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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, ranked among the most on-time airlines in the Middle East and one of the most punctual carriers worldwide. In the first half of 2023, Etihad achieved an on-time arrival performance rating within 15 minutes of 83.4%. In its Punctuality League ratings for 2023 thus far, the global aviation analytics group ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has welcomed 34 of the world’s most promising STEM undergraduate students to its Abu Dhabi campus for a one-month research internship as part of the inaugural edition of the university’s Undergraduate Research Internship Programme (UGRIP). Drawn from a large pool of applicants, aspiring researchers from the USA, Canada, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has received His Royal Highness, Prince Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, Regent of Pahang, son of His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia. During the meeting at the offices of ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Endowments and Minors’ Trust Foundation (Dubai Endowment) has launched a campaign to support the Mosques Endowment Fund in the emirate. The campaign seeks to establish a sustainable charitable endowment whose proceeds will fund the needs of 50 mosques in the emirate. As part of the initiative, Dubai Endowment will build a commercial complex in the Al ...

ROME / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday had discussions with Tunisian President Kais Saied, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel, in separate meetings on the sidelines of the International Conference on Development and Migration which took place in ...

ROME / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated on Sunday in the International Conference on Development and Migration, which took place in the Italian capital, Rome. The conference was inaugurated by Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, in the presence of heads of state, government ministers, and representatives of regional and international organisations concerned ...

AMDJARASS / WAM A UAE aid aircraft has arrived in Amdjarass, Chad, carrying food parcels sent by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The shipment was received by representatives of UAE humanitarian organisations. Dr Ahmed ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Foundation to Support Pioneering Entrepreneurs (Ruwad), affiliated to the Sharjah Economic Development Department, has approved the financing of three projects after studying the feasibility of 15 requests for funding in various sectors between April and June. Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Sharjah Economic Development Department, praised the facilities and exemptions provided ...

DUBAI / WAM Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications and Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, affirmed that the UAE, guided by the visionary leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the proactive approach of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice ...

BLOOMBERG Bank of America (BofA) Corp’s second-quarter profit soared after its core Wall Street businesses exceeded analysts’ expectations. The firm’s fixed-income and equity traders delivered a surprise gain, covering a slight miss in expected net interest income. Revenue from fixed-income, currencies and commodities trading rose 18% to $2.8 billion in the second quarter, as clients reacted to changing interest rates, ...