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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island on Monday, where they viewed the museum’s ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, is extending an Abu Dhabi government grant worth AED18.4 million to the Maldivian government. The grant seeks to support the balance of payments in the Maldives, improve the overall economic situation in the country, and aid the Maldivian government in achieving its ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi City has won the TomTom International Award as the ‘World’s Best City in Developing the Infrastructures Related to Traffic Management’ for 2016. The win is as a result of the emirate’s sophisticated road network and solid infrastructure. Abu Dhabi City ranked first based on the TomTom annual global traffic index, which classifies road quality ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), announced its participation in ADIHEX 2017, at which it will host a number of virtual tours to highlight the unique biodiversity of Abu Dhabi. Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, EAD Secretary-General, said, “The Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition has proven to be a valuable platform to help ensure ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), issued a warning to the public regarding the dangers of using some bodybuilding products that are sold online as many of these unregulated health stimulants may contain toxic energisers or synthetic male hormone boosters that can cause serious health risks, including fatal injury to the liver and kidney and ...

Dubai / Emirates Business ENOC Group, in partnership with the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) announced that customers can now use their NoL cards to pay for all products and services across ENOC’s entire retail network. ENOC’s customers can complete their transactions with a simple tap-and-pay for fuel, automotive services and pay for purchases at ZOOM, Pronto and ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) opened Materials Handling Middle East 2017 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC). The only comprehensive industry-spanning trade platform for the wider Middle East, Materials Handling Middle East 2017 got off to a busy ...

Bloomberg Japan will sell about 1.3 trillion yen ($12 billion) of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co., the country’s biggest public offering this century, as the government continues its privatisation of the postal and financial-services giant. The Ministry of Finance will sell 990.1 million shares in the holding company, including an overallotment, it said in a statement. That amounts to ...

Bloomberg Inflationary pressure emanating from the factory to the world is proving more resilient than economists have anticipated. China’s producer-price inflation accelerated to 6.3 percent in August from a year earlier, exceeding all but one of 38 estimates in Bloomberg’s survey of economists. That data released followed 5.5 percent readings in the prior three months and was unexpected for analysts, ...

Bloomberg China will soon unveil a mandatory cap-and-trade credit programme for electric cars, starting the countdown for carmakers to be in compliance with stricter rules on emissions and fuel economy, according to the country’s state-backed auto association. The policy may be announced as early as this week, Shi Jianhua, deputy secretary general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said ...