La Paz / Bloomberg Ready or not, here comes Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic games opened on Friday with last-minute funding and an interim head of state, underscoring the economic and political turmoil gripping host country Brazil. Ceremony organizers had to make do with a budget that’s a fraction of the amount spent by 2012 Olympics host London. It ...

  Dubai / WAM The 18th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016), organised will showcase the ‘Dubai Green Zone’ project to encourage established and start-up companies, to set up their presence in the emirate and provide them with an ideal business environment to develop and market their green, sustainable technologies. WETEX 2016 is organised in line with directives from ...

  RIO DE JANEIRO / WAM The UAE sports delegation participated in the opening ceremony of the XXXI 2016 Summer Olympics held on Friday at Maracana Stadium in Copacabana area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UAE Parade was led by the Emirati talented swimmer Nada Al Badwawi who had the honour of hoisting the UAE’s flag at this mega event. The ...