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  Dubai / Gulf Time Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum inaugurated the third store of the UAE brand “Carter & White”, a company specialised in designing and manufacturing clothing, in City Centre Mirdif in Dubai. Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum had a tour at the new store, which is the largest in terms of size and department stores, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Agthia group has announced that seven of its products have won the 2022 Superior Taste Award granted by the International Taste Institute in Brussels, Belgium. The products from its brands such as Al Ain Water, Date Crown, Nabil Foods, and Alpin Water were evaluated against thousands of other food products from across the globe by ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, has announced additional flights from Abu Dhabi to capitalise on the increasing demand for travel. Providing hassle-free, affordable travel for tourists and residents in both the UAE and throughout the region, flight capacities are being extended to both Bahrain and Muscat, Oman to ...

  Dubai / WAM The Museum of the Future and Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) have announced a new partnership to showcase future mobility solutions, from personal jet packs to self-driving cars. They signed a strategic partnership to exhibit some of the world’s most exciting, advanced mobility solutions at the ‘Tomorrow, Today’ exhibition, an ever-evolving showcase of innovations at ...

Bloomberg The UK government would have to pay £14 billion pounds ($17 billion) a year to give public-sector workers the 7 percent pay raise that some of them are demanding. The figures, from an analysis by Bloomberg Economics, shed light on the options Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing to defuse the biggest round of strikes in decades. Rail workers ...

  Bloomberg California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had reached an agreement with state legislators on a $17 billion “inflation relief package.” “Millions of Californians will be receiving up to $1,050 as part of a new middle class tax rebate. That’s more money in your pocket to help you fill your gas tank and put food on the table,” ...

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is selling a 10% stake in Electrify America, the electric-car charging subsidiary it established in the wake of its diesel-emissions scandal, to Siemens AG, according to people familiar with the matter. The partners are also set to announce an investment of $450 million in the network, likely to be announced later Tuesday, they said, declining to ...

  Bloomberg Euro area consumer confidence approached its lowest level since the early months of the pandemic as soaring inflation weighs on purchasing power and households fret about the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine. A monthly gauge from the European Commission showed a reading of -23.6 in June — down from -21.1 in May. and worse than the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and the Unesco on Monday launched the co-publication “Culture in Times of Covid-19: Resilience, Recovery and Revival”, giving a global overview of the impact of the pandemic on the culture sector since March 2020, and outlining directions for its revival. Examining the impact of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM “Emirates Wheat”, which was launched in 2017, is one of the leading initiatives in the agriculture sector and involves 170 farms, representing most of the national efforts to achieve food security by producing over 80 tonnes of wheat. The national initiative, headed by farmer Humaid Obaid Al Zaabi, aims to boost country’s wheat production, especially ...