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SHARJAH / WAM Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, and Immediate Past President of International Publishers Association, highlighted environmental pressures, material shortages and hyper-inflation of energy and other costs of business during the opening of the Sharjah International Booksellers Conference, a pioneering event that is building upon the success of its inaugural event last year. Organised ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Maritime Authority (DMA), at the Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation, the government authority responsible for regulating, coordinating, and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has introduced Directive No 1 of 2023 on Transparency of Local Sea Container Charges in Dubai. The directive requires all service providers to declare their local sea container charges to ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued directives for the formation of a Board of Trustees for the “1 Billion Meals Endowment” initiative, which falls under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives. The move aims to ensure managing and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Vice President, and Lt General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan, reviewed the cooperation ties between the two nations and the latest developments in Sudan. This came over a phone call HH Sheikh Mansour held with Al Burhan, wherein the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A second evacuation plane from Sudan, carrying 136 UAE citizens, along with diplomats and nationals from nine other countries, including vulnerable groups of the sick, children, the elderly and women, has arrived in the UAE. The evacuation operation aligns with the UAE’s commitment to humanitarian assistance and to its efforts to promote international solidarity and cooperation. ...

RABAT / WAM Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, led the UAE delegation participating in the Joint Annual Meeting of Arab Financial Institutions held in Rabat, Morocco. The meetings reviewed ways to promote sustainable development in the region and the most prominent global issues, including the circular economy and sustainable finance. The UAE delegation included Khaled ...

ZHANGZHOU / WAM Shaun Torrente and Rashed Al Qemzi combined to give Team Abu Dhabi a rewarding end to the Grand Prix of Zhengzhou as Sweden’s Jonas Andersson won the second round of UIM F1H2O World Championship in China. Three-time world champion Torrente battled his way from fourth at the start to second place behind Andersson as the Swede produced ...

SHARJAH / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, received the team of the Sharjah Football Club, which was crowned with the UAE President’s Cup, on Sunday, at Al Badi’ Palace, and directed a reward of AED10 million for the team. This came in the presence of HH Sheikh Sultan ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, congratulated H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on the Sharjah FC’s win of the UAE President’s Cup. Sheikh Mansour also congratulated the Sharjah football team, their technical and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Make a Wish Foundation UAE joined the international community in celebrating the World Wish Day 2023, which is celebrated on April 29 every year. Sheikha Shaikha bint Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, wife of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Adviser to the UAE President, and Honorary President of “Make a Wish” foundation, said, ...