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PARIS/ WAM Efforts to tackle climate change and ensure reliable supplies of electricity could be put at risk unless policymakers and companies quickly take action to improve and expand the world’s electricity grids, according to a special report released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Grids have formed the backbone of electricity systems for more than a century, delivering ...

DUBAI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, met with Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore. Sheikh Maktoum highlighted the robust cooperation between the two nations across the economic spectrum, most notably in the trade and tourism sectors. Looking ahead, he noted that ...

DODOMA/ WAM DP World has signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to operate and modernise the multi-purpose Dar es Salaam Port, connecting Tanzania and the wider region to global markets. The concession agreement was signed today between Plasduce Mkeli Mbossa, Director-General of the TPA and Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, who is on an official visit to the UAE. Upon the Singaporean Prime Minister’s arrival at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, an official reception ceremony was accorded. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan escorted ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has met with Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore. During the meeting, held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, they discussed ways to continue strengthening the bilateral relationship between the UAE and Singapore. The ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Office of Development and Martyrs Families Affairs at the Presidential Court, today received at Wahat Al Karama, Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, who is currently on an official visit to the UAE. Upon his arrival, the Singaporean premier, accompanied by Sheikh Theyab, attended ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, discussed the deep-rooted relations and comprehensive partnership between the two countries and explored avenues for its development to serve mutual interests. Additionally, they addressed a range of regional and international issues and developments of shared concern. The meeting took ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, held meetings with Celso Sabino, Minister of Tourism of Brazil; Rosa Ana Morello Rodríguez, Minister of State for Tourism of Spain; Aziz Abdel Hakimov, Minister of Environment, Environmental Protection and Climate Change and responsible for the tourism portfolio of Uzbekistan; Mariam Kvrishvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainability ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM The concept of sustainability in the emirate of Fujairah has become the focus of interest for institutions and entities which adopted initiatives and mechanisms to deliver ambitious goals that contributed to efforts to reducing the effects of climate change, in alignment with the UAE’s hosting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention ...

DUBAI / WAM In partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library Foundation (MBRL), Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), is launching the second edition of the Digital Publishing Forum for the second consecutive year, on October 25. The forum aims to enhance Dubai Culture’s role in addressing the challenges facing the digital publishing sector, and discuss innovative solutions and ...