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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Holiness Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening to begin his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates. He was received at the airport by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and His ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that the UAE National Environment Day, which is being celebrated for 22 years on a row, is an important occasion “in which we renew our national commitment to protect our natural resources so as to preserve the natural environment and ensure the rights of future generations.” ...

Dubai / wam His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee, has broken ground for the first solar-driven hydrogen electrolysis facility in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The project will be carried out in collaboration between Dewa, Expo 2020 Dubai and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates views “All human beings as members of one global society,” the Minister of Tolerance, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, said on Sunday. Addressing the opening session of the Global Conference of Fraternity, being held in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Nahyan noted that the conference will be joined by Pope Francis and by ...

Dubai / WAM As the UAE economy grows, global trade enabler DP World is playing a key role in its development, according to a new study by the Boston Consultancy Group, BCG, “Economic Impact Assessment of Jebel Ali Port and Jebel Ali Free Zone on the Economies of Dubai and the UAE.” The results of the study were presented during ...

Dubai / Emirates Business More than 19,610 medical laboratory industry professionals and 678 exhibiting companies from 51 countries will be welcomed in Dubai on Monday for the opening of Medlab, the Mena region’s largest medical laboratory exhibition and congress. With the World Bank projecting that the UAE’s population will reach 12.8 million by 2050 (up from 9.4 million in 2017), ...

Dubai / WAM A major contract to complete some 29,000 square metres of public space at Expo 2020 Dubai – worth AED 169 million – was awarded to a UAE-based contractor. The move reinforces World Expo’s commitment to support Emirati companies and create a long-term positive impact on the country’s economy. Arabtec Construction secured the contract, which includes building a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced, on Saturday, the signing of an agreement, awarding an onshore block — known as Onshore Block 3 — to US based international oil and gas exploration and production company Occidental Petroleum. The award has been endorsed by Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC). Onshore Block 3 covers an ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business In the disruptive age of Uber, Amazon and Airbnb, today’s consumers are accustomed to easy-access, high-quality services tailored to meet their needs. It is this experience with private sector technologies that is shaping their expectation for government service delivery. In turn, the transforming government and citizen relationship has necessitated a radical rethink of government services. The ...

Dubai / Emirates Business We could be about to see the day that big data makes a bid to be displayed at The Louvre. For that is what one of the eye-catching events being held at this year’s WGS for the first time is aiming for: the transformation of data into art. The World Data Visualisation Prize – the result ...