Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS The UAE made a noticeable surge in the Legatum Prosperity Index, thanks to its impressive performance in many areas, including health and wellbeing. “True prosperity is as much about wellbeing as wealth and the UAE is the best in the region at delivering it,” said a report published recently by Legatum Institute, an international think …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The European Union (EU) is among the UAE’s largest trading partners where non-oil trade between the country and the regional bloc stood at more than US$65 billion in 2015, up from $10.2 in 1999, including trade via free zones, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Economy Juma Mohammed Al Kait …

  Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS The first commercial-scale carbon capture, utilisation & storage (CCUS) facility in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) became operational in the UAE on Saturday. It aims to sequester up to 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) per year, it was announced. Developed by Abu Dhabi’s Carbon Capture Company Al Reyadah, a joint …