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Bloomberg The Biden administration is engaging with China in an effort to win approval for Boeing Co’s 737 Max planes, which remain banned in the country even as other jurisdictions have reauthorised it following crashes. “We’re absolutely working on it,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview on Tuesday with Bloomberg Television’s David Westin. “China’s a big market, and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has joined forces with New York-born Modus Capital, a venture capital and venture builder firm to launch a Ventures Lab programme enabling early-stage founders from around the world to develop successful and scalable startups from Abu Dhabi. Ventures Lab at Hub71 is the first venture builder programme in the UAE ...

SHARJAH / WAM Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan has launched its first flight to Sharjah with Airbus A320 aircraft. The Almaty-Sharjah-Almaty regular flights will operate two times a week on Tuesdays and Sundays. The flight duration is four hours and 25 minutes. Madiyar Menilbekov, Kazakh Ambassador of to the UAE, said that this launch of the new Kazakh Airlines towards Sharjah ...

DUBAI / WAM Nasdaq Dubai on Tuesday welcomed the listing of $750 million bonds by Emirates Development Bank (EDB), a key financial enabler of the country’s economic diversification. The five-year bond issuance has been priced at a yield of 1.639 percent and was four times oversubscribed with strong demand from investors, as 34 percent of appetite came from Mena markets, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has marked four years and more than 100 million safe man-hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. The achievement highlights Enec’s success in implementing the highest standards of safety, security, and quality in developing the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the formation of UAE Genomics Council to provide a world-class healthcare system. The new council, to be headed by HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive ...

Dubai / WAM Enoc Link, the digital mobile fuel delivery service for businesses in the UAE by Enoc group, on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement with Expo 2020 Dubai to supply its fleet with more than 1 million litres of fuel. Earlier this year, the group also launched its innovatively designed Service Station of the Future, located ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 229,143 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, 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 ...

DUBAI / WAM flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, has announced the start of daily flights to Warsaw (WAW) from September 30. Warsaw will become flydubai’s second destination in Poland after Krakow (KRK), which currently operates with a twice weekly service. Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO at flydubai, said, “We have been flying to Krakow in Poland since 2018 and by adding Warsaw ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) signed cooperation agreements with the Dubai Charity Association, the Dar Al Ber Society, Sharjah Charity International (SCI) and Sharjah Charity House, to forge local partnerships and enhance humanitarian cooperation. The agreements were signed by Salem Al Ameri, Deputy Secretary-General for Local Affairs at the ERC, with Ahmed Mismar, Secretary-General of the ...