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ABU DHABI / WAM Idex, the International Defence Exhibition and Conference organised by Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (Adnec) announced the signing of a strategic agreement with ISDEF, the largest Israeli Defence, Homeland Security (HLS) and Cyber Expo, and part of the Avnon Group, as the exclusive promoter of Idex to Israeli defence, security, and technology companies. Idex will take ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), lauded the role played by the UAE within the organisation, stressing that the country has gained everyone’s respect, as it has helped establish understanding and agreement among Opec members in all matters related to the global oil market. In a report issued by the organisation on the occasion ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) provided further humanitarian aid to people affected by the floods in Sudan, as part of its efforts to ease the suffering of the Sudanese people caused by the natural disaster that hit most of the country’s states. Over the last couple of days, the ERC dispatched two new convoys from the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business marhaba, one of the world’s leading airport hospitality brands, continues to expand its network to provide world-class hospitality and ensure a safe and smooth travel experience for more passengers globally. In addition to its popular facilities in Dubai, Melbourne, Karachi and Singapore, marhaba opened another airport lounge in Manila in the Philippines and now offers excellent ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Wednesday announced the launch of AIQ, its Artificial Intelligence (AI) joint venture (JV) company with Group 42 (G42), an Abu Dhabi-based AI and cloud computing company. The completion of the formation of AIQ follows the signing of the JV agreement between Adnoc and G42 in November 2019 with ...

DUBAI / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been named as the “model nation” to aspire to by Arab youth for the ninth consecutive year. In the 12th Annual ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey, the country was voted for by young Arabs ahead of other Western and Eastern nations, underlining the UAE’s reputation as one of the world’s top places ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has convened virtually, and reviewed the performance of the authority in accordance with the 2020 Operational Plan as well as the progress in implementing a number of initiatives planned during this year. Members of the board reviewed latest updates of the four units ...

Dubai / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, stated that the UAE government, since the establishment of the country in 1971, has prioritised the housing sector to provide citizens with suitable housing that will achieve their family stability, happiness and quality of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways has announced that it is the country’s first airline to implement electronic technical logs (eTech logs) for airline operations. According to Etihad, the approval from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for implementation on Etihad’s freighter fleet accelerates the journey towards paperless airline operations which is a key initiative for Etihad Airways and the ...

Bloomberg The European Union looks (EU) set to launch a foray into social bonds, a market that has already swelled four-fold this year to fund projects to help societies recover from the coronavirus. The bloc’s first ever social bond sale is expected to come in the second half of October, as part of up to 100 billion euros ($118 billion) ...