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WARSAW / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, explored avenues to consolidate UAE-Polish relations in all sectors to achieve their mutual interests and benefit their peoples. This came as the UAE’s top diplomat, who is currently visiting Poland, met with his ...

  Dubai / WAM Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, inaugurated the region’s first project that will upcycle organic waste into high-quality products. The venture by innovative homegrown startup Circa Biotech farms black soldier fly (BSF) larvae, fed by food leftovers before being turned into animal proteins, organic fertilisers, and oils. During a tour of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Visitors to the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) will have the opportunity to view a valuable set of rare books and manuscripts that date back to ancient times. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Christoph Auvermann, from the French Librairie Clavreuil, said the library is participating for the second time in ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai has recorded 2,884 real estate and properties transactions at the value of AED8.7 billion in total during the week ending May 27, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD). The DLD weekly report said that 297 plots were sold for AED1.59 billion, as well as 2,116 apartments and villas for AED4.75 billion. The top three land ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM With $16.7 billion worth of exports last year, the US-UAE Business Council is poised to further enhance ties between the United States and the UAE in healthcare, energy sustainability, space, advanced manufacturing, and the digital economy. “There is tremendous potential for the further growth of the bilateral relationship,” Danny Sebright, the Council president, told the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Al Seer Marine has announced that it acquired two vessels, valued at a combined AED246 million, to meet the rapidly growing demand for transportation of liquified petroleum gas (LPG). Al Seer Marine, which is pursuing an expansion strategy to become a major world leader in commercial shipping, has targeted the acquisition of up to 15 ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, and Chimera Investment, an Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified portfolio of listed and unlisted equities on both local and global markets, announced on Friday that shares and warrants of the co-established SPAC, ADC Acquisition Corporation (ADC), commences trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, and Chimera Investment, an Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified portfolio of listed and unlisted equities on both local and international markets, announced on Friday that shares and warrants of the co-established SPAC, ADC Acquisition Corporation (ADC), commences trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Conference and Exhibition on Digital Economy Technologies (Seamless Middle East 2022) will be held in Dubai from May 31 to June 1 at the World Trade Centre. The event, held under the patronage of His Highness Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, is jointly ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The 31st Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF 2022) hosted the latest meeting of book fair directors from across the Arab world. The fair is organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi). The meeting aimed to cover issues regarding ...