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ABU DHABI / wam Two new UAE Ambassadors to brotherly and friendly countries were sworn in on Monday before His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Qasr Al Watan (Al Watan Palace) in Abu Dhabi. Ibrahim Salem Mohammed Al Mashrekh and Saeed Mohamed Murshid Al Maqbali were ...

Cairo / WAM The Arab League praised the UAE’s efforts, especially the work of Sharjah to establish the Arab Children’s Parliament. Dr Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of Social Affairs Sector at the Arab League, made her statement at the start of the preparatory meetings of the Arab Economic and Social Council of the Arab League, held today ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), and BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP have subscribed to the Real Estate Lawyer (REL), an initiative launched to streamline Dubai’s real estate sector processes. DLD and BSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote foreign and local investment opportunities in Dubai through an innovative framework that will boost transparency and ...

Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), organised a special event on Monday to highlight the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in tackling food waste. The event witnessed the launch of new AI-enabled product ‘Vision’ that allows kitchens to automatically track food wastage by leveraging AI. A food tech company Winnow launched the product that aims to ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has invited local and international universities to take part in the Innovation Hall, which is a key component of the 21st Water, Energy Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex), 2019. Under the umbrella of Green Week, the exhibition is held from October 21-23, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre held ...

Dubai / WAM Grandweld Shipyards, the UAE-based shipbuilding, ship repair, and engineering solutions specialists, has successfully completed the construction and delivery of ten boats for one of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC), subsidiaries, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). As per terms agreed upon in a May 2017 signed contract, Grandweld constructed a grand total of six pilot boats and four crew transport boats ...

Dubai / WAM Further cementing its position as a future hub for global innovation when its doors open on 20th October 2020, Expo 2020 Dubai will host a series of 10 medical conferences and specialised events at the co-located Dubai Exhibition Centre, DEC, in a move that looks to foster cutting-edge healthcare innovations and grow the UAE’s knowledge-based economy. The ...

Bloomberg Cox & Kings Ltd, the Indian travel company, is exploring a potential sale of European hospitality chain Meininger Hotels as it seeks to cut debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company is working with Lazard Ltd to gauge interest from potential suitors for Berlin-based Meininger, said the people, who asked not to be identified because ...

Bloomberg An army of drones deployed to fight a crop-devouring pest in a southern area of China has recorded a mortality rate of as high as 98 percent, according to the manufacturer. XAG, a Guangzhou-based drone maker, teamed up with Germany’s Bayer Crop Science in a drone swarm operation to kill the fall armyworm in China’s Guangxi region. The autonomous ...

Bloomberg Manufacturing across vast parts of Europe and Asia remain deeply mired in a crisis that took another turn for the worse over the weekend. One day after the US and China enacted new tariffs on each other’s imports, factories from Germany and Italy to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan sent a gloomy reminder that they are suffering badly from ...