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Dubai / WAM Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, has held a virtual meeting with Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance of India, to discuss means of bolstering cooperation with India in various fields. Al Tayer congratulated Sitharaman, the government, and the friendly people of India on the occasion of India’s Independence Day, which was celebrated ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) is implementing a new initiative aimed at treating and rehabilitating the victims of the Beirut explosion, coinciding with World Humanitarian Day. The initiative, which is being implemented upon the directives of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, ...

Bloomberg A giant wind farm being developed off the coast of the UK will sell some of its power to energy trader Danske Commodities A/S. Under the 15-year deal, the subsidiary of Equinor ASA will trade and balance power from 480 megawatts of the Dogger Bank wind farm, about 13% of its capacity. It’s a key step as the developers ...

Bloomberg Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko warned the European Union not to interfere in the country’s post-election crisis, as his opponent appealed to the bloc for support. “There’s no need to point at Belarus today to divert attention from the problems that exist in France, the US, Germany and so on,” Lukashenko told his security council on Wednesday, according to the ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, said that the top priority of the UAE’s economy is to be fastest recovering economy in the world, and to be the most stable and diversified economy on the long term. HH Sheikh Mohammed also said that the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, and Chairman of the Board of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) led the first board meeting for ATRC, to set the R&D priorities for the emirate. ATRC is mandated to guide ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and ADQ on Tuesday announced a new collaboration to further strengthen Abu Dhabi’s digital economy and start-up ecosystem, including transferring the Ventures Fund, a flagship Ghadan 21 initiative, to ADQ. As part of their collaboration, ADQ and ADIO will also create winning propositions for companies using a combination of equity ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs Passenger Operations Department revealed that it has handled 10.2 million pieces of baggage for five million passengers through 44,358 Dubai-bound flights during the first half of this year. Thanks to the vigilance of customs officers with support from the sophisticated scanning equipment, as many as 472 seizure reports were issued during the same period, including ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) issued a decision to extend the amnesty granted by the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for violators of the Law on the Entry and Residency of Foreigners for three months effective August 18 through November 17 to enable them to leave the country and ...

Dubai / WAM Enoc group announced a partnership with Dynamic Fuels to become the official distributor of Enoc’s marine lubricants in Spain. The agreement comes as part of the group’s plans to bolster its international presence to cater to the needs of its international customers. Under the agreement, Dynamic Fuels will market and distribute Enoc group’s wide range of marine ...