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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE will remain committed to the global oil output reduction deal to eliminate the remaining glut on the market which amounts to 100 million barrels to reach the average target of the coming five years, according to Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry. OPEC and non-OPEC commitment to the ...

DUBAI / WAM Investing in education, know-how and inter-governmental integration to ensure urban development and social cohesion are all essential factors to reducing poverty, inequality, mitigating the effects of climate change, and addressing the negative sides of new technologies, according to the Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Paul Ladd made the remarks while addressing ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Middle Eastern consumers are showing a fast-growing appetite for eggs. According to thelatest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US egg imports to the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region grew 73 percent in USD value in 2017 over the imports in 2016. This represents a volume growth of 88 percent for US table ...

Manama / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised the impressive development of endurance racing in Bahrain, thanks to the constant support and follow-up of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid made these remarks when he attended ...

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 Saturday, received the visiting US Senator, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, at Al Bahr Palace. Sheikh Mohamed and the US Senator discussed cooperation and bilateral relations between the UAE and the US, and ways ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), implemented the first phase of the relief, medical and logistics aid programme valued at AED 8 million, provided by the UAE to support the humanitarian situation in Angola. The gesture is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Vice President, Prime Minister ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects for the post-oil era, has received AED 3.3 million in donations from the Moafaq Al Gaddah, MAG, Group, a Dubai-based multinational conglomerate. Moafaq Al Gaddah, Chairman of the group, commented, “MAG Group firmly believes that the private sector has a major ...

Mocha / WAM With great support and effort of the UAE Armed Forces, the teams of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), are continuing their efforts to provide relief to the fraternal people of Yemen through the distribution of 2,000 food baskets and basic commodities, as part of the ongoing distribution campaign to the population of Mocha Directorate on the Red ...

Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched on Saturday the trial run of Bus on Demand initiative in the presence of Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation. ‘Bus on Demand’ is one of RTA’s initiatives towards Dubai Future Accelerators, and the Smart ...

Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in Dubai Economy received a total of 25,665 consumer plaints in 2017 – an average of 70 complaints per day – following greater efforts to enhance consumer rights awareness in general and promote transparency as well as cordial consumer-trader relations in the emirate’s retail sector. CCCP also received 2,885 ...