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ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), received on Saturday a special edition of the ‘Sheikh Zayed Trilogy’, a collection of children’s books which commemorates the life and childhood stories of the Founding ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Penang International Halal Hub (PIHH), to establish a framework of cooperation between the two sides. The agreement will provide the Halal Trade and Marketing Centre (HTMC) with a range of world-class services, supporting companies and businessmen locally, regionally and globally. The ...

DUBAI / WAM A total of 15,350,000 travellers passed through points of entry and exit in Dubai in the first quarter of 2019, according to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affair (GDRFA), Dubai. Major-General Mohammad Ahmad Al Merri, Director-General of the GDRFA, stated that 13,598,749 passengers travelled by air, 1,371,251 on land and 380,000 by sea. Some 1,940,660 ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced the completion of 75 projects as part of the Smart City and Artificial Intelligence Programme. Projects completed relate to the smart organisation, infrastructure, smart vehicles, data management, artificial intelligence and smart and sustainable transport. “RTA supports the transformation of Dubai into a smart city to provide happiness and luxurious living ...

Cairo / WAM Heads and representatives of stock exchanges, including the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Arab depository and clearing companies, as well as representatives of a group of brokerage firms and financial experts, attended a series of meetings of the Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE), in Cairo, Egypt. Khalifa Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Chief Executive of the ADX along ...

BEIJING / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which concludes on Saturday in the Chinese capital Beijing. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed and Lukashenko discussed bilateral ...

LONDON / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Adel Al Jubeir Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and David Satterfield, United States acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, met on Saturday in London ...

DUBAI / WAM Hospitality professionals from every corner of the world will gather in Dubai on Sunday for the opening of Arabian Travel Market, (ATM 2019), the largest travel industry exhibition in the Middle East. Identifying the top tourism trends showing the greatest growth potential is one of the most valuable insights Arabian Travel Market has to offer, and this ...

Dubai / WAM The total value of contracts provided by Dubai SME – the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprises, SME, sector — for Government Procurement Programme (GPP), members amounted to AED860 million ($234 million) in 2018. The value was AED1.5 billion in 2017, 44.5% higher than the AED857.76 million ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump urged Japan to drop its tariffs on American agricultural products as he met PM Shinzo Abe, who for now appears to have deflected the most damaging of US demands on trade. Trump pushed for the end of the Japanese agricultural levy, while not directly mentioning past threats of sanctions on automobiles. For his part, Abe raised ...