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ABU DHABI / WAM The value of Abu Dhabi non-oil foreign trade has reached AED80.23 billion through the emirate’s outlets during the first five months of 2020, the Abu Dhabi Customs has announced. Exports value reached AED23.20 billion and the re-export value reached AED14.79 billion, while importation reached a static growth to be AED42.24 billion. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. is running out of space to stash newly-built 787 Dreamliners, with jetliners seemingly tucked onto every available patch of pavement on airfields near its factories in Washington and South Carolina. Dozens of planes are sitting on the company’s premises, according to people familiar with the situation. Uresh Sheth, a much-followed blogger who meticulously tracks the Dreamliners rolling ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Sunday that it conducted over 47,000 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) announced on Sunday that its subsidiary, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) awarded projects worth up to AED 900 million ($245.03 million) to expand the company’s recycled water distribution programme. “The two new projects will upon completion have a combined capacity to transmit approximately 85 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development and Elite Agro, a leading UAE-based food and agricultural investment organisation, on Sunday announced the signing of a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU between the two respective parties has been developed to manage and operate a number of protected farms that fall under the umbrella of Khalifa Fund, with ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has begun a project to rehabilitate mountainous natural habitats in the Jebel Hafit National Park by propagating threatened local plant species like Dwarf Palms, Caralluma and Arabian Moringa in its native plant nursery. Within a valley in the Jebel Hafit National Park, 55 Dwarf Palms, 30 Carulluma and 30 ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai has launched a compliance programme to certify and recognise hotels and retail establishments, F&B outlets and attractions that have implemented all public health protocols for the prevention and management of Covid-19. The initiative is part of efforts to showcase Dubai as one of the world’s safest destinations as it continues to receive tourists following the city’s ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, continued to drive the future of finance during the first half of 2020. The centre made progress on its 2024 strategic priorities and achieved a record number of registrations in the first six months of 2020. These ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) leaders meeting in Brussels were fighting to close a deal for a 750 billion-euro stimulus package as fiscally hawkish countries from the North tried to strip the plan of much of its firepower. While the Dutch government welcomed a new proposal unveiled that cut the amount of grants in the program to 450 billion euros from ...

Bloomberg The British government privately told Huawei Technologies Co. that the decision to ban the company’s equipment from the UK’s 5G networks stemmed partly from pressure by the US, the Observer reported, without saying how it got the information. British officials gave the Chinese company the impression that the decision could be reviewed, perhaps if US President Donald Trump fails ...