Local News

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Media’s ‘Al-Ittihad’ newspaper has entered into a commercial partnership with The Wall Street Journal, (WSJ), to leverage its unparalleled reporting and analysis to expand its readership and strengthen its digital news offering. The agreement signing took place on Monday and was attended by Dr. Ali bin Tamim, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Media; Dr. Obaid ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MEVP Capital, a member of the Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) Group, announced that it has received its Category 3C license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as a DFSA Authorized Firm. MEVP Capital is one of the first DFSA-licensed Venture Capital (VC) Asset Managers in the UAE. This significant step confirms that ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Monday announced its plan to launch a new daily service from Dubai to Auckland via the island of Bali, Indonesia, starting from June 14. The new service will offer global travellers a total of three daily services to New Zealand, complementing Emirates’ existing non-stop daily service between Dubai and Auckland and its current daily ...

DUBAI / WAM Marwan Al Sawaleh, Under- secretary for Academic Affairs at the Ministry of Education, signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Thorsten Kunnemann, Director of the Swiss Science Center, Technorama, to establish a centre for science in the UAE. Signed on the 4th day of the National Science, Technology and Innovation (NSTI) Festival, the MoU comes ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM On behalf of the Abu Dhabi Government, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Sunday signed an agreement with Cepsa, a Spanish integrated oil and gas company, awarding it a 20 percent stake in Abu Dhabi’s offshore SARB and Umm Lulu concession. The choice of Cepsa, which is wholly-owned by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company ...

DUBAI / Reuters Careem said on Sunday it had acquired RoundMenu and would start trialing food delivery services through the restaurant listing and reservation online platform this month. The Dubai-based ride hailing firm acquired the website and app for an undisclosed sum. “Careem will begin testing a delivery capability for RoundMenu customers on a small scale later this month,” it ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Space Agency and the International Astronomical Centre (IAC) announced a joint campaign to monitor China’s Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory as it falls back to Earth. The fall is expected to take place in mid-March in areas between 43 degrees north and south latitude, which include most of the Arab region. The UAE Space Agency confirmed ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business OSN, the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading entertainment network, has signed the first partnership deal in the region with Netflix — the world’s leading internet entertainment service — marking a bold first step for industry collaboration and integration. The partnership comes amid a shifting global media landscape that sees demand for relevant and exclusive ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will host the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum on February 21 and 22. Organised by the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG) forum attendees will discuss the theme, “Taking Nature into Account,” with the participation of 200 executive directors, sustainability experts and decision-makers from various institutions in the UAE and the region. The forum will discuss ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the 12th Forum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed underlined ...