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SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has announced the launch of two new beach development projects, worth a total of AED 197 million, complete with world-class public amenities to develop the emirate’s retail, tourism and hospitality infrastructure and enhance Sharjah’s appeal as an ideal leisure and adventure destination for residents and visitors. The upcoming AED 110 ...

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Bishkek starting from July 2. Customers can now book their direct flights between Sharjah and Bishkek by visiting Air Arabia’s website, by calling the call centre or through travel agencies. Ensuring the highest ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has issued the “Digital Transformation in the UAE Report 2020”, which highlights the UAE’s leading global position in digital transformation. The UAE has topped several global and Arab indices in different fields including smart government, telecommunication, education, health, and digital solutions in general. The report states the story ...

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Bishkek starting July 2. Customers can now book their direct flights between Sharjah and Bishkek by visiting Air Arabia’s website, by calling the call centre or through travel agencies. Ensuring the highest standards of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner General of Expo 2020 Dubai, received at his palace Massimo Badji, Swiss Ambassador to the UAE, and a number of heads of religious sects. They discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the UAE and Switzerland across various fields, and exchanged views on a ...

Sharjah / WAM Bee’ah on Monday announced that it will be pursuing plans for the region’s first waste-to-hydrogen project in the UAE, which includes a green hydrogen generation plant and a hydrogen vehicle fuelling station, in collaboration with UK-based Chinook Sciences. The waste-to-hydrogen project is an evolution of Bee’ah and Chinook Sciences’ $180 million waste gasification to energy project and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) announced the launch of Etlaq, a new platform for its professional training programme. Etlaq – Arabic for “launch” – is inspired by the bold ambitions and forward momentum that characterise the UAE. Originally launched as the Graduate Training Programme in November 2019, the rigorous 12-month programme seeks to attract high-performing, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar has announced the arrival of Abu Dhabi high-tech sector drivers, the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) and its two-pillar entities, Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and ASPIRE, to Masdar City in the capital of the UAE. The council, which shapes the R&D strategy in the emirate; TII, the dedicated ‘applied research’ pillar of ATRC; and Aspire, ...

Bloomberg France is ready to start reducing financial support to businesses and workers hit by coronavirus restrictions as its vaccination program offers a route out of the crisis, Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne said. The government has spent more than 40 billion euros ($48.8 billion) in 2020 and 2021 to protect employment, benefiting 2.7 million people on furloughs last month, up ...

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak wants the US government to sign up to a global tax on technology companies such as Google and Facebook Inc, he said in an interview with the Mail. He urged President Joe Biden’s administration to discuss the new tax in time for Group of Seven meetings next month. The US has indicated ...