DUBAI / WAM The power of culture to revive cities in crisis was at the forefront of discussions at the World Governments Summit 2025, being held in Dubai under the theme ‘Shaping Future Governments’. During a session titled “Can Culture Revive a City in Crises?”, Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, UAE Minister of Culture, and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC announced on Thursday record financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending on December 31, 2024. Full-year revenue reached AED14.70 billion (US$4.03 billion), an increase of 32 percent year-on-year. Full-year EBITDA amounted to AED7.41 billion (US$2.01 billion), an increase of 36 percent year-on-year, with a 50 percent margin. Full-year net ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met with a host of UAE ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions abroad during World Governments Summit 2025, which concluded on Thursday in Dubai after an immensely successful edition under the theme ‘Shaping Future Governments.’ HH Sheikh ...