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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, adopted the National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031 during its meeting at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi. The Cabinet meeting was attended by His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al ...

SHARJAH / WAM FUNN, a Sharjah-based organisation that supports media arts learning for children and youth in UAE, announced that it will organise VGX Event, from June 19-21, at the Expo Centre, Sharjah. The event will be the first of its kind to be held in the emirate of Sharjah, dedicated to tapping the popularity of video games among children ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Possibilities is a new innovative step and unique model that gathers together all members of the UAE Cabinet to consolidate their efforts, face their challenges and find joint solutions, wrote Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, Executive Director of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) in an oped. “It is also the “ministry of ministries” and ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Internal Auditors Association (UAE-IAA), and Institute of Internal Auditors-Oman (IIA-Oman), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance joint cooperation and also to hone the auditing skills of their members. The MoU was signed by Abdulqader Obaid Ali, Chairman of UAE-IAA, and Muneer Al-Mughairy, President of IIA-Oman. Commenting on signing the MoU, the UAE-IAA President said, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Reinforcing its position as the global market leader for the air transport of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, Emirates SkyCargo has significantly boosted its worldwide pharma handling capabilities and infrastructure. New dedicated pharma facility at Chicago Emirates SkyCargo has commenced handling pharmaceutical cargo at a new purpose-built facility in Chicago. The facility, dedicated solely for pharmaceutical shipments, is ...

Bloomberg Airbnb Inc says it’s back in business in Japan, a year after stricter home-sharing regulations forced it to freeze a major portion of its listings in the country. There are 50,000 listings available in the country, with another 23,000 rooms in hotels and traditional inns known as ryokan, Airbnb said in a statement. That’s compares with 60,000 total in ...

Bloomberg China plans to create a new system to reduce threats to national security related to technology, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies escalate. The National Development and Reform Commission has been tasked with setting up the list system which aims to “more effectively forestall and defuse national security risks,” ...

Bloomberg Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers said they’re surprised to hear that the board of Renault SA started proceedings against their client based on an audit report. Ghosn hasn’t had a chance to respond to any of the questions raised by this report, Jean-Yves Le Borgne and Francois Zimeray, the lawyers for the former boss of Renault, said in a statement. “Shockingly, ...

Bloomberg Consumer confidence in India dropped in May, as people fretted about jobs and slowing growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. The current situation index fell to 97.3 from 104.6 in March, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s consumer confidence survey, where 100 is the dividing line between pessimism and optimism. The future expectations gauge fell to 128.4 in May ...

Bloomberg South Korea said its economic growth faces prolonged downside risks as uncertainty surrounding external conditions grow more than expected. Yoon Jong-won, the presidential secretary for economic affairs, said the downward period is becoming more prolonged, reversing comments he made in May that growth was expected to improve “significantly” in the second quarter. Yoon said the uncertainties worsened more than ...