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DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has recorded 1,471,314 visits since its launch 24 days ago. Continuing to bring Expo 2020 Dubai to a global digital audience, the number of virtual visitors has risen to 10.8 million since October 01, up from 9.3 million last week. These numbers were boosted by Expo’s Space Week, a stellar programme of music and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Mozambique organised a webinar in cooperation with the South African Business Council in the UAE (Sabco) and in association with Absa, which examined the bilateral economic synergies between the UAE and South Africa, and promoted Dubai as a global hub for South African companies. The virtual event, attended by 113 participants from ...

Dubai / WAM Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), said the world is changing faster than in any previous historic era. “Today, we are witnessing the fourth industrial revolution, which is characterised by artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology, all countries aim to promote innovation and discover outer space, after realising that traditional industries cannot help them achieve ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Airport welcomed the inaugural flight of Ukraine’s ‘Bees Airlines’, arriving from Kiev International Airport. The flight was greeted by a water salute upon arrival at the Sharjah Airport runway after crossing the traditional water sprinkler arches, in the presence of Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority, attended the meeting alongside Sheikh Faisal bin ...

Bloomberg India is seeking payment for the losses caused by climate disasters, its environment ministry said while laying out the country’s positions on critical issues that will be negotiated at the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit in the coming weeks. “Our ask is this: there should be a compensation for expenses incurred, and it should be borne by developed nations,” ...

Bloomberg New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party was dealt a blow when it lost one of two upper house special elections, which are serving as a barometer of support ahead of a national general election in a week. In a setback to the premier, opposition-backed Shinnosuke Yamazaki was projected by public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News as the ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the Hatta Master Development Plan, which forms an integral part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan launched earlier this year to create a roadmap for enhancing infrastructure and implementing a series of development projects ...

DUBAI / WAM Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, has said the UAE represents an exemplary role model in polio control and eradication, stressing the UAE wise leadership has attached the utmost importance to the national programme for polio eradication, as one of the most important health achievements. Al Owais made the statement ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aviation, aerospace, space and defense leaders from across the planet will meet in-person in Abu Dhabi for the return of the Global Aerospace Summit on May 24 -26, 2022. The theme of the Summit, ‘Digital Driven Resurgence’, will showcase the rapid transformation that has happened across these sectors over recent years and the role of innovation ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE is leading the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in the adoption of electric vehicles with its charging station to vehicle ratio among the world’s highest, according to a newly released whitepaper. Produced by the Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) Mena, the whitepaper says the UAE now boasts 240 grid-linked slow charging public stations – ...