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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi has climbed to 73rd position in the annual ranking of the world’s top destinations for meetings and congresses released by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Saif Saeed Ghobash, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, TCA Abu Dhabi, said, “We are proud of Abu Dhabi’s brilliant achievement at a global ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Russian Federation and member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from of May 19-21, in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic. The UAE delegation will be headed by Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry, and will include representatives from the Ministry of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that the UAE pays ample attention to economic and trade relations with Cost Rica. He added that the trade exchange between the two countries witnessed a continuous growth from US$3 million in 1999 to $25 million in 2014. This was revealed ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs participated in the 41st Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Board of Governors, which officially started in Jakarta Indonesia. The meeting witnessed the participation of more than 57 countries, along with IDB board of governors from finance and economic ministries, general managers of Arabic ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirati-Italian Friendship Association held its first meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi. Fahad Obaid Al Taffaq, Director of Economic Affairs and International Cooperation at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and members of the Executive Committee of the friendship association of both countries attended the meeting. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) announced that Abu Dhabi schools are ready for the end of the 2015-2016 year examinations. As many as 64,875 students will sit for their exams, out of whom 14,733 students will sit for Grade 12 Ministry of Education (MoE) curriculum examinations. Grade 12 examinations are scheduled to start on May ...

  Tokyo / AFP Japan sidestepped a recession after its economy grew in the first quarter, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, but efforts to cement recovery in the world’s number three economy were gaining little traction. Gross domestic product expanded by 0.4 percent between January and March — or 1.7 percent at an annualised rate — after a contraction in ...

Tokyo / Bloomberg Suzuki Motor Corp. said it used fuel-economy testing methods that weren’t compliant with Japan regulations on about 2.1 million vehicles sold locally. The automaker said it won’t need to revise the ratings, as proper testing showed earlier results were within an acceptable range of deviation. Suzuki used a tunnel to test the fuel efficiency of its vehicles ...

  Tokyo / Bloomberg Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Tetsuro Aikawa will step down as the Japanese automaker looks to regroup from its widening fuel economy testing scandal with the backing of Nissan Motor Co. Aikawa, 62, and Executive Vice President Ryugo Nakao will leave their positions effective June 24, according to a statement Wednesday. Mitsubishi Motors used “desktop calculations” to ...

  Washington / Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. agreed to sell its feature phone business to FIH Mobile Ltd. and HMD Global for $350 million, exiting a business that once dominated the mobile market under the Nokia name before Apple Inc.’s iPhone. FIH, part of Foxconn Technology Group, will also acquire a manufacturing facility in Hanoi, Microsoft said in a statement on ...