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  DUBAI / WAM All preparations are complete for the 8th World Green Economy Summit (WGES), which is set to take place on September 28-29 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), and Chairman of World Green Economy ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced that it attained membership in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Through its membership, TDRA will support the implementation of EFQM’s leading approach, aimed at enabling organisations improve their own performance and objectives as well as develop their respective human resources. TDRA will utilise ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), a global not-for-profit organisation based in Boston, USA, launched a strategic cooperative agreement to advance and execute programmes for continuous improvement of the quality of healthcare. The cooperation seeks to set a solid framework and establish regulatory foundations to achieve ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is set to host the Annual Meeting of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 2022 at the Adnoc Business Centre in Abu Dhabi from 19th to 23rd September, 2022. Organised by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), the event will take place in the presence of Ulrika Francke, President of the ISO, ...

Bloomberg To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets. Facebook’s parent company has so far subpoenaed 132 companies for documents, including Snap Inc., ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok and the audio startup Clubhouse, and has warned that it may seek information from 100 more. The subpoenas ...

  Bloomberg Oracle Corp’s quarterly sales jumped 18%, buoyed by the software maker’s transition to cloud computing and the acquisition of health records provider Cerner. Sales were $11.4 billion in the fiscal first quarter, meeting analysts’ average estimate, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Profit, excluding some items, was $1.03 a share. Oracle said currency fluctuations reduced the earnings by ...

Bloomberg The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a detailed list of questions to Twitter Inc, before the committee will hear testimony from whistle-blower Peiter Zatko, who has accused the company of failing to adequately protect data on its users. In a letter addressed to Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, the senators wrote that Zatko’s allegations, if true, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of the UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first NPP in the Arab region, had strengthened operational safety by fully addressing the findings of an initial IAEA safety review mission five years ago. The Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) had concluded a ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) as the issuer, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) as the issuing and paying agent, has announced the results of the fourth auction of the Treasury Bonds programme (T-Bonds), which is part of the AED 9 billion T-Bond issuance programme ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a written letter from Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, concerning the bilateral ties between the two countries. The letter was received by HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, during his meeting in Abu Dhabi with ...