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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Academy (ADJA) has organised a workshop on the “Digital Transformation of Legal Services and Amendments to the Evidence Law in Civil and Commercial Transactions”, through the Academy’s training platform. The workshop was attended by 56 commercial judges from the Court of Cassation, the Judicial Inspection, and the commercial chambers in Abu Dhabi, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 248,372 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Saturday, 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 ...

Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone-based ATS Terminals FZE increased its tank storage capacity from 42,000 CBM to 72,000 CBM, at a total investment of AED 55 million. The state-of-the-art terminal is completely automated with efficient and new-generation tank monitoring and loading systems, tank gauging systems, automated firefighting systems, and 24 /7 security surveillance. ATS Terminals FZE offers services ...

Sharjah / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber, received Avni Arifi, ambassador of Kosovo to the UAE, to discuss means of strengthening the economic, commercial, and investment relations between the UAE and Kosovo. Held in the presence of Raghda Hamad Taryam, Board Member, Mohammed Ahmed Amin Al Awadi, Director-General of the SCCI, and a number of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In response to growing demand for electric vehicle infrastructure (ION) the UAE-based sustainable transportation joint venture between Bee’ah and Crescent Enterprises, installed high-power, ultra-fast charging stations with a total capacity of up to 350KW, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Capable of charging electric vehicles (EV) through a connection to a user interface unit, the stations can ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM While schools throughout Abu Dhabi will be on a two-week spring break from March 28, the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) intends to keep students entertained and enrich their learning opportunities with the launch of 2021 #NeverStopLearning activities programme. Under the programme, students in Grade 10/Year 11 to Grade 12/Year 13 can join ...

Bloomberg Britain and the European Union (EU) took their first step since Brexit to cooperate on financial services, agreeing on a new forum to discuss market regulation. The move could help finance firms in the City of London to eventually win back some access to the single market they lost when the UK left the EU. The two sides have ...

Bloomberg US consumer sentiment continued to improve in late March to a one-year high as more Americans got coronavirus vaccinations and business restrictions eased in many states. The University of Michigan’s final sentiment index increased to 84.9 from a preliminary March reading of 83, according to data. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 83.6. A ...

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. is in talks to acquire Discord Inc., a video-game chat community, for more than $10 billion. Discord has been talking to potential buyers and software giant Microsoft is in the running, but no deal is imminent, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Discord is more likely to go public ...

Bloomberg Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has chosen a former Fox News executive to unleash his controversial brand of journalism on British screens. But David Rhodes insists he’s not bringing the US network’s brash playbook to London. “It wouldn’t work in this market,” the News UK TV president said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “If you look at News Corp.’s ...