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Dubai / WAM The 1 Billion Meals initiative, the region’s largest food donation drive to support the underprivileged and undernourished in 50 countries across four continents, announced the completion of the distribution of more than 2.5 million meals across seven Asian countries, in collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment (MBRCH). Organised by Mohammed bin ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Foreign Experts Court of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has managed to maintain high adjudication rates in the cases brought before it over three years since it started operating in 2019, achieving a 90 percent disposition rate out of a total number of about 200 commercial cases submitted to its consideration, and totalling a ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Emirates’ flagship A380 made a landmark touchdown at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, marking the first commercial flight to the South Indian city’s airport of the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The special service from Dubai to Bengaluru, operating as EK562 and greeted with a procession of follow-me vehicles, arrived ahead of the launch of scheduled A380 ...

Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the commencement of e-scooters operations in 11 new residential areas from the start of 2023. As such, the total number of districts in which e-scooters are permitted to operate increases to 21, and the total length of tracks dedicated to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE strongly condemned the bombing that took place in central Mali and targeted a passenger bus, which resulted in death and injury of dozens of civilians. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation affirmed that the UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal acts, and its permanent rejection of all forms of ...

  Dubai / WAM Al Dahra Holding company, one of the most prominent Emirati Companies working in the agricultural field, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Valmont Industries, a leading American manufacturer of irrigation systems and agricultural technologies for the purpose to regulate the relationship between the two companies by establishing global relationship model in many areas of ...

  Dubai / WAM flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced on Friday its agreement with Smartwings, the Czech Republic-based airline, to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between November 17 and January 16, 2023. The Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) agreement with Smartwings will see four-leased aircraft support flydubai’s fleet of 68 Boeing 737 aircraft, enabling the carrier to ...

  Dubai / WAM A total of 2,338 real estate transactions worth AED7.3 billion were conducted during the week ending October 14, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department. A total of 106 plots were sold for AED1.76 billion, and 1,791 apartments and villas were purchased for AED3.81 billion. The top three transactions were two lands sold for ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM EQT has announced that the EQT Infrastructure III and IV funds (EQT Infrastructure) signed an agreement to sell a minority stake in GlobalConnect to Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala). Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, GlobalConnect is a fiber-based data communication and data centre services provider to enterprises, public institutions, and consumers in Northern Europe. The company was ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) launched Food Import and Export Management Information System (Fiemis) during its participation in Gitex Technology Week 2022. The platform allows food import and export services through the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP) operated by Abu Dhabi Ports’ Maqta Gateway and under the Abu Dhabi Department ...