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Bloomberg China and the US can open a “new window of hope” in bilateral ties in the new year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, urging Washington to resolve disputes through dialogue. “Our US policy will maintain continuity and stability and we are willing to develop China-US relations in a coordinated, cooperative and stable manner with the American side,” Wang was ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE was close to delivering 560 planes to customers as of December 31, approaching the top end of its internal target in a year marred by the pandemic-induced collapse of air travel, according to people familiar with the matter. The European planemaker delivered close to 550 aircraft as of December 29, Bloomberg reported earlier. The final audited tally ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) revealed that the shopping malls and retail stores participating in the ‘Sharjah Shopping Promotions’ campaign, the emirate’s largest trade event for this year, have dedicated up to AED2 million prizes for the shoppers during the weekly raffle draws which will be held from January 8 to February 12. In ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The second semester of the current academic year 2020-2021 will be resumed on Sunday. The Ministry of Education has clarified that it was decided in principle that all students will follow distance education system (e-learning) for the first two weeks, and according to the health situation and developments, necessary measures will be taken in the interest ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 152,588 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP announced 1,963 new coronavirus cases, bringing total number of recorded cases in UAE to 211,641. The ministry also noted that an additional 2,081 ...

AL AIN / WAM The Al Muwaiji Palace, which was built on the western side of Al Ain, close to the Al Muwaiji Oasis nearly 100 years ago, is one of the distinctive historic buildings in the city. The construction of the palace represents an elegant example of the architecture that relied on bricks to build forts and palaces at ...

Sharjah / WAM Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) reinforced its reputation and position as a prominent destination regionally and globally despite of the Covid-19’s global economic fallout, after two giant African petrochemicals companies (Global Vision Specialty Chemicals & Proud Lubricants and Grease IND) announced investments in the free zone by leasing over 1,076,391 square feet plots of land. The deal ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has launched a digital authentication project allowing the approval of documents issued by the ADJD’s systems in an integrated digital manner and compatible with the UAE PASS digital identification system. The project will be applied to the notary public and authentication operations as part of the completion of the digital ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) added several innovative features for its consumption verification request service, using multi-resource scheduling and master data management. Customer can now use the new ‘auto-scheduling’ feature to make an appointment for a technical team visit with real-time updates of status, enhancing accuracy of these appointments. Dewa has also added the ‘Virtual Call ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted the airport of the interim Yemeni capital Aden during the arrival of members and ministers of the newly formed Yemeni Government to commence its duties in implementation of the Riyadh Agreement. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation stressed that ...