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  Sharjah / WAM Public members get the chance to win airline tickets with Air Arabia in a ‘Treasure Hunt” challenge organised by Sharjah Museums Authority in celebration of 90 years since the day the first aircraft ‘Hanno” landed in Sharjah back on October 5, 1932. The challenge, held in Al Mahatta Museum every Saturday on November 19 and 26 ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM As visitors begin flying for the winter break and the many spectacular events taking place in Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways looks forward to welcoming over 1.5 million travellers at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Shaeb Al Najjar, General Manager Hub Operations, Etihad Airways, said, “There has never been a better time to experience Abu Dhabi, with ...

  Abu Dhabi / GULF TIME AD Ports group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has signed a land lease agreement for 30 years with Audex Pte Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of PEC Ltd, a leading integrated project and maintenance solutions provider to the energy, petrochemical, terminal and pharmaceutical industries, with fabrication facilities spread across Asia ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE strongly condemned the attack that targeted the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, resulting in deaths and injuries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed in a statement the UAE’s solidarity with all measures taken by Iraq to protect its sovereignty, security, and stability, stressing UAE’s support for efforts to establish security ...

  Bali / WAM Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has affirmed his country’s eagerness to foster cooperation with the UAE across different sectors, at the forefront of which is the green economy, clean energy, and improving business opportunities. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), on the sidelines of the G20 Summit held on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Green Future Project, an Italian ClimateTech platform that offers a turn-key solution for corporate sustainability practices, will contribute to Abu Dhabi’s sustainability efforts by enabling greater access to effective climate solutions for companies as well as individuals across the world from Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem. Through its best-in-class portfolio of certified projects, Green ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Binance, world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it has received a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The Financial Services Permission will enable Binance to provide custody to professional clients, provided they meet the conditions of the FSP as outlined by the Financial ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre of the UAE capital, collaborating to support the growth needs of the financial community of Abu Dhabi. The MoU entails Adib providing ADGM registered and licensed entities and dedicated client managers Preferential Shari’a compliant banking ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, has said that under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE leads global efforts to promote the values of tolerance and coexistence. In his keynote speech on the second day of the Global Media Congress marking the International ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International (DXB) added a new connection to its growing list of destinations with the launch of SunExpress’ direct flights between Dubai and the Turkish city of Izmir recently. This is the second Turkish route the carrier now operates into DXB after it launched scheduled operations to Antalya in September earlier this year. SunExpress is operating ...