ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will sell $10 billion of bonds in a three-part debt deal in its first international offering in two years as it takes advantage of relatively low borrowing costs. The oil-rich emirate is offering $3 billion in five-year fixed notes, $3 billion notes due 2029 and $4 billion in 30-year notes, according to a person ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The second group of 38 multinational Senior Reactor Operators (SROs), and Reactor Operators (ROs), of the Nawah Energy Company, have been officially certified by the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE’s independent nuclear regulator. The total number of qualified operators now reached 53, well above the 32 required to operate Unit 1 at the ...
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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), on Monday announced that it had been mandated by one of the world’s largest fund managers to source and manage aircraft valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise will acquire the assets, and its best-in-class Aircraft Investor Services (AIS), platform will manage the assets on behalf of the investor. The multi-year mandate will ...
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Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has confirmed the installation of the Soyuz FG on the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad No. 1, in Kazakhstan, in preparation for the September 25 mission. The Soyuz FG will carry the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, in which Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, will be launched to the International Space Station. ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri is carrying the hopes of the nation on his shoulders, said Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency. The historic mission of Al Mansouri, who is the first Emirati astronaut to travel to the ...
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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday launched the Global Food Technology Challenge. The competition is the largest of its kind that seeks to develop innovative solutions for food production and management in the UAE. The Challenge was launched in the presence of ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received a phone call from President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. They discussed UAE-Indonesia relations in various fields and ways of developing them to achieve mutual benefits. During the call, Sheikh Mohamed bin ...
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Dubai / WAM The Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee has affirmed its commitment to hosting an exceptional World Expo during a meeting led by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee. The high-level task force is entrusted with steering progress on the largest event ever held in the Arab world. Through the ...
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Dubai / WAM Seventeen UAE companies have confirmed their investment in India’s infrastructure sector in the last 12 months, an Indian minister has said. Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry told the Emirates News Agency (WAM), that since the 6th meeting of the UAE–India High Level Joint Task Force on Investments that was held ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), in Abu Dhabi has announced that 40 bus stops have been converted into taxi stands on Abu Dhabi Island. The move aims to provide innovative solutions for parking management in Abu Dhabi, said a press statement issued by the ITC on Monday. This step aims to regulate and optimise the use ...
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