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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, at the Qasr Al Bahr Council, in the presence of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, and HH Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler ...

SHARJAH / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS), attended on Monday the inauguration of the second hub of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center, Sheraa, part of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq. Located at the UoS campus, the new space is dedicated to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Inspector-General’s Office at the Ministry of Interior, in cooperation and coordination with the Higher Committee of the Year of Zayed Initiatives at the Ministry, inaugurated the “Zayed Taught Me” initiative, as part of the Year of Zayed 2018, at the headquarters of the Police College. The initiative coincides with the UAE’s celebration of the Year ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH), on Monday held a press conference to announce the list of activities and programme for the 18th edition of the Sharjah International Narrators Forum (SINF), which will run under the theme, “Fairy Tales.” The SINF will begin on September 24 and take place at the Sharjah Expo Centre in line with ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is embarking on a three-city roadshow to India, along with partners and stakeholders, to help promote the emirate and encourage even more Indian visitors to explore and discover Abu Dhabi. The delegation, which includes the UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways, Jet Airways, Yas ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of the Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime (FTA), the Tactics Maritime Media and Marasi News have successfully arranged, “The UAE Maritime Leaders Roundtable Discussion,” under the theme “To what extent do the UAE ports meet the current demands of the shipping industry?” The event brought together prominent maritime leaders from private ...

Frankfurt, Germany, Dubai Emirates Business Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), the region’s premier business and logistics hub is showcasing its auto sector capabilities at Automechanika Frankfurt 2018, Europe’s most important trade show in the industry. Jafza has reinforced its position as the location of choice for the industry by handling over 800,000 vehicles including exports to over 175 countries in ...

Bloomberg Mexico’s next president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will allocate $3.9 billion in the budget next year to oil extraction in a bid to resuscitate flagging output. “We are going to allocate budget resources, we are going to make an effort to adjust current spending in order to have more public spending and from the private sector,” said Lopez Obrador, ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp., the US energy behemoth, signed deals to move ahead on a proposed multibillion-dollar petrochemical project and a gas import terminal in southern China, contrasting with trade tensions between the two nations that may escalate this week. The Irving, Texas-based company signed cooperation framework agreements with the Guangdong provincial government, it said in a statement, following a ...

Bloomberg Malaysia has finally scrapped three China-backed pipeline projects after halting work on them following the shock elections in May that saw an opposition alliance assuming power for the first time in the country. A finance ministry spokeswoman confirmed that the country has cancelled three China-backed pipeline projects. The Financial Times earlier cited Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng saying ...