Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai signed an agreement with the China-Arab International Cooperation Committee (CAICC), to promote the global destination in the most populous country. Based in Shanghai, the CAICC is a government-backed, non-profit organisation that supports China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative by stimulating and facilitating business cooperation and cultural communication between China and Arab nations. Under the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Space Agency (UAESA), concluded in Abu Dhabi the first national workshop on measuring the space economy. The Agency organised the workshop in collaboration with the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It was attended by Ministry of Economy, local statistics centres and local economic authorities. ...

Bloomberg Zimbabweans streamed to polling stations to vote in the first election since the end of Robert Mugabe’s fractious 37-year-rule. A credible vote would help provide the southern African nation with a foundation to begin rebuilding its battered international reputation and an economy largely laid to ruin during the latter half of Mugabe’s reign. While the campaign has been mostly ...