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  BRUSSELS / WAM The United Arab Emirates, UAE, pledged AED250 million to support the Syrian people, Dr Maytha bint Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State announced at the Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, which opened in the Belgian capital. The UAE’s latest donation will be used to support education for refugees to empower them ...

  Dubai / WAM The Zayed Giving Initiative has treated more than 3,000 children and elderly at the Emirates Mobile Field Hospital in Zanzibar. A group of Emirati and Tanzanian physicians volunteered as part of the humanitarian programme to deliver medical aid. The campaign falls in line with the #Year of Giving initiative, as per the directives of President His Highness ...

  Sharjah / WAM Kalimat has announced its participation in the 54th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy to showcase a selection of its titles for children and young people that are compatible with Arab culture and identity. Highlighting its efforts to advance Arabic children’s literature globally, Kalimat, which is the UAE’s leading publisher of Arabic children’s books, ...

  Ajman / WAM Some 305 muezzins (men who call Muslims to prayer) and imams (men who lead prayers) of mosques in the emirate of Ajman have received training on how to act, deal with, and put out fires using various types of extinguishers and techniques. The training was provided by the Ajman Civil Defence and the General Authority of Islamic ...

  Dubai /Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, hosted an event to celebrate Arab Manuscript Day at the Dubai Public Library Al Twar branch, in collaboration with Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage. Visitors attended an ‘Arabic Manuscript in Risk’ lecture, which saw the participation of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Many of the world’s best chefs and culinary media have experienced Etihad Airways’ award-winning hospitality on their way to Australia for this week’s announcement of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. As the Official Airline Partner of the 2017 event, Etihad Airways has had the honour of flying some of the biggest names in global ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Shoppers and visitors of Sahara Centre in Sharjah can now enjoy the benefits of Wi-Fi UAE as it rolls out in the Mall. Providing everyone with access to the Internet through a choice of either free or premium Wi-Fi. This latest launch expands the Wi-Fi UAE footprint to help enhance happiness through connectivity, which has ...

  CHIBA / Reuters Japanese buyers of liquefied natural gas have shown cautious interest in Tellurian Inc’s bold guarantee of US LNG delivered at a fixed price from 2023, wary of locking themselves into a price that may eventually work to their disadvantage. Tellurian Chairman Charif Souki – who pioneered the first US LNG exports ex-Alaska as head of Cheniere ...

  Bloomberg Middle East international bond sales are off to the strongest ever start to a year as borrower demand for funds outstrips the firepower of local banks in an era of depressed oil prices. Hard-currency bond issuance from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which accounts for the bulk of the region’s capital markets and includes Saudi Arabia, its largest ...

  Bloomberg China’s evolving means of selling government debt is masking the true extent of the government’s planned borrowing levels. The official budget deficit target is 3 percent of economic output, but that doesn’t include all government debt. One category falling outside of the forecast is off-book bonds — or special bonds as they’re known in China — whose sales ...