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Abu Dhabi / WAM From instant licences and incubators, to affordable school places and art springing up all over town, Abu Dhabi’s AED 50 billion ($13.6 billion) programme Ghadan 21 is accelerating Abu Dhabi’s development as a place where businesses, innovative ideas and diverse people can not only grow, but thrive. Envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) reported on Sunday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 1.8 percent in January 2020, compared with the same month in 2019. According to the latest index report of the statistics authority, the CPI reached 109.7 percent in January 2020, while it was 111.8 percent in January 2019. ...

DUBAI / WAM Abdullah Al-Maeeni, Director-General of Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA) announced that the Islamic spending on food and beverages has grown by 1.6 percent, and is expected to reach $9.1 trillion in the next three years, reflecting a very important opportunity for investment and creating global halal food brands. The volume of investment opportunities in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Foundation and the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch an integrated programme that provides volunteering opportunities for Saudi youth based in the UAE. In line with the youth capacity building objective of synergy, the volunteers will receive mentoring and guidance during their participation in Expo ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the monitoring of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Arab Children’s Parliament held its third session where members discussed the right of the Arab child to education, including: child participation in developing education, curricula and textbooks, improving the quality of education, children without schools, talents and children, and the role of education in empowering the child to participate in achieving the sustainable development goals. The ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s top energy official said he’s confident that Russia won’t be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea — and signalled that the US will press forward with its opposition to the project. Asked about Russian efforts to circumvent US sanctions on the pipeline by completing it on its own, US ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s regime change at the Treasury could herald yet more tweaks to the rules that keep Britain’s budgets in check. The shock resignation of Sajid Javid as chancellor of the exchequer last week robbed the new Conservative government of a fiscal hawk who moderated the big spending ambitions of the most powerful prime minister since Tony Blair. His ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc’s Google is in discussions with publishers about paying licensing fees to include excerpts of their articles in Google News search results. The early-stage talks are taking place primarily with French and other European publishers, and may not lead to any agreements, a person familiar with the matter said. A deal would apply only to news products like ...

Bloomberg A possible US-Kenya free-trade agreement could undermine an existing continent-wide commerce pact and limit Africa’s power to negotiate with the US. Washington announced on February 7 that it intended to start trade negotiations with Kenya. President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t favour renewing the Africa Growth Opportunity Act, a trade deal under which 39 sub-Saharan African countries have duty-free access ...