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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Sharjah / WAM Sharjah is gearing up to host the 49th edition of the Watch & Jewellery Middle East Show (WJMES), the largest event of its kind on the agenda of specialised trade fairs in the UAE and the region, from March 23-27. From the finest jewellery to hottest trends, latest products, special deals and accessories, the Watch & ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has participated in the third ministerial meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel, which was held virtually to review the guidelines of a collective action to achieve stability in the Sahel region, and provide a framework for developing a roadmap for the coalition. During the meeting, the UAE affirmed its commitment to joint ...
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DUBAI / WAM DP World Limited announced strong financial results for the year 2021, achieving a revenue growth of 26.3 percent to $10,778 million and adjusted EBITDA growth of 15.3 percent to $3,828 million, with adjusted EBITDA margin of 35.5 percent. The revenue increase from $2,245 million to $10,778 million is supported by acquisitions and new concessions including Angola, ...
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned and denounced the drone attack on the Riyadh oil refinery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) on Friday, the UAE affirmed this attack is a cowardly terrorist act, and a war crime that requires a response against ...
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DUBAI / WAM The real estate and properties transactions valued at AED13.4 billion in total during the week ending 11 March 2022, according to the Dubai Land Department (DLD). The weekly DLD report said the sum of transactions was 2,333. 245 plots were sold for AED2.09 billion, 1,542 apartments and villas were sold for AED3.29 billion. The top three ...
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