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MANAMA / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain at Al Sakhir Palace in Manama. The meeting discussed boosting the historic fraternal ties between the UAE and the Kingdom of Bahrain in various aspects for the ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) on Saturday announced an expansion to their existing portfolio of metals products with the launch of new base metal products. The two new products, Aluminium Futures and Zinc Futures, will go live March 22. The new products will provide investors with an opportunity to ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Food and Beverage (F&B) operators in the UAE have responded to headwinds facing the industry by enhancing operations and rationalising costs to maintain margins, closely reviewing and adjusting portfolios, and opting to exit loss-making outlets and struggling brands, KPMG’s 2018 F&B Report has found. The UAE continues to lead the Food & Beverage market in the Middle ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah International Government Communication Centre (IGCC), a subsidiary of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB), will host an interactive media gathering on March 4, to reveal the agenda of the eighth edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2019) which will be held on March 20-21. The media gathering will be held at Al ...

CAIRO / WAM The Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign has provided free medical treatment to thousands of women, children and elderly people in Egyptian villages, under the slogan, ‘Following in the Footsteps of Zayed,’ and as part of the ‘We Are All Our Mother Fatima’ programme. The campaign has stepped up efforts, attracting and qualifying Emirati and Egyptian doctors to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The 9th UAE Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises & Innovation was held in Dubai in the presence of Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Chairman of the UAE SME Council. Al Mansouri emphasised that the UAE’s progress in accelerating the establishment of a robust SME sector according to highest standards stands out ...

HAJAR / WAM Up to 14,000 eligible Yemenis have benefitted from 2,000 baskets holding 160 tonnes of foodstuffs that have been distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) among underprivileged households in the Hajar district in Hadramaut Governorate, as well as in Al Modharaba and Raas Al Aara districts in Lahej. The new aid consignment falls within the continuing efforts ...

DUBAI / WAM Dewa has launched a project to install photovoltaic solar panels in a tenth of homes of UAE nationals in Dubai and connect them to its grid as part of ach-ieving objectives laid down by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the 50-Year Charter. Dewa is the first government department to implement the 50-Year Charter, which ...

Seoul / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, on Wednesday explored the strategic cooperation relations between the two countries, prospects for developing them to serve their mutual interests, as well as regional and international issues of ...

CAIRO / WAM Speaker of Arab Parliament, Dr Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami has praised the valuable aid provided by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait to support Yemenis at the Pledging Conference on Yemen held in Geneva, Switzerland. The aid has been announced to achieve the urgent humanitarian response, relief and alleviation of the sufferings of the Yemeni people. In ...