ABU DHABI / WAM The two-day World Space Forum, which will begin on Wednesday, is a key global forum that aims to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals and ensure the ideal global utilisation of space discoveries and science technologies. Theme “Space for Our Future”, the event brings together experts and policymakers from regional, national and local institutions ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Rafed, the recently established healthcare procurement company, and Abu Dhabi Ports, the region’s premier facilitator of logistics, transport, and trade, have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly launch the largest healthcare and medical supplies cold store distribution centre in the UAE. Both entities are part of ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has committed to purchasing carbon offsets, to completely neutralise the CO2 emissions of its flagship “Greenliner” 787-10 aircraft for a full year of operations in 2021. The initiative is the start of the airline’s journey to reduce CO2 emissions to 50 percent of 2019 levels by 2035, and ...