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  ABU DHABI / WAM DarkMatter, the international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, will debut its capabilities targeting the defence sector at the upcoming International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017), in Abu Dhabi. Taking place from February 19-23 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, DarkMatter will launch its RF Jamming solutions, and Command, Control and Monitoring ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The UAE Ministry of Education signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with Expo Center Sharjah on Monday, ahead of the 13th International Education Show, to be held from February 15-17. The event also coincides with the 19th National Career Exhibition. The MoU, signed by Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education for Academic ...

  Dubai / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has launched a global education platform that gathers annually during the World Government Summit, with the aim of supporting education worldwide, and support children education among ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, received United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday with whom he discussed peace, terrorism and war. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

  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 ...