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  Emirates Business While breast cancer deaths in the UAE have declined by almost 10%, and late detection of the disease has gone down from 64% to 16%, there is a growing concern about the rise in incidences amongst women under 40 years of age. It is with this insight that the Joyalukkas Group has launched Joyalukkas Think Pink 2016, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will spare no efforts to invest in human resources as we aim to develop leading educational models on which we rely to make a difference, and which feature the 21st century skills to address issues in a fast-changing world, His ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE hosts the best minds in the world as it aims to shape the future, and started a new era today where it proactively plans for the future, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. Sheikh Mohammed’s comments were made during the ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International Airport, DXB, welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing the previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator, Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 percent. The year to date traffic totalled ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will be held at Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, from March 27-30 the organising committee has announced. The GMIS will bring together high-profile representatives of public and private sectors, and representatives of civil society organisations. It will also attract global innovators in the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Inspectors from the General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi, recently foiled two attempts to smuggle more than SR9.7 million at Al Ghuwaifat Customs Centre, in two separate incidents, when two Asian travellers were caught entering the country through the land border during a routine inspection. In one case, inspectors became suspicious of a vehicle driven ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Niall Gibbons, Tourism Ireland CEO, and Peter Baumgartner, CEO of Etihad Airways, have launched the Etihad Airways and Tourism Ireland trade incentive during an Abu Dhabi Roadshow event at Sofitel, Abu Dhabi Corniche. The travel trade incentive, which is part of the Etihad Airways SuperSeller programme, encourages agents to sell flights and holiday packages to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business For the fourth consecutive year, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, in partnership with the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), and in collaboration with DinarStandard presented the key findings from the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIE) and introduce the Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI) ...

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, issued Executive Council Resolution No. (51) of 2016 partially amending the Executive Council’s Resolution No. (1) of 2014 on regulations governing the tram system in Dubai. The new amendments aim to enhance safety standards in the tram system. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Close to 400 business leaders and government representatives will meet in Dubai next week to discuss foreign investment opportunities in Africa during the Africa Legal Network’s (ALN) 3rd Annual International Conference on 5-6 October at the Park Hyatt, Dubai, UAE. The invite-only event is set to attract a number of high-profile speakers, including UAE Minister ...