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Dubai / WAM The global contactless economy is booming, and companies based in Dubai Internet City (DIC) are playing an integral role in positioning Dubai as an incubator and exporter of innovative contactless technologies that have gained new importance as consumers move away from cash. Contactless services are seeing a steep rise in demand due to better user experiences and ...

SHARJAH / WAM The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ajman Transport Authority to enhance and facilitate collaboration between the two entities. Held virtually, the signing ceremony was attended by senior officials from both organisations, including AUS Chancellor Prof. Kevin Mitchell and Omar Mohammed Rashid Lootah, Director-General of the Ajman Transport Authority. ...

Bloomberg Jacob Zuma, who’s been repeatedly implicated in aiding and abetting the plunder of state funds during the near decade he led South Africa, was sentenced to 15 months in jail for defying a court order to testify at a graft inquiry. The Constitutional Court ruled in January that Zuma had to respond to questions from a judicial commission headed ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday said the vision, proactive strategy and committed efforts of the UAE’s federal and local teams have enabled the UAE economy to be progressive, resilient and stable and maintain a high level of preparedness to deal with ...

Cairo / WAM Nevine Gamea, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, stated that the UAE is Egypt’s largest trade partner in the Middle East, noting that the size of the trade exchange between the two countries amounted to $4.11 billion in 2020, rising from $3.356 billion in 2019. During her meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Egypt and the UAE’s ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will lead this year’s Eid al-Adha celebrations with a programme of spectacular entertainment events on Yas Island. The celebrations include unmissable concerts by regional superstars Assala Nasri, Hussein Al Jasmi, Tamer Hosny and Myriam Fares at Etihad Arena on July 22 and 23 as ...

Dubai / WAM The Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) announced the launch of “Abdulla Al Ghurair Hub for Digital Teaching and Learning” in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA) to improve access to quality online education for thousands of Arab youth across the region. This came ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates, one of the first global airlines to pilot the IATA Travel Pass in April, is offering the IATA Travel Pass solution to customers flying to 10 cities and plans to extend it to all routes across its network in the coming weeks. Emirates has also partnered with Alhosn, the official UAE app for Covid-19 related contact ...

Bloomberg India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift towards an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy. Although the two countries battled in the Himalayas in 1962, India’s strategic focus has primarily been Pakistan since the British left the subcontinent, with the long-time rivals fighting three wars over the ...

Bloomberg From abattoirs to restaurant kitchens, the UK food sector is facing a massive challenge this summer: there just aren’t enough workers. The food industry, already facing labour shortages because of Brexit and the pandemic, is now being stretched to capacity as the country reopens. Meat processors are cutting production and a “catastrophic” dearth of drivers is disrupting food deliveries ...