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  DUBAI / WAM With Eid Al Fitr approaching and more travellers planning to take to the skies, Emirates is stepping up its schedule by adding 23 flights and layering on additional seats with the deployment of both A380s and Boeing 777s between April 28 and May 8 to the four cities it serves in KSA, as well as to ...

  Dubai / WAM The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 01Gov, a Dubai-based govtech start-up that offers a portfolio of digital solutions, including the 01Gov platform, the first Arabic platform for government innovation. As per the memorandum, 01Gov will provide federal government employees with 100,000 free licences of the basic ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has announced the release of its 2022-2024 corporate strategy, with a vision that focuses on attaining a competitive, diversified and sustainable economy that leads to the economic welfare of the business community in Sharjah. Also, the strategy contains a mission that seeks to achieve comprehensive economic development and improve the ...

  Dubai / WAM dnata Travel, the UAE’s longest-standing travel provider, has revealed that the total volume of local and international travel bookings for the anticipated Eid Al Fitr break is up by 195 percent so far in 2022, compared to overall bookings made throughout the same annual holiday period in 2021. This year, the number of international travel bookings ...

  Ajman / WAM The total number of certificates of origin issued by the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) during 2021 increased to 33,175, compared to 25,682 during 2020, achieving a 29 percent growth, a top official revealed. Mohamed Ali Al Janahi, Acting Director-General of ACCI, said the total value of the products, for which certificates of origin ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the conclusion of the ‘1 Billion Meals’ initiative successfully by achieving its goal in providing one billion meals to the disadvantaged and vulnerable in 50 countries. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed stressed that the initiative reflects ...

  Sharjah / WAM Arada has reached a major milestone at the Sharjah megaproject ‘Aljada,’ with the completion of its first residential phase. The delivery of 278 homes in the last two Misk Apartment buildings at the mixed-use community brings the total number of units finished at Aljada to 1,482, said an Arada press release on Wednesday. The Misk Apartment ...

  Bloomberg Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion, using one of the biggest leveraged buyout deals in history to take private a 16-year-old social networking platform that has become a hub of public discourse and a flashpoint in the debate over online free speech. Investors will receive $54.20 for each Twitter share they own, ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Consul-General of China in Dubai, Li Xuhang, said the UAE has succeeded in consolidating the meanings of diversity, inclusiveness and a culture of openness through hosting people of more than 200 nationalities. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Xuhang said the UAE has created a community with a shared future for mankind. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) announced its financial results for Q1 2022. e&’s first quarter consolidated revenues increased by 0.8% to AED13.3 billion, while consolidated net profit increased to AED2.4 billion, a year-over-year increase of 3.6%. Consolidated Ebitda reached AED6.8 billion, an increase of 0.5% year-over-year, resulting in an Ebitda margin of 51%. At ...