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  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the winner of the “Emirates Innovative Teacher Award” on Monday. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of ...

  Dubai / WAM Crown Prince of Dubai HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received on Monday at Madinet Jumeirah, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. His Highness welcomed the move of the company to inaugurate its regional headquarter in Jebel Ali, Dubai. He also stressed the importance of providing all the facilities for the company to expand its operation ...

  Dubai / WAM UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, gave a keynote address at the 5th World Government Summit (WGS) held in Dubai, where she underscored the importance of inclusive, quality education and new forms of international cooperation to drive progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The event took place on Monday in the presence of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, UN, at Al Bahr Palace. The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince welcomed Guterres and congratulated him on assuming his post as the UN Secretary-General, wishing ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The merger of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and First Gulf Bank (FGB) will be announced on April 1, while trading of new shares following the merger will start from April 2 onwards. The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has stated that it had completed the procedures for the unification of the records of the stakeholders in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM) has signed two separate Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Kazakhstan’s International News Agency (Kazinform) and Tunisia Africa News Agency (TAP) to facilitate news exchange. The MoU with the Kazakhstani agency was signed between Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Executive Director of WAM and Assel Tulegenova, the Director-General of Kazinform, at the World ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai has taken a big step towards innovative and smart mobility solutions for reducing city traffic congestions, with the first trial run of manned AAV, an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle. In collaboration with Chinese EHANG Company, the first test run of an AAV capable of carrying a human, branded as EHANG184 was carried out in Dubai skies, the ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) plans to capitalise on increased sulphur processing capabilities, by doubling production and targeting new markets in Africa, Asia, South America and Australia, according to Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, ADNOC’s Gas Management Director. During his keynote speech, today, at the inaugural Middle East Sulphur Conference, Al Suwaidi said ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE), and MD & CEO of DEWA, announced that the Solar Decathlon Middle East will be organised at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The announcement was made at a press conference at the World Government Summit in Dubai, where ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Oman Insurance Company (OIC) and Bupa Global have launched on Monday a new range of tiered international private medical insurance (IPMI) plans, catered specifically to the needs of SMEs in Dubai. The new products are a result of extensive customer research, which revealed SMEs in the UAE want more flexible products with more cost-containment options ...