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SHARJAH / WAM For four days from November 21-24, Xposure International Photography Festival 2018 at the Expo Centre Sharjah will be hosting a number of accomplished international photographers, who will be discussing their work, their passions, and the risks they took to uncover the truth, on important social, economic and environmental issues of today. These conversations will come alive in ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), the investment promotion agency dedicated to the continued transformation and economic diversification of Sharjah, has successfully eyed increased business opportunities with 80 industry experts and businesses from 20 European countries, during their participation in the “Going Global” business event which concluded in London. The annual event, which took place ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Ditmir Bushati, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania. During the meeting, the two sides discussed UAE-Albania ties and means to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two friendly countries. Sheikh Abdullah and Bushati also exchanged views on regional and international developments ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In recognition of International Day for Tolerance, celebrated on November 16 of each year, The Founder’s Memorial organised educational tours dedicated to highlighting values of tolerance and coexistence, values that the UAE’s Founding Father lived by. The Founder’s Memorial was built as a tribute to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, taking visitors on ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities Forum will kick-off on Monday in the nation’s capital, Abu Dhabi. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the UAE will host the first edition of the forum in recognition ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE will share with the Sultanate of Oman the celebration of its glorious National Day on Sunday in a gesture that strengthens the deeply-rooted historic bonds of fraternity, compassion and common destiny under the able leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates A380 drew in more than 11,000 visitors in three days at this year’s edition of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIA). The Emirates Flight Training Academy’s Phenom 100EV also on display for the first time at the Bahrain Airshow welcomed nearly 2,000 visitors. The A380 that was on display carried the distinctive decal of HH ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The 9th ‘Al Samha Heritage Festival’ will welcome visitors from November 18-25 at the Samha Youth Center. The traditional festival celebrates UAE culture, including many of its long standing traditions and features activities related to heritage and local traditions. Organised by Emirates Heritage Club (EHC), under the patronage of HH Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

MANAMA / WAM The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA), signed a Declaration of Principles with Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency (NSSA), and the UAE’s Khalifa University, for the Training of the Bahrain Space Team. The signing took place on the sidelines of the 5th Bahrain International Airshow, held at the Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain, under the patronage of His ...

Bloomberg Canada’s oil sector is divided over whether to force a temporary cut to production, with some major producers pushing the controversial idea in a bid to ease a supply glut and halt a steep plunge in prices, according to seven people familiar with the matter. Executives from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd and Nexen Energy ULC are among those who ...