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Bloomberg Eurostar International Ltd. will link London with the Netherlands by rail starting April 4 in the biggest expansion of the Channel Tunnel express operator’s network since it commenced operations in 1994. Trains from the UK capital will take slightly over three hours to reach Rotterdam and a further 40 minutes before arriving in Amsterdam, Eurostar said. The company has ...

Bloomberg Trinity Mirror Plc is buying rival Express and Star tabloids for 126.7 million pounds ($177 million), a milestone deal as Britain’s declining print media outlets seek scale to adapt to the shift of readers and advertisers online. “In a world of big global digital platforms, in a challenged industry, scale matters,” Simon Fox, chief executive officer of the publisher ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is participating as the Sustainable Energy Partner of the 6th World Government Summit (WGS). The Summit is held under the patronage of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, from February 11-13. DEWA will highlight ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council and Sharjah Innovation Council, lauded the development of the Innovation Week into an Innovation Month this year. Sharjah Innovation Month, to take place from February 15-21 as part of the UAE Innovation Month, will formally ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business UAE Exchange, a leading global money transfer, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, announced it has partnered with San Francisco-based Ripple to enable instant, seamless and real-time cross-border payments. This makes UAE Exchange the largest payment solutions provider in the Middle East to use Ripple’s blockchain technology to process payments globally in real time. Through this ...

DUBAI / WAM An in-depth, medium-to-long term outlook for the global food and beverage industry will be unveiled at Gulfood 2018, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade event, which runs at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from February 18-22. The outlook comes in a detailed report compiled by market intelligence research leader, Euromonitor International, and has been ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the UAE, and Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, discussed on Saturday boosting strategic cooperation between the two nations as well as a number of regional and international issues of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In its commitment to accelerating global space exploration activities, the UAE launches the Space Settlement Challenge; a dedicated seed grant fund that supports ambitious projects from all areas of research pursuing ideas and concepts to unlock the future of human space habitation. The challenge aims to attract brilliant minds from all around the world regardless of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has expanded its presence and intensified its efforts in the various areas of the world hit by crises and disasters, said HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the ERC. According to the report, the ERC’s programmes for overseas humanitarian assistance, relief ...

Dubai / WAM The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF), announced that it has received three accolades at the Gulf Employee Experience Awards in recognition of its tireless efforts at creating a positive and stimulating working environment. The bank prevailed over stiff competition retaining the award for the ‘HR Team of the Year’ and taking home the ‘Nationalisation Award’, and the ...