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  Dubai / WAM Expo City Dubai welcomed its first visitors with guests enjoying an early look at two of its popular attractions ahead of the official opening on October 1. Fans of Expo 2020 Dubai – the first ever World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia – marked the start of Expo City ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received on Friday a written letter from Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, regarding strengthening the strategic relations between their countries and the prospects of developing them to serve their common interests. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed received the letter during a meeting with Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties on Friday announced that it is scaling up its property and integrated facilities management platform through the full acquisition of Spark Security Services, a leading UAE-based manned guarding security services provider. The all-cash AED125 million transaction further strengthens Aldar’s property and integrated facilities management platform to deliver a broader offering to customers, ranging ...

  DUBAI / WAM Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum, First Lieutenant Pilot at Dubai Police, has highlighted the UAE’s journey in women’s empowerment and the country’s efforts to boost their participation across various fields. In her keynote speech at the Women in Tech LATAM Awards in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Sheikha Mozah also discussed women’s contribution to aviation throughout ...

  Dubai / WAM The “My Book is Your Book” initiative to collect new and used books launched by the Union Coop has achieved great success after collecting more than 2,243 books in its first phase in just one week. In detail, Dr. Suhail Al Bastaki, Director of Happiness & Marketing Department at Union Coop, said that the initiative was ...

  Dubai / WAM du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced an exclusive offer to honour and empower UAE teachers to communicate and educate in their respective institutions. Designed specifically to meet their professional and personal requirements, the plan will offer teachers value for money, flexibility to educate out of class and connectivity in remote areas. du’s Educator’s ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Emirates SkyCargo sets up an airbridge between Dubai and Pakistan to offer cargo capacity free of charge on flights to transport relief aid to people grappling with the damage caused by the devastating floods. Cargo capacity on all Emirates’ passenger flights to Pakistan will be available to organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian hub, ...

  Bloomberg Microsoft Corp.’s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. will be sent for an in-depth review unless the tech giant offers remedies to address the UK watchdog’s concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was concerned about a substantial lessening of competition in the gaming consoles, multi-game subscription services and cloud gaming markets. It gave ...

  Bloomberg The Canadian economy accelerated in the second quarter as the nation benefited from surging commodity prices and got a boost from the lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns, though signs are emerging the momentum is waning. Gross domestic product rises at a 3.3% annualised rate after a 3.1% increase in the first three months of the year, Statistics Canada reported. ...

  Bloomberg Spanish inflation eased for the first time in four months, though surging energy prices as Russia limits supplies before the winter mean the retreat from record highs will probably be slow. European Union-harmonised consumer prices rise as much as 10.3% from a year ago in August, down from July’s 10.7% increase, Spain’s statistics service said in a statement. ...