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DUBAI / WAM An image of the Grand Mosque of Makkah was taken by KhalifaSat on the first day of Eid Al Adha during the Hajj pilgrimage of this year. KhalifaSat was fully developed at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre’s facilities by Emirati engineers and was launched into space in October 2018. It has five patents and seven space ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emiratis holding diplomatic, special, mission and ordinary passports are now exempt from pre-entry visas to visit South Africa. According to the South African Department of Home Affairs, UAE was added to visa waiver list, with the possibility of UAE citizens travelling to South Africa to stay for a period up to 90 days effective from August ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The first half of 2019 saw an input of AED2.3 billion into the Abu Dhabi economy, revealed the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company on Wednesday. In a statement, the company said that its Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec ), and Al Ain Convention Centre (AACC) contributed AED2.3 billion to the Abu Dhabi economy in H1 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat Carrier & Wholesale (C&WS) and Sparkle announced the establishment of a 5G data roaming interconnection between Etisalat and TIM, paving the way for 5G roaming between Middle East and across the globe. This strategic agreement will set the path for 5G and the global mobile and carrier community. While Expo 2020 was the first major ...

Dubai / Emirates Business For the tenth year in a row National Bonds, the UAE’s leading Sahri’a Saving and Investment Company, is distributing ‘Eidiyah’ to more than 1000 lucky minor bondholders. ‘Eidiyah’ is an annual initiative that rewards minor bondholders via special electronic draws for AED 50 held in celebration of Eid Al Adha. As part of its efforts to ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM/S&P Platts Refined oil product stockpiles at the Middle Eastern hub of Fujairah jumped 10 percent in the week to August 12 to 21.253 million barrels — an eight-week high — according to data released on Wednesday by the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (Foiz). The biggest increase was in middle distillates, which ballooned 35 percent to 2.86 million ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Wednesday His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Their Highnesses exchanged views on national issues related to Emiratis to ensure ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will showcase its world-class infrastructure and technology achievements in the transport sector to global experts as part of a series of technical visits during the World Road Congress Abu Dhabi 2019. Now open for registration, the free technical visits will offer delegates valuable insights on how Abu Dhabi deals with the day-to-day operations of ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Under the patronage HE Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, the UAE Minister of Infrastructure Development and the Chairman of Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime, Breakbulk Middle East (BBME), the largest breakbulk and project cargo event in the GCC, will return to the UAE on February 25-26, 2020. This will mark the second consecutive year ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Amanat Holdings PJSC (“Amanat”), the GCC’s largest healthcare and education investment company, announced its results for the second quarter ending on June 30. Amanat recorded a net profit of AED35.1 million in H1 2019 representing a 26 percent increase compared with the same period in 2018, and a total income of AED63.8 million, up 28 percent ...