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  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has ordered the disbursement of AED340 million to recipients of social assistance across the country, on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. This amount will be disbursed in addition to the ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs received a senior Kuwaiti delegation, headed by Abdulkarim Taqi, Director-General, Public Authority for Industry (PAI). Mansoor Al-Malik, Executive-Director for Policies and Legislation Division at Dubai Customs received the Kuwaiti delegation. The meeting was attended by a number of officials from Dubai Customs and Kuwaiti businessmen and traders. Al-Malik briefed the delegation on the latest ...

  Bloomberg At least a hundred companies worldwide have delayed or pulled financing deals worth more than $45 billion since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These include initial public offerings, bonds or loans and acquisitions. US equity market deals were the worst hit by global volatility in the first quarter as a crop of firms postponed listings, while Japanese and European ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of maritime transport, exchange of experiences, and strengthening strategic partnership, as part of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement. The MoU was signed by Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Merav Michaeli, the Israeli ...

  Dubai / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE federal export credit company, held its first board of directors meeting in 2022, chaired by Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board, at the company’s branch in Dubai. The meeting discussed key economic performance indicators in 2021, its achievements in accomplishing its targets and ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, chaired on Sunday in Dubai a meeting of the interior ministers of the International Security Alliance states, which includes the UAE, France, Italy, the UK, Morocco, Spain, Israel, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia. The Netherlands also joined the alliance, which ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of maritime transport, exchange of experiences, and strengthening strategic partnership, as part of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement. The MoU was signed by Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Merav Michaeli, the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates welcomed the announcement by Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen, to commence a truce and halt all forms of military operations in Yemen and on the Saudi-Yemeni borders. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), the UAE welcomed the ...

  Sharjah / Gulf Time Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) organised a series of discussion panels and poetry readings that brought together a host of Emirati and Algerian authors and intellectuals as part of its participation at the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair. During its participation, SBA highlighted its ongoing efforts to support Emirati and Arab publishers as ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Festival concluded its activities, after four months of daily activities and events at Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi. The event was organised under the auspices of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and ...