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ABU DHABI / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, and General Walter Souza Braga Netto, Brazil’s Minister of Defence, on Monday discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Brazil, during a video conferencing call. During the meeting, which was attended by a number of high-ranking officers and officials from the ministry, the two ministers ...

AJMAN/ WAM The Department of Economic Development in Ajman (Ajman DED) has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Charity Organisation (ICO) in Ajman. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Hamrani, Director-General of Ajman DED, and Dr. Khaled Abdel-Wahab Al-Khaja, CEO of the ICO, signed the agreement, which aims to enhance charitable and humanitarian work and establish a culture of volunteer and humanitarian work ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday said the vision, proactive strategy and committed efforts of the UAE’s federal and local teams have enabled the UAE economy to be progressive, resilient and stable and maintain a high level of preparedness to deal with ...

Cairo / WAM Nevine Gamea, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, stated that the UAE is Egypt’s largest trade partner in the Middle East, noting that the size of the trade exchange between the two countries amounted to $4.11 billion in 2020, rising from $3.356 billion in 2019. During her meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Egypt and the UAE’s ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Development Bank (EDB), fully owned by the UAE Federal government and a key financial enabler of the UAE’s economic diversification and industrial transformation agenda and Zoho Corporation, a global technology company with a broad portfolio of cloud-based business solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the growth of the Small and Medium-sized ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will lead this year’s Eid al-Adha celebrations with a programme of spectacular entertainment events on Yas Island. The celebrations include unmissable concerts by regional superstars Assala Nasri, Hussein Al Jasmi, Tamer Hosny and Myriam Fares at Etihad Arena on July 22 and 23 as ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) urged the public to capitalise on a wide range of electronic services for the issue of sick leaves and medical reports. The service, which falls within MoHAP’s strategy to provide the best digital services and achieve customer happiness, includes a request for medical reports, attestation of sick leaves and reports, ...

Dubai / WAM The Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) announced the launch of “Abdulla Al Ghurair Hub for Digital Teaching and Learning” in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA) to improve access to quality online education for thousands of Arab youth across the region. This came ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates, one of the first global airlines to pilot the IATA Travel Pass in April, is offering the IATA Travel Pass solution to customers flying to 10 cities and plans to extend it to all routes across its network in the coming weeks. Emirates has also partnered with Alhosn, the official UAE app for Covid-19 related contact ...

Bloomberg From abattoirs to restaurant kitchens, the UK food sector is facing a massive challenge this summer: there just aren’t enough workers. The food industry, already facing labour shortages because of Brexit and the pandemic, is now being stretched to capacity as the country reopens. Meat processors are cutting production and a “catastrophic” dearth of drivers is disrupting food deliveries ...