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ISLAMABAD / WAM  COP28 UAE President-Designate Dr Sultan Al Jaber met the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, senior government and diplomatic officials and youth climate advocates in Islamabad as part of his global listening and engagement tour. During his visit, he called for greater collaboration on climate and support for developing countries on the frontlines of climate change. Dr ...

ABU DHABI / WAM 42 Abu Dhabi, the first GCC campus of the internationally renowned 42 Network of coding schools, celebrated the 42 Network’s international recognition as the 6th Most Innovative University in the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Global Top 100 Most Innovative Universities ranking. The 42 Network also ranked number one in the Ethical Value Category of ...

DUBAI / WAM Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), successfully hosted an event in collaboration with Riverbed Technology, a leader in unified observability, to raise awareness among key UAE government entities about the transformative benefits of unified observability. Held at Burj Al Arab, the event highlighted how Riverbed’s market-leading ...

BUDAPEST / WAM The Organising Committee of the Hungary Masters 2023 judo championship has approved the participation of an Emirati team comprising four male competitors and one female competitor. The Emirati judokas will compete in five categories, which are 52 kilogrammes (kg) for women, 66 kg and 81 kg for men, and under 100 kg and over 100 kg for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has begun issuing licenses to owners and breeders of livestock to regulate grazing and all related activities in Abu Dhabi. This is part of efforts to protect natural rangelands and promote sustainable traditional grazing practices. The licensing policy has been introduced to ensure the recovery of vegetation cover and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, have sent a message of congratulations to Marcel Ciolacu on the occasion of his appointment as ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today made a phone call to Santiago Peña, President-Elect of the Republic of Paraguay, to congratulate him on his recent election win. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed wished Peña every success in leading Paraguay and its people to ongoing progress and development, and expressed his hope that the two leaders ...

VIENNA / WAM COP28 President-Designate, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, on Thursday delivered a speech to the 8th Opec International Seminar, being held this week in Vienna, in which he urged the oil and gas industry to allocate capital at scale to clean energy solutions. The theme of the seminar “Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Energy Transition” represents “one of the ...

MONTREAL / WAM Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative asset management firm with $14.5 billion under management, on Thursday announced new strategic partnerships with ADQ and Bank of Montreal (BMO). As part of this transaction, Sagard has expanded its existing partnership with Great-West Lifeco (GWL). ADQ and BMO have respectively entered into definitive agreements to acquire minority equity stakes in Sagard, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi as the UAE’s Minister of Investment. Also present was His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, ...