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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Crown Prince Court and Chairman of Etihad Rail, has visited the final package of Stage Two of the UAE National Rail Network, which extends for 145 kilometres from Sharjah to Fujairah Port and Ras Al Khaimah, to review the progress of rail construction works ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The General Women’s Union (GWU) launched the first training course of the Cyber Pulse initiative for women and families, in collaboration with the UAE Cybersecurity Council, the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood and the Khalifa Empowerment Programme (Aqdar). The training initiative, held at the GWU headquarters ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Aiming to make wholesale buying convenient, secure, and transparent, Safqat — an online B2B marketplace — will soon debut in the UAE market. Replacing traditional one-on-one interactions, Safqat provides a streamlined one-to-many model that reinforces supplier-buyer connection. The platform aims for suppliers to reach restaurants, caterers, supermarkets, and grocery stores with a simple click ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Emirates has taken off to Tel Aviv, marking the airline’s first passenger flight to Israel. Emirates flight EK931 departed with 335 passengers, including a VIP delegation and Israeli media onboard at 1220hrs local time. Emirates executives onboard included: Adel Al Redha, Chief Operating Officer; Dr Abdulla Al Hashimi, Divisional Senior Vice President, Group Security; Adil ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Airports has issued a passenger advisory alerting travellers about Dubai International (DXB) getting exceptionally busy over the next two weeks as a result of schools breaking for summer and the Eid Al Adha holidays. According to the operator, some 2.4 million passengers are expected to pass through DXB between June 24 and July 4, with ...

  Bloomberg At least 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a powerful earthquake hit southeastern Afghanistan overnight, setting off a new humanitarian crisis in a country already facing a crumbling economy and hunger. The eastern Paktika province was the worst hit, Sharafuddin Muslim, the deputy state minister for Disaster Management said. The state-run Bakhtar News agency ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the directive of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) will be hosted at Dubai Expo City. The directive underlines the venue’s unique proposition as a state-of-the-art destination, which brought the world together in the UAE for six months. Both Expo ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) signed an agreement with Pure Health, the UAE’s largest integrated healthcare group, to join the National In-Country Value Programme, one of the key pillars of the national industrial strategy. As part of the agreement, that was signed on the second day of the “Make it in the Emirates” ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Edge, an advanced technology group for defence and beyond, on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi-based Troossmil Trading LLC to forge long-term collaboration for the supply of coating materials for munitions, and other locally manufactured speciality products. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Al Khoori, Senior Vice President of Strategy & Excellence ...

  Ajman / WAM A delegation from the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) visited the Casablanca Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services – the Kingdom of Morocco, to discuss ways of mutual cooperation and exchange experiences, and review the best practices that support the development of the economic environment. This visit is a part of the ACCI’s efforts ...