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Dubai / WAM DP World Limited has handled 58.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals during the first nine months of 2021, with gross container volumes increasing by 11.9 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and up 11.4 percent on a like-for-like basis. On a Q3 2021 basis, DP World handled 19.8 million TEU, ...

Bloomberg China pledged to help the Taliban “rebuild the country” while reiterating calls for the US to lift sanctions against the new leaders of Afghanistan as the economy worsens. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks to a Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar, during the first high-level meeting between Beijing and the Taliban since it formed an interim government ...

NEW YORK / WAM The UAE has underscored the urgent need for strengthened investment in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts — particularly as crises continue to intensify around the world, during the UN Security Council’s annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and the UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to ...

Dubai / WAM More than 150 participants, including sustainability and CSR experts, business leaders and academics, came together for the Dubai Dialogue 2021 conference, organised by Dubai Chamber’s Centre for Responsible Business at Expo 2020 Dubai. The annual conference, held under the theme “Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy”, examined opportunities and challenges of investing in the circular economy, ...

Dubai / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has discussed with Ruben Ramos Arrieta, Vice President of Cuban Chamber of Commerce, means of developing economic cooperation channels between Abu Dhabi and Cuba, and boosting talks between the business communities of both sides. This came during the meeting held between them as part ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE moving towards an Artificial Intelligence economy gives more opportunities for the US to strengthen the existing bilateral relations, a senior US official told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “I think all these emerging technologies give us an opportunity [for the US and UAE] to strengthen the bilateral relationship. AI is an area that the US is ...

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 ...