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Dubai Cares pledges AED1.1m for crisis-hit kids’ education

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Cares has announced its support of a two-year research and design phase of a project that aims to provide continuous quality education for children whose education has been disrupted by rapid onset or protracted crises. Dubai Cares is contributing AED1,102,050 ($300,000) to the project. The research explores the development of a global quality learning curriculum framework ...

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Saudi cuts all oil pricing for September sales to Asia

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, lowered pricing for September sales of all crudes to Asia while raising prices to buyers in northwest Europe and the Mediterranean region. State-owned Saudi Aramco cut pricing for its flagship Arab Light crude to buyers in Asia by 75 cents, to a $1.70 a barrel premium over the Oman-Dubai Middle Eastern benchmark, ...

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Abu Dhabi welcomes 1.2mn hotel guests in second quarter

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s hotels have posted remarkable year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2019, with hotel guest numbers reaching a record 1.2 million for the April to June period, a 6.8 percent increase from the same period in 2018. The latest report from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) also ...

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