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Abu Dhabi / WAM Proven technologies for a net-zero energy system already largely exist today, finds the preview of World Energy Transitions Outlook by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). Renewable power, green hydrogen and modern bioenergy will dominate the world of energy in the future. Previewed at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on Tuesday, Irena’s Outlook proposes energy transition ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Registration Authority (RA), and the Registrar of Companies in the Israeli Corporations Authority, have entered into a Statement of Co-operation (SoC) with an aim of facilitating an influx of business opportunities between both jurisdictions and enhancing their respective registration functions, the regulators said in a statement. The MoU was signed ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Major General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ras Al Khaimah Police and Head of the Local Emergency Crisis and Disaster Team in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, on Tuesday announced a set of precautionary measures during the Holy month of Ramadan. Major General Al Nuaimi said that these decisions include ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Major General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ras Al Khaimah Police and Head of the Local Emergency Crisis and Disaster Team in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, has announced a set of precautionary measures during the Holy month of Ramadan. Major General Al Nuaimi said that these decisions include restrictions ...

DUBAI-BERBERA / WAM DP World Berbera, a regional maritime hub in the Horn of Africa, on Tuesday welcomed the arrival of three new ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes, as part of its current project to expand and further develop the Port of Berbera. The three cranes were brought to the port by the vessel Zhen-Hua 29, and were safely off-loaded in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 208,085 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 Expo 2020 Dubai has urged UAE citizens and residents who wish to act as ambassadors for the country and help welcome millions of visitors to the first World Expo in the region to sign up for the Expo 2020 Volunteers Programme, with applications set to close on March 31. Following a huge response garnered with the support ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The court in charge of the fight against money laundering and tax evasion within the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) convicted four accused persons, all Asians, and a company owned by one of the accused, for committing money laundering and fraud against 4,000 victims of the same nationality and appropriating their money by enticing them with ...

Dubai / Emirates Business On Monday, March 16, 2020, Emirates flight EK 2503 took off from Dubai to Kuwait. Although operated on a Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft, EK 2503 carried no passengers but about 34 tonnes of bellyhold cargo that was urgently required in Kuwait. It was the first time in the history of its operations that Emirates had operated ...

Bloomberg UK trade with the European Union (EU) deteriorated in the first month since the Brexit split, suggesting commercial relations between the two economies will suffer more than the British government advertised. UK goods exports to the EU fall almost 41% in January from a month earlier, while imports from the bloc dropped 29%, data from the Office for National ...