ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet adopted formation of the Advanced Skills Council under the chairmanship of Dr Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, to oversee relevant policies, programmes and initiatives. The council will support and oversee the implementation of the recently approved Strategy for the Advanced Skills National ...

Bloomberg Oil posted a weekly decline as the escalating US-China trade war and swelling American stockpiles overshadowed tanker attacks in the Middle East. Futures settled up 0.4 percent in New York but still closed the week down 2.7 percent. London-traded contracts slid for a fourth straight week. The White House blamed Iran for tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC), received the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Maria Schmid, at the FNC headquarters. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation between the UAE and European Union (EU) in a number of areas in view of the existing partnership between the two sides ...