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, on Monday received the participants of the 27th conference of the General Union of Arab Writers in Abu Dhabi, being hosted in the UAE capital from January 19 to 22, with the participation of ...

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for the world economy, predicting it will grow at the weakest pace in three years in 2019 and warning fresh trade tensions would spell further trouble. In its second downgrade in three months, the lender blamed softening demand across Europe and recent palpitations in financial markets. It predicts global growth of ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE is ranked 1st regionally and 19th globally in the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness Index report, published by Paris-based grad- uate business school Insead. For the fourth straight time, the UAE came ahead of Mena countries in the report — a comprehensive annual index that measures how countries and cities grow, attract and retain talent, providing ...