DUBAI / WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s US$11 billion national rail network, hosted the 7th meeting of the GCC Railway Expert Working Group in a three-day event held in the UAE capital from May 10-12. The meeting brought together members of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), railway …

  ABU DHABI / WAM A team of Emirati women from the UAE Armed Forces has come home after climbing to Mount Everest base camp in the Khumbu valley, 5,364 metres above sea level in the Himalayas in Nepal. The team, which consisted of twelve climbers from the UAE Armed Forces, including nine female military climbers, two trainers and a …

  Shanghai / AFP China’s key economic indicators moderated in April from the previous month, official figures showed on Saturday, raising worries over the strength of a rebound in the world’s second-largest economy. Industrial output rose 6.0 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said, down from a 6.8 percent jump in March. Economists had estimated a 6.5 …