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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will resume direct passenger flights between Abu Dhabi and Beijing from June 29, becoming the first regular direct international passenger flight to recommence for Beijing, under the latest mandate of the Chinese Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council. In a statement, Etihad ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Johnson & Johnson Middle East to strengthen collaboration towards developing more advanced health services, as well as innovative hi-tech solutions to support the sector and boost its regional and international competitiveness. The MoU outlines various areas of cooperation for EHS to work on with Johnson ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) organised a business meeting with the embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in the UAE and the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), in the presence of a group of elite businessmen and tourism sector representatives. The meeting was held due to the visit of an ...

  BERLIN / WAM Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, participated in the ‘Uniting for Global Food Security’ Ministerial Conference in Berlin. Hosted by the German government, the event brought together ministers from the G7 countries, key donor countries, and the most vulnerable and most affected countries, as well as representatives of UN organisations, philanthropists, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will resume direct passenger flights between Abu Dhabi and Beijing from June 29, becoming the first regular direct international passenger flight to recommence for Beijing, under the latest mandate of the Chinese Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council. In a statement, Etihad ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s new Yiwu Market is all set to open its doors on June 28. As the first smart free zone market in the Middle East, it will cater to the retail and wholesale industries. Yiwu Market is the first phase of the Dubai Traders Market in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) that aims to revolutionise ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) announced that Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) – the integrated free zone technology park in Dubai – will host its first e-sports event in October. The e-sports event is a collaboration between DIEZ and Seed, a consultancy firm that specialises in ecosystem building with extensive experience in e-ssports, blockchain, and payments. ...

Bloomberg Oil jumped after a reading on US consumer inflation expectations was revised lower, adding optimism to crude’s demand outlook. West Texas Intermediate traded above $108 a barrel, erasing much of this week’s loss. Friday’s rally comes as the University of Michigan’s final June reading of longer-term consumer inflation expectations settled back from an initially reported 14-year high, potentially reducing ...

  SUVA / FIJI / WAM Several Fijian government officials lauded the humanitarian projects carried out by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), including the establishment of three technology colleges in areas affected by Cyclone Winston. The colleges were recently inaugurated by an ERC delegation led by Hamoud Al Junaibi, ERC Secretary-General, Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji, and several government ...

Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on Friday announced that the company is to develop a project to manufacture silicon metal in the UAE, securing supplies of a key raw material for ‘premium aluminium’ and unlocking potential new industries in the UAE in line ...