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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority For Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) have jointly announced that, starting from August 30, application for tourist visas will be open to people from all countries, provided that they are fully vaccinated with one of the WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines. This comes as part of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and the Netherlands on Sunday signed two judicial and legal agreements related to the extradition of criminals and mutual assistance in criminal matters. The agreements were signed by Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice, and Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice of the Netherlands. The signing event was attended by Lody Embrechts, Ambassador ...

Dubai / WAM The Arab Water Council is getting ready for the 5th edition of the Arab Water Forum (AWF) scheduled to be convened in Dubai. The forum will kick off, in both hybrid and physical form, under the main theme “Arab Water Security for Peace and Sustainable Development” from September 21-23. The forum will be held under the patronage ...

BUENOS AIRES / WAM Saeed Abdullah Saif Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, and Alexis Guerrera, Argentine Minister of Transport, met to discuss relations between the two countries. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport in the capital, Buenos Aires, touched upon means to further develop cooperation between the two countries in ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has installed 15 electric vehicle (EV) Green Charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions: Opportunity; Sustainability and Mobility. The Green Chargers will serve the electric vehicles visitors to the Expo. Dewa has installed five Green Chargers at each pavilion, enough to charge 30 electric vehicles simultaneously, in addition to two stations ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc is suffering from an exodus of UK drivers to other ride-hailing and delivery apps, leading to longer waiting times and frustrated customers. The App Drivers and Couriers Union found that 49% of drivers in a survey of 1,212 members switched to other sources of income in the last 18 months. Drivers who spoke to Bloomberg News ...

Bloomberg Watch out for the fate of Europe’s small import-export exposed businesses, as chaos in global supply chains continues to hurt that corner of the continent’s economy. The cost of hauling 40-foot boxloads of goods to Rotterdam from Shanghai surged to $13,787 per unit, according to Drewry Shipping. The average at this time of year over the prior five years ...

Bloomberg A likely moderation in US hiring in the monthly employment report will give policy makers a measure of the health of the labour market and the threat posed by the delta variant of the coronavirus. The US probably added 750,000 jobs in August, a slowdown from June and July but well above the pace seen earlier this year, according ...

Bloomberg Germany is seeing its biggest surge in imported inflation since the early 1980s, putting a price tag on the difficulties businesses are facing to secure inputs amid a worsening supply squeeze. In July, goods arriving in the country from abroad were 15% more expensive than a year ago, data show. The cost of basic goods increased about 19% and ...

Bloomberg The odds Audi decides to start building vehicles in the US are rising as parent Volkswagen AG electrifies its lineup, the luxury-car maker’s chief executive officer said. The VW group’s strategy to bring down the cost of electric vehicles involves developing common platforms to underpin models across its many brands to conserve costs. The first, dubbed MEB, is the ...