Bloomberg The historic surge in oil is reshaping the outlook for Asian equity and currency markets, as the specter of prolonged high prices exposes the vulnerability of energy-dependent countries. Risks of a rise in consumer prices and disruption to current-account balances have triggered strong foreign outflows from equities in markets like India and South Korea in recent days, spurring ...
Read More »DUBAI / WAM The UAE leaders have played a key role in Albania’s modern history with their support at critical times, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces; and his father Sheikh Zayed bin ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (Scad) signed a partnership agreement with G42 Cloud, the leading Abu Dhabi-based AI and cloud computing company, to utilise its advanced digital and AI solutions for improving Scad’s statistical portfolio. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Mahmoud Fikri, Director-General of Scad, and Talal Al Kaissi, CEO of G42 Cloud. ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Zimbabwe is planning to build a $1 billion media industry and looking forward to the Global Media Congress to be held in Abu Dhabi in November to find new ideas, partners and collaborators from across the globe, a senior official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Zimbabwe’s ‘Vision 2030’ envisages uplifting the country’s 15 million ...
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Sharjah / WAM Valor International FZC, a Hamriyah Free Zone-based company specialising in trading and handling of downstream refined oil by-products, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) to expand its regional operations and increase its production capacity. Initially, Valor International FZC, invested more than AED100 million into the logistics and handling by ...
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DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured 250 graduates of the UAE Government Leaders Programme at a special ceremony held on Sunday. The graduates included UAE citizens employed within more than 120 federal, local, and private sector institutions. “The real bet for ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), issued a decision granting the capacity of judicial officers to 127 child protection specialists in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, empowering them to ascertain any violation of the provisions of ...
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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has completed the construction of the first stage of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project for desalinated water and has started the operations and testing stage. The full scale of the ASR project can store up to 6,000 million imperial gallons of water once completed by 2025 as a ...
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DUBAI / WAM The Knowledge Summit is set to begin on Monday at the Expo 2020 Dubai, to examine the challenges to building a knowledge society. The summit has been organised by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The five-day summit, running under the theme ‘Knowledge: Protecting ...
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM The Arab Youth Council on Climate Change (AYCCC), one of the initiatives of the Arab Youth Centre, and HSBC signed a memorandum of understanding to implement a “Sustainability Education” initiative, to train higher education students in the Arab world on climate action, build their capacities, and develop their skills in the sectors of sustainability and ...
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