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Sharjah / WAM Shams Media Services, a subsidiary of Sharjah Media City (Shams), and OMNES Media, an integrated media and communications solutions company, launched OMNES Influencers’ platform in its trial stages. The platform aims to help companies connect with influencers who can help promote their products and achieve their desired results, all within a specific budget and timeline. These companies ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group, reported a 50 percent year-on-year rise in pharma shipments under its specialised PharmaLife product. The double-digit annual growth comes as the carrier marks its second anniversary of achieving and operating IATA CEIV certification for pharmaceutical and life science logistics (IATA CEIV Pharma), in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said that the Arab world’s problems cannot be resolved without key players on the regional and global scene collaborating to strengthen “the spirit of solidarity and unity while addressing the menacing threats to peace and security.” This came as the UAE minister delivered the statement ...

Bloomberg The International Energy Agency (IEA) lowered forecasts for global oil demand as renewed lockdowns to contain the pandemic temper the recovery expected this year. “The global vaccine roll-out is putting fundamentals on a stronger trajectory for the year, with both supply and demand shifting back into growth,” the agency said in a monthly report. “But it will take more ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Addressing climate change is the key to a healthy recovery and to building a sustainable future because the economy of the future is a green economy and the society of the future is a green society, said Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) in his keynote address at the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, chaired the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Investment Authority (EIA) held here at Qasr Al Watan. During the meeting, Sheikh Mansour highlighted the authority’s key role in determining and coordinating the federal government’s fund investment policy, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development in global post-Covid economic recovery according to Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE’s special envoy for Climate Change and Chairman of Masdar. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), Dr Al Jaber said the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, on Tuesday announced a partnership to launch the IATA Travel Pass for Etihad Airways’ guests. The IATA Travel Pass is a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with government requirements for Covid-19 tests or vaccines. IATA ...

Bloomberg Europe’s aviation safety regulator is poised to clear the Boeing Co 737 Max for a return to service in the region, marking a major step in the jet’s global comeback from two deadly crashes. The final airworthiness directive will be issued next week, spelling out required changes and added pilot training requirements, European Union Aviation Safety Agency Executive Director ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Frederick Kempe, Chief Executive Officer of the Atlantic Council, an American Atlanticist think tank which focuses on international relations, has noted the UAE’s environmentally-friendly efforts, especially given it is one of the lowest Greenhouse GAS (GHG) emission producers of oil and gas in the world. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Kempe said ...