Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s digital economy will be boosted through the launch of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure region in the UAE, as part of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office’s (ADIO) efforts to attract investments that build technology capabilities. The arrival of the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region in the first half of 2022 will accelerate cloud ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM In a step that confirms the UAE global position as a regional and global hub for digital economy and digital transformation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it will open data centres in the UAE in the first half of 2022. Through its data centres, AWS will provide a variety of innovative services and solutions for ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will fly two times per week from the UAE capital to one of Greece’s most stunning travel destinations: the island of Santorini. With Greece and the United Arab Emirates having opened a travel corridor earlier in May, vaccinated travellers can visit the alluring ...
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Moscow / WAM The Director-General of Emirates News Agency (WAM), Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, met Maya Manna, the Editor-in-Chief of RT Arabic, in the Russian capital, Moscow. The meeting, held at the RT Arabic headquarters, is part of WAM’s keenness to develop cooperation with Russian media institutions and exchange experiences between the two sides. Al Rayssi highlighted the importance of ...
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Bloomberg Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature is expected to approve sweeping changes to the city’s electoral system ordered by the Chinese leadership, dramatically curtailing the ability of dissenting voices to participate in government. The amendments poised to be approved on Wednesday by the Legislative Council would create a review committee to vet candidates for elected office to ensure they are patriotic ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Tuesday a telephone call from Scott Morrison, Australian PM, during which they discussed ways of enhancing the distinguished friendship ties and advancing bilateral cooperation and joint action for serving mutual interests of their ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Tuesday that it has signed long-term gas sales agreements with two of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) leading industrial companies: Emirates Steel (ES), the largest integrated steel producer in the UAE, and Arkan, a construction and building materials company in Abu Dhabi. The agreements underscore the role ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties (Aldar) announced the launch of 189 standalone villas at Noya Luma on Yas Island. Noya Luma sits adjacent to the rest of the Noya community on the north side of the island and is open to buyers from all nationalities on a freehold basis. With significant interest registered in four-bedroom villas during the first ...
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Moscow / WAM The Director-General of Emirates News Agency (WAM), Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, met Mikhail Gusman, First Deputy Director-General of Russian News Agency (TASS), and discussed ways to enhance cooperation and exchange of experiences between the two news agencies, based on the well-established UAE-Russia relations. This came during the visit of Al Rayssi to the headquarters of TASS, accompanied ...
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DUBAI / WAM The constant and rapid accumulation of data on smart devices has driven the development of several innovative businesses that are enabled by data. This has led to the emergence of the global data economy in which companies and countries are collecting, processing and analysing data to generate insights but also underpin artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ...
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