DUBAI / WAM Liberia celebrated its Expo 2020 Dubai National Day with a visit by Dr George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia. Dr Weah was welcomed by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner General of Expo 2020 Dubai, and Reem Al Hashemy, UAE Minister of State for International ...
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Make-A-Wish UAE fulfills wishes of 8 children in Egypt
Abu Dhabi / WAM Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE has fulfilled the wishes of eight critically ill children at the Cairo University Specialised Paediatric Hospital — Abolreesh (CUSPH) — in Egypt. The ceremony was attended in the presence of Sheikha Shaikha bint Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the wife of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Adviser to the ...
Read More »National Grid to sell 60% stake in gas unit to Macquarie, BCI
Bloomberg National Grid Plc agreed to sell 60% of its gas transmission business to a consortium including Macquarie Group Ltd in a deal that will value the asset at 9.6 billion pounds ($12.7 billion). The UK firm will get about 2.2 billion pounds in cash from Macquarie’s asset management arm and British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI), it said ...
Read More »Biden calls for Putin’s ouster in escalation over Ukraine
Bloomberg US President Joe Biden called for the ouster of Vladimir Putin, an unscripted and revealing aside that risks feeding the Russian president’s narrative that the conflict is in fact an effort to remove him from power, not simply to stop his invasion of Ukraine. Biden took the stage in Warsaw to deliver one of the most consequential speeches of ...
Read More »ADFD finances projects worth AED692 million in Bangladesh
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the government of Bangladesh have enjoyed close relations for more than 40 years. The ties enabled ADFD to drive development in Bangladesh through financing major developmental projects amounting to AED692 million. The initiatives covered sectors such as agriculture, energy, industry, transport and water. Moreover, ADFD also holds a ...
Read More »DMCC to install solar panel parking shades in JLT district
DUBAI / WAM DMCC — the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, and Master Developer of the JLT District — has announced that it will install solar car shades across the majority of the Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) district’s cluster car parking areas. Once the 6.3MW project is complete, JLT will ...
Read More »Ministry to develop national policy to combat health risks
DUBAI / WAM Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) organised, in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO), a two-day workshop on strengthening national capabilities in emergency response and developing the national policy to combat health risks to reinforce the capacities of preparedness, prediction, and early warning. Discussions touched on health risks in emergencies nationwide and at the health ...
Read More »Germany to wean itself off Russian oil, gas in next 2 years
Bloomberg Germany plans to stop almost all Russian oil imports this year and broadly wean itself off the country’s gas by mid-2024, a hugely ambitious plan that poses complex logistical hurdles for Europe’s biggest economy. As Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck unveiled the plan, he once again made clear that Germany will not back an immediate embargo on Russian ...
Read More »It’s China’s ‘Nobel Prize moment’ to stop war, says UN official
Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping has an opportunity to make history in pushing for a resolution to the war in Ukraine, the United Nations’ most senior official in China said, encouraging Beijing to take a more active part in ending the bloodshed. “I see China as a country which can play an important role in mediating the crisis,†Siddharth Chatterjee, ...
Read More »UAE’s N-energy program a global model for eco-friendly energy
Abu Dhabi / WAM A number of top officials have said that the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Programme has become an international model for the production of environmentally friendly energy, as it provides a rapid approach to reducing the carbon footprint of the energy sector in the country, as well as enhancing energy security, contributing to the resilience of ...
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