeting will examine the decisions made by the Supreme Council in line with the vision of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, ...

DUBAI / WAM Japan broke ground for its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday. The groundbreaking, which officially marked the beginning of construction, was done by Akihiko Nakajima, the Japanese Ambassador to the UAE; Akima Umezawa, Consul-General of Japan in Dubai; Tomiyasu Nakamura, Commissioner General of the Japan Pavilion; and Najeeb Mohammed Al Ali, Executive Director, Dubai Expo 2020 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM EuroTier, the world’s leading trade show for animal husbandry and livestock management has announced the launch of its inaugural exhibition in the Middle East, the first-of-its-kind gathering for farmers, farm owners, livestock managers and agriculturists in the region. It is scheduled to run from September 2 to 4 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Saeed Al ...

DUBAI / WAM A Service Centre at Dubai International Airport’s terminal three witnessed 768 percent increase in number of UAE passport renewals in the past five years, mainly due to the passport’s jump in global ranking and increased awareness among Emiratis, a senior official told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Emiratis travelling abroad used to ensure that their passports were renewed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Distribution announced that its shares have been certified as Shari’a compliant based on the recent screening assessment made by The Unified Committee of Isla-mic Banks for Shari’a Screening of Equities — UAE. This certification enables brokerage arms of Islamic banks to trade Adnoc Distribution shares. Adnoc Distribution’s Acting CEO, Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, said, “We ...

Emirates Business Leading UAE-based technology and sustainability-driven facilities management (FM) company Farnek, has been awarded a five-year contract by Dubai Airports. Farnek, which will mobilise in excess of 800 cleaning staff to fulfil the contract, will be responsible for Terminals 1 & 2, Concourse D, Cargo & Logistics at Dubai International (DXB), as well as Dubai World Central (DWC). “Farnek ...

Ajman / Emirates Business The number of businesses choosing Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) to locate their operations continues to increase in the first six months of 2019 with 8.23 percent. The total number now stands around 8000. In addition to this, there to 91 percent of those companies who were contractually obliged to re-new, with the demand for business offices ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts released its figures for the first half of 2019, with a total volume of 463 cases across all divisions for the first six months of 2019, a 25 percent increase from the first half of 2018. The English-language common law courts continued to assist global businesses resolve their largest and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The number of road traffic deaths in the UAE has fallen by 34.2 percent in five years, down from 712 in 2014 to 468 in 2018, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Interior. Statistics also indicate that the number of serious traffic accidents decreased by 24.1 percent, down from 4,895 in 2014 to 3,712 ...