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DUBAI / WAM The UAE Food Bank, which is a part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, collaborated with Meta’s Facebook platform to distribute approximately 720 food baskets, which are equivalent to 55,000 meals, to blue-collar workers in Dubai’s Al Quoz neighbourhood. The food baskets were generously provided by Carrefour, a brand represented by Majid Al Futtaim. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Logistics & Services (Adnoc L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of Adnoc, announced on Thursday the deployment of five new-build Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC). The gas carriers were built at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China, and will be owned and operated by AW Shipping, an Adnoc L&S joint venture with Wanhua Chemical Group ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Development Bank (EDB), a key financial engine for the economic development and industrial advancement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has partnered with the UAE Ministry of Economy’s Entrepreneurial Nation to support the Smart Farming Global Innovation Challenge, in line with the bank’s commitment to the UAE’s sustainable economic development and food security — one ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Airports has won two major accolades with its integrated Contact Centre being recognised with a Gold Stevie Award and an International Business Excellence Award (IBXA). Dubai Airports was awarded the “Contact Centre of the Year (Up to 100 Seats) — in the All Other Industries” category at the 17th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer ...

DUBAI / WAM Mashreq has joined the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Advancing Net Zero Readiness Framework as a collaborator in the Mena region to promote a Net Zero built environment in the region. The initiative aims to create a community of Net Zero collaborators to speed up investment and build confidence in Net Zero. As a collaborator, Mashreq will ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has awarded  Khemissi Arif, ambassador of Algeria to the UAE, the First Class Medal of Independence, on the end of his tenure as ambassador to the UAE. Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, presented the medal to Ambassador Arif. Sheikh Shakhboot expressed his ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Borouge, a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, supplied its polyethylene material to a leading UAE pipe manufacturer to produce 1.8 metre diameter pipes that  will be installed for the processing of critical cooling water system at the new Borouge 4 project in Al Ruwais Industrial City. Union Pipes Industry (UPI), one ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has preserved its global leadership in the Nation Brand Performance Index, maintaining the first place globally for the second year in a row. The UAE ranked 10th globally in Nation Brand Strength index and 16th globally and 1st in Mena in Nation Brand Value index. Issued by the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy “Brand ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Zai Centre at Zayed University has announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool called “Screening Arabic Reading Difficulties” (Sard) to identify reading difficulties in young children. Sard utilises innovative technology to identify learning gaps and potential developmental disorders in children from grade 1 to grade 6. The tool is cloud-based and produces easily digestible ...

ABU DHABI / WAM At a panel discussion on Thursday, organised by the Rockefeller Foundation and on the side-lines of the World Bank/ IMF Spring Meetings, Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-designate, emphasised the need to reform international financial institutions and partner with private sector leaders, to unlock trillions of dollars ...