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Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Documentation and Archive Authority (SDAA) received Dr Safaa Al-Alawi, Director of the National Archives at the Isa Cultural Centre (ICC) in the State of Bahrain, during an official visit to discuss ways of cooperation between the centre and the authority in regulating the management of government documents. The meeting began with a welcome speech, during ...

Sharjah / WAM Ahead of the 10th edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) scheduled to be held on September 26 and 27 in Sharjah, Jawaher Al Naqbi, Manager of the International Government Communication Centre, has emphasised that a credible communications strategy based on transparency and trust between governments and the public is vital for the success of government ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs’ efforts towards stimulating innovation culminated in a new summit of generating quality ideas conducive to innovations that improve and take customs work to the next level. The total number of innovative ideas generated and submitted by employees since the launch of the e-suggest system in 2000 reached more than 43,000 until end of first half ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday announced that the UAE would offer Golden Visas to charity and humanitarian aid workers in recognition of their efforts and sacrifices. The announcement made by HH Sheikh Mohammed to provide long-term residence visas to humanitarian ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Wednesday that, in partnership with Fertiglobe, it has sold a cargo of blue ammonia to Inpex in Japan, for use in power generation applications. The sale builds upon recently announced joint efforts to enhance industrial cooperation between the UAE and Japan and support the development of new ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The value of humanitarian programmes, relief operations, development projects, reconstruction programmes and orphan support initiatives launched by Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) totalled AED487,781,498, benefitting 14 million people in the UAE and 51 other countries. In the first half of 2021, the value of the ERC’s local projects in several key sectors amounted to some AED92 million ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has unboxed the cryostat – the initial frame of its quantum computer that is being assembled in the UAE capital. TII’s Quantum Research Centre (QRC) is spearheading the landmark advanced technology project that aims to give the world a quantum advantage through developing a supercomputer with exponential computational capabilities. Two ...

Bloomberg Global trade in goods might be close to plateauing — albeit at a record level — amid an outlook clouded by regional imbalances and coronavirus outbreaks that slow economic activity, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said. The Geneva-based trade body’s goods trade barometer rises to 110.4 in March, the highest in records going back to 2016, according to a ...

Bloomberg Oil snapped a run of declines as a US industry report pointed to a drop in domestic crude stockpiles. West Texas Intermediate rises 0.5% after a four-day losing run that was the longest since March. The American Petroleum Institute reported that crude inventories fell 1.16 million barrels last week, including a draw at the key storage hub in Cushing, ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates signed a codeshare agreement with Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA (Azul), which will allow customers to seamlessly connect to and from eight cities in Brazil to Emirates’ global network via Sao Paulo. The codeshare agreement has been approved by the Brazilian Federal Aviation Agency. Under the codeshare, customers will be able to connect to and from ...