SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah’s plans to boost regional connectivity were high on the agenda at a meeting held recently between Sheikh Khalid bin Issam Al Qassimi, chairman of the emirate’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCAA), and a team from Oxford Business Group (OBG). Sheikh Khalid told OBG that given its firm foundations, the local aviation industry was well placed to …

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Leading nuclear energy experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and senior UAE officials visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, witnessing the significant progress being made across all four units. The delegation observed all of the key updates to the construction of the units which are being developed to the highest …

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, received Steven Mnuchin, US Secretary of the Treasury, to discuss joint efforts to dry up sources of terrorism financing and take stock of the latest regional and global developments of mutual concern. Mnuchin is …