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Moscow / WAM First Emirati astronaut, Hazza Al Mansoori made his first media appearance after his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), in a joint press conference with the Russian astronaut, Aleksey Ovchinin at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Stars City, Moscow, Russia. The press conference shed light on Al Mansoori’s space mission. The Mohammed bin Rashid ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway, has approved the award of the systems and integration contract for Stage Two of the UAE’s national railway network at a total cost of AED 1.6 billion during a Board meeting chaired by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has inaugurated on Wednesday the Abu Dhabi Moments initiative, which is part of the Abu Dhabi Government Accelerators Programme (Ghadan 21). Ghadan 21 aims to enhance community spirit and build a strong sense of community ...

Ajman / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of Ajman Executive Council, launched ‘Ajman Pay’, a smart digital payment portal that is designed to keep up with the latest technologies in the areas of payment and government revenue control securely and speedily. Ajman Pay aims to provide multiple payment channels and ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE ranked first in the Arab World and 25th globally in the Global Competitiveness Report, 2019, released by the World Economic Forum, Davos, on Wednesday. According to the report, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 141 economies, providing unique insight into the drivers of economic growth, the UAE gained two positions since the last edition. Commenting ...

Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (Rakez) and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s safest financial institutions, have signed an agreement to offer Rakez clients special banking benefits and solutions designed specifically to meet their business needs. As per the agreement signed by Rakez Chief Strategy Officer Mohammed Al Dhuhoori FAB’s ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways will increase capacity between Abu Dhabi and Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, by upgrading the current daily Airbus A321 service to a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from October 27. The step up from narrow body to wide body aircraft follows the announcement by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the immediate removal ...

MUKALLA / WAM Over 80 tonnes in food aid was distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in Yemen’s Hadramaut governorate. Five thousand people across the western neighborhouds of Mukalla received the aid, as part of the UAE’s efforts to improve living conditions in Yemen. The beneficiaries have thanked the UAE and the ERC for this humanitarian gesture and for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Delegates of the eighteenth session of the General Conference (GC), of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), are set to arrive in Abu Dhabi on November 2 for five days of discussions around the future of manufacturing. The General Conference, UNIDO’s supreme policymaking organ convenes every two years to determine the guidelines and policies of ...

Bloomberg China is flexing its economic muscle for political ends, with more local sponsors of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) mainland events suspending their ties with the league over a tweet that backed Hong Kong’s protesters. Following the decision by China’s state television and tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd to not show pre-season NBA games, the country’s largest sportswear maker ...