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UPS to handle logistics operations for Expo 2020

  Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has chosen leading global logistics firm UPS to handle the logistics operations for Expo 2020 Dubai, which is expected to attract millions of visitors over its six-month duration. With more than 180 countries expected to participate and hundreds of thousands of visitors on peak days, the next World Expo will be one the most ...

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UAE funds AED1.6mn relief for Sudan refugees

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE funded a shipment of basic humanitarian relief items, at a cost of over AED1.6mn, dispatched to Uganda for the displaced South Sudanese there. The gesture follows the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai and his wife, HRH Princess Haya Bint ...

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Moon declares election win, pledges to unify divided S Korea

  Bloomberg Moon Jae-in declared victory in South Korea’s leadership race, pledging to unify the nation after nine years of conservative rule that culminated in the country’s biggest street protests since the 1980s. With 40 percent of ballots counted in Tuesday’s presidential election, Moon received 39.5 percent of votes, leading conservative Hong Joon-pyo, who had 26.5 percent. Centrist Ahn Cheol-soo ...

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