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DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was briefed about the new strategy of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) 2021-2031 launched by the centre on Saturday to shape its work in the coming decade to enhance global competitiveness and strategic partnerships of space ...

Dubai / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), DP World’s flagship Free Zone and the leading business and logistics hub in the UAE, has entered into a strategic agreement with The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FICC), in a concentrated effort to support businesses and encourage economic cooperation. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jeong Sun Kyun, Mayor of Gangnam District, South Korea, to develop their strategic partnerships, expand their trade channels, and increase cultural and tourism exchange through the strategic representative office of the Chamber in Gangnam District. The ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced that it has received 10 local and international prestigious awards in 2020 so far. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa, said that Dewa’s success is a result of the visionary leadership who wanted the UAE to be number one globally in all areas. He added that Dewa’s ...

Bloomberg Just a week after revealing its plan to turn itself into a clean-energy giant, BP Plc watched its share price drop to a 25-year low. Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney and his new management team gave more than 10 hours of presentations over three days last week, in a bid to show the world that the oil and gas ...

Bloomberg Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga declared his willingness to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un without preconditions, affirming the policy of his predecessor in his debut speech to the UN. Japan would seek to normalise ties with North Korea by resolving nuclear weapons and missile issues, as well as the past abductions of Japanese citizens, Suga told the General Assembly, in ...

Dubai / WAM In honour of the 90th Saudi National Day, Expo 2020 Dubai is celebrating the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s “significant” contribution to the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (Measa), region, and the largest event ever to be held in the Arab world. Mohamed Al Ansaari, Vice President, Communications, Expo ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) announced an increase of more than 100 percent in activities such as e-commerce, delivery services, “Eitimad” licences, and contracting licences of the fifth category compared to last year. In general, the total number of licences issued and renewed during August 2020 reached 5,788 with a growth rate of 48% as against ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy affirmed that traders have the right to refrain from receiving or providing services to consumers and the public who do not commit to the Covid-19 precautionary measures, which are part of the protocols regulating the practice of commercial activities in the current phase. Health as well as safety of the public is a top priority ...

Bloomberg China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060, tightening its target to cut greenhouse-gases, and signaled higher spending on green technologies in the next five years, major pledge in the fight against climate change by the planet’s worst polluter. President Xi Jinping, speaking during a virtual United Nations General Assembly, also reiterated his goal for emissions to peak before ...