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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), launched the Dubai programme to enable drone transportation. The programme promotes the development and adoption of cutting-edge technologies in line with the vision of His ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court and the Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) emphasised that the UAE is dealing with children’s issues through an integrated system, at the legislative, educational, cultural and health levels. HH Sheikh Theyab indicated that the ...

Abu Dhbai / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 325,883 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...

KIEV / WAM A delegation from the Emirates News Agency (WAM) visited a number of state-run and private media institutions in the Republic of Ukraine, at the invitation of Ukrinform, the national news agency of Ukraine. The visit aimed to foster media cooperation between WAM and Ukrainian media outlets in various fields, including areas of training and news exchanges. Featuring ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Emirates Association for Management Consultants and Trainers (EMCT) to set the general framework for joint cooperation in the field of exchanging information, experiences and research relevant to the profession of management consultancy, administrative training, developing the skills of national cadres, including trainers and administrative consultants, ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Post, UAE’s official postal operator and leading express provider, announced that it has partnered with Enoc Group to enhance customer experience in its last-mile delivery services in line with its leading drive to support the growth in logistics and e-commerce in the UAE. Zoom, a leading home-grown convenience store chain owned by Enoc Group, has become ...

Bloomberg The cost of servicing UK government debt more than tripled in October from a year earlier due to surging inflation, leaving the budget deficit higher than economists forecast. Interest costs were 5.6 billion pounds ($7.6 billion) compared with 1.8 billion pounds in the same month in 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. In the first seven months ...

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board approved a $50 billion credit line for Mexico, reducing the amount it extended in previous years as it argues that the nation’s economic prospects have improved. The two-year flexible credit line, which is designed for crisis prevention, is Mexico’s ninth such consecutive agreement, and is about 20% less than the amount approved ...

Bloomberg Finland needs more steps to boost jobs and cut spending to stop public debt growth in the medium term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, after concluding a health check on the Nordic country’s economy. The government’s planned employment measures are “unlikely to produce sufficient fiscal gains” to halt debt growth mid-decade given its pre-pandemic decision to expand the ...

Bloomberg Global talks on how to clean up shipping are set to begin on Monday as momentum builds to cut pollution from the sector. The International Maritime Organisation (IM)) is under pressure to do something,” said Edmund Hughes, who was previously responsible for greenhouse gas emissions at the United Nations body, which is shipping’s global regulator and the host of ...