NEW YORK / WAM The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in addition to support ICRC’s budget, totaling AED40.4 million ($11 million). Under the agreement, the UAE will provide ...

DUBAI / WAM The race to become the world’s first smart city has become more exciting with recent and wider applications of disruptive technologies. The building blocks for smart cities will be showcased at the Future Cities Show (FCS), in April, 2019 in Dubai. With the theme ‘Propelling Globalisation through Digital Transformation’, FCS will support the growth of smart city ...

Bloomberg Major oil trading houses are predicting the return of $100 crude for the first time since 2014 as Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies struggle to compensate for US sanctions on Iran’s exports. With Brent crude already jumping to an almost four-year high on Monday, that’s exactly the kind of price surge President Donald Trump has ...