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Yemen / WAM With effective support and participation of UAE Armed Forces, the Yemeni National and Tihama Resistance Forces and Brigades Al Amalaqah took control of Al Duraihami District and expelled the Houthi militias, which left behind a large numbers of weapons and equipment.

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KF), has transferred 17 Yemenis and those accompanying them to receive medical treatment and healthcare at UAE hospitals, following being injured by Cyclone Mekunu. The assistance to the Yemenis follows the directives of President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

Dubai / WAM Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB), reached 7.6 million in April, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports on Sunday. The monthly traffic in April totalled 7,613,155, remaining virtually flat compared to 7,622,946 passengers recorded during the same month in 2017, a marginal contraction of 0.1 percent. The year to date traffic reached ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the Middle East, has won global recognition for its retail banking leadership at the 33rd annual Retail Banker International (RBI), Global Awards. At a ceremony held in London, the bank was recognized as the Middle East Retail Bank of the Year for its exceptional performance in 2017. The bank’s retail ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dubai Municipality and the UAE Food Bank have signed a special partnership agreement with Careem, a transportation network company, for the adoption of a community initiative. Under the special sponsorship agreement, Careem will provide food collection and delivery services during the Holy Month of Ramadan, and on specific days. The logistics company will collect surplus food ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Climate change can have a devastating impact on the environment, land and daily life, and that is what Professor Taoufik Ksiksi, in the Department of Biology at the United Arab Emirates University’s (UAEU) College of Science, is setting out to prove. His project on the impact of climate change on land use in Abu Dhabi looks at ...

SAN SEBASTIAN / WAM The total contribution of travel and tourism to the nation’s GDP was AED154.1bn, 11.3 percent of UAE’s GDP in 2017 and is forecast to rise by 4.9 percent in 2018, Mohammed Khamis Al Mheiri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Advisor to the Minister for Tourism Affairs, said during the UAE’s participation at the 108th ...

AJMAN / WAM The Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in collaboration with Kuwait Business Council in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, organised a Ramadan Majlis in the presence of Abdullah Al Muwaiji, Chairman of ACCI, and Diab Al Rashidi, Consul General of Kuwait. It reflected the chamber’s keenness to strengthen frameworks of joint economic cooperation and explore available ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 3M, an international company specialised in research and development, to exchange and share knowledge and expertise in anticipating the future and developing disruptive innovation in Dewa’s work. This is part of Dewa’s efforts to keep pace with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business DMCC and Emirates Post Group announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement sees the provision of dedicated Emirates Post Business Boxes, and a range of exclusive postal services to DMCC’s 15,000 plus member companies, and its Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), community of over 100,000 people. Ahmed bin Sulayem, DMCC Executive Chairman, and ...