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SHABWA / WAM The United Arab Emirates through its humanitarian arm – the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) – has sent a relief convoy including 350 food baskets, weighing 28 tonnes, to Mayfa’a district in Yemen’s Shabwa governorate, benefiting 2,135 needy families. The gesture is part of the UAE’s humanitarian and relief efforts to reduce suffering and improve living conditions in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc LNG announced on Tuesday it has concluded supply agreements with subsidiaries of BP and Total, effectively booking out the majority of its LNG production through Q1 2022. With the transactions, Adnoc LNG has continued to expand its footprint into new regions and markets. The agreements were signed by officials from BP, Total and Adnoc LNG ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Arab Youth Centre, announced the hosting of the first Arab Meeting for Young Leaders. The meeting will take place in Abu Dhabi on December 10-11, in partnership with the Arab League and several international and regional organisations, and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), announced on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Group 42 (G42), an Abu Dhabi based artificial intelligence, cloud and supercomputing company, to establish a joint venture to develop and commercialise market-leading artificial intelligence (AI), products for the oil and gas industry. Under the terms of the agreement, a ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has announced a fourth daily flight on its route from Abu Dhabi to Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), effective December 8. The additional service will be operated by an Airbus A320 configured with 8 seats in Business and 150 seats in Economy. ...

Dubai / WAM Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director-General of Dubai Customs, discussed means of boosting cooperation between Dubai and China with representatives of more than 20 Chinese companies headed by the Chinese Consul-General to Dubai, Li Xuhang. The visitors were briefed on the experience of Dubai Customs in developing and sustaining customs systems and the international supply chain. The meeting is ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Hamad Al Mutawa, Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Operations at the Dubai Cable Company (Ducab), said that the company is supplying 90 percent of cables required by the Expo 2020 Dubai, which will be used by the expo’s train project. The oil and gas sector accounts for over 20 percent of the company’s sales, he added, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has embraced hundreds of leading innovative ideas and projects, making it the home of all innovators and ambitious people from around the world. The UAE’s openness and tolerance, as well as its safe and stable environment and its strategic location and modern legislation, have enabled it to attract people wishing to establish their businesses ...

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co withdrew its dividend outlook and said it’s now undecided on a payout, an unexpected blow to top shareholder Renault SA. The Japanese automaker, which slashed its profit and sales outlook for the current fiscal year to March, had already cut its dividend earlier this year. It withdrew its outlook for a 40 yen-per-share divided for the ...

Bloomberg Tata Group, the owner of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has approached carmakers including China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co and BMW AG as it seeks partnerships for the beleaguered British automotive business, people with knowledge of the matter said. India’s largest conglomerate has said it’s open to finding partners for JLR to save on costs and share the burden ...