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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 354,614 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 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business To support its planned ramp-up operations, Emirates has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees to join its Dubai hub over the next six months. These roles are Dubai-based positions and frontline customer-facing roles, and both jobs offer exciting opportunities for friendly, energetic, and service-oriented people to meet and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Majid Al Futtaim the leading shopping malls, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia has announced the expansion of its people development programme that is set to create thousands of career opportunities for Emirati talent across multiple industries in the UAE and beyond in response the UAE government’s federal Nafis programme. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat offers best-ever lineup of iPhone and iPad, including innovative and elegant iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13, and iPhone 13 mini, highly capable and affordable iPad (9th generation) and iPad mini, with a new all-screen design. Redesigned inside and out, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max introduce the most advanced ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM As a sign of its commitment towards the vision of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) will be participating in the country’s largest expo ever – Expo 2020 Dubai. Based in the Sustainability Pavilion, EAD will be screening four of its prominent documentaries that reflect the hard work ...

Bloomberg Global debt loads surged during the second quarter as households seized on low mortgage rates and governments continued borrowing heavily to revive pandemic-battered economies. The amount of the world’s outstanding debt swelled during the three months by about $4.8 trillion to a record $296 trillion, according to a report by the Institute of International Finance. The increase was led ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued a law establishing the Creative Media Authority as part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. The authority aims to enhance growth of emirate’s creative sector and will act as a regulatory and supervisory body, ensuring hard ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The number of Israeli companies operating in the UAE is expected to grow 100 percent by 2022, the President of the UAE-Israel Business Council (UIBC) told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “With bilateral trade expected to exceed $1 billion in 2021, $3 billion in three years, and over 500 Israeli companies (currently) importing, exporting and operating in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has said the UAE is steadily advancing towards a prosperous future in various sectors, most notably the economic sectors, in line with its leading international stature, through launching major projects for the next 50 years. In an interview with the Emirates News ...

Bloomberg India’s government is seeking a valuation of between 8 trillion rupees ($109 billion) to 10 trillion rupees for Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), in what’s slated to be the nation’s biggest initial public offering (IPO). The possible valuation is based on preliminary talks and may change after detailed discussions, due diligence and an official valuation report. The government is considering ...