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  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, one of the leading banking groups in the region, announced the launch of Emirates NBD Pay, a near-field communication (NFC) based mobile contactless payment service that enables customers to make in-store purchases instantly via their mobile banking app. The bank, a front-runner in digital and mobile banking solutions in the UAE, is the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Huge numbers of UAE citizens are risking missing out on valuable cover by neglecting to arrange their travel policies until the last hour, alarming insurance providers of the potential that holiday goers may not understand the value and necessity for these products to ensure a safe and happy vacation. In the midst of the Dubai ...

    Emirates Business A Dubai Cares delegation led by Chief Executive Officer, Tariq Al Gurg visited Ethiopia for the closing of Dubai Cares’ Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) program. The program, launched in September 2015, is a component of the philanthropic organization’s wider Enhanced School Health Initiative (ESHI) pilot program that is being implemented by the World Food Program ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE offered AED4.34 billion (US$1.2 billion) in foreign aid to Yemen from April 2015 to July 2016 as part of its humanitarian and development aid to support the Yemeni people and its ongoing efforts to lay down the foundations for development, security, stability and peace in the Arab Republic of Yemen. The massive foreign aid ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) honoured sectors, agencies, firms and individuals selected as winners of the 7th RTA Safety Award 2015. The award, which is presented annually and recognises the best safety practices of all RTA processes, aims to honour the best consultant, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In a first in UAE, a team of doctors at Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi succeeded in removing 15 cancerous tumours from the lungs of a young man in an eight-hour surgery that followed chemotherapy for several weeks. The size of the eradicated tumours ranged between 0.8 cm and 8 cm. Doctors did not have to remove ...

  Dubai / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) on Wednesday announced that 19 UAE national undergraduates engaged in scientific exploration at its research laboratories as part of its Ektashif summer programme this year. The Ektashif Summer 2016 programme offered undergraduates majoring in science, engineering or information technology, an opportunity to experience the advanced technology environment at Masdar ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) a Sharjah-based humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, is funding a medical clinic at the Zaatari camp in Jordan which when completed, will provide refugees living there 24-hour access to essential healthcare services. Launched in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, and the Jordan Health ...

  Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai joined the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) to launch an exciting new photography competition for young people across the GCC, aged 16 to 25. The competition will run until September 30 and the winners will be announced at the 2016 edition of YouthConnect, to be held in Dubai ...

  Bloomberg EON SE posted a first-half loss after taking 3.8 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in charges linked to the listing next month of its Uniper unit. Its shares slumped the most in more than six weeks. The impairments and contingency losses for its power stations burning fossil-fuel and natural gas storage assets led to a net loss of 3.03 ...