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Emaar to buy 51% stake in Namshi

BERLIN / Reuters Emaar Malls will buy a 51 percent stake in e-commerce fashion website Namshi from Global Fashion Group, a firm backed by Rocket Internet , for $151 million, a sign of growing demand for tech deals in the Middle East. The acquisition comes two months after Amazon agreed to buy Souq.com, showing how the Gulf region is embracing ...

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UAE, Kazakhstan amend mutual visa exemption

Astana / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, signed a protocol on Tuesday amending the agreement of mutual exemption of pre-visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and special passports to also include holders of ordinary passports. The UAE ...

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Stand united to confront scourge of terrorism

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday called British Prime Minister Theresa May to express his deepest condolences and sympathies for the victims of the terrorist attack that targeted the city of Manchester, killing and injuring innocent people. During ...

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