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  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched, on Friday, the UAE Tourism Strategy 2031, which comes under the ‘Projects of the 50’ as one of the biggest projects of the next years. The strategy aims to strengthen the position of the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, has inaugurated the second edition of the Abu Dhabi Moments initiative. Organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Community Development, in cooperation with various entities in the emirate, Abu Dhabi Moments is an initiative that includes community ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) reiterated on Friday its keenness to support and empower private sector companies in the UAE and help them achieve their Emiratisation goals of 2022 with 50 days to go for the deadline before fines are imposed on non-compliant companies. Companies with 50 or more employees are targeted to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM China-UAE relations are better than ever before, under the strategic leadership of President Xi Jinping and President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Zhang Yiming, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Friday. In an exclusive interview with WAM at the Chinese Embassy in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi walked off with two major wins in the ‘International Hospital Federation’ (IHF) Awards 2022. The winning categories included the Dr Kwang Tae Kim Grand Hospital Award, which is the highest honour for an individual hospital that demonstrates excellence in five categories including health service quality, patient experience and workforce well-being, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has emphasised that its commitment to the highest quality standards has contributed to its major achievements that have made it one of the best and most efficient utilities worldwide. On International Quality Day, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa, said, “We are keen to spread a culture ...

  Bloomberg British businesses are taking creative and unusual steps to attract staff, amid a notably tight labour market. One of celebrity chef Raymond Blanc’s restaurants is subsidising a bus service. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, which holds two Michelin stars, contributes to the transport link, helping them reach workers who live several miles away in Oxford. Supermarket chain J Sainsbury ...

Bloomberg New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, according to the email reviewed by ...

  Bloomberg Apple Inc has hired a startup founder and former Facebook executive to run its information systems group after departures in that department. Timothy Campos will lead the Information Systems and Technology department, better known as IS&T, which handles the infrastructure behind Apple’s online services, customer support and website. Apple refers to the operation as its “nerve center” because ...

  Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company will cut more than 11,000 jobs in the first major round of layoffs in the social media giant’s history. The reductions, equal to about 13% of the workforce, were disclosed in a statement. The company will also extend its hiring freeze through the first quarter. “I want ...