Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Businesswomen Council held recently the first forum of women entrepreneurs in the country at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), in collaboration with the Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport (DMAT), revealed that it has completed 59% of the Mafraq-Ghuwaifat International Highway project, linking western region cities and facilitating commercial transport on the international road. The move is part of the efforts to implement the vision of President His ...

  Ajman / WAM Teams of the General Directorate of Ajman Civil Defence on Saturday put out the fire that had broken out in a fibreglass factory in Ajman’s industrial area. No casualties were reported. Colonel Nasser Rashid Al Ziri, director of the media and public relations department of Ajman Civil Defence, said the operation room received a report on Saturday ...

  Maputo / WAM Businesses from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed their willingness to strengthen business relations with Mozambique and to invest in agriculture and transport, the Mozambique news agency (AIM) reported. Speaking to reporters in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, after a meeting with Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, the Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Economy, participated in the sessions of 4th the Arab-Japanese Economic Forum, organised by the Arab League in cooperation with the Government of Japan, from May 4- 6, in Casablanca, Morocco. The event was attended by high-profile representatives from Arab and Japanese governments, as well as representatives from the private ...

  Dubai / WAM “Following immense natural resources consumption on Earth, mankind has finally set a new ambitious goal to get his energy needs through renewable resources. This idea seemed difficult several decades ago, but it has formed a framework for an integrated industrial sector driven by the needs of survival and preserving a secure future for generations to come,” Saeed ...

  Dubai / WAM Preparations are underway at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), and Emaar Properties, for staging the third edition of the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) during October 22-25 under the theme: ‘Shaping the Future’. The event culminates the huge success of the second edition of the ...

  London / Bloomberg Sadiq Khan of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party took over as London’s first Muslim mayor on Saturday, facing down critics who used his religion against him by vowing to “represent every single community” in the capital. Khan’s election is a challenge to the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric by right-wing politicians including French National Front leader Marine ...

  Srinagar / AFP Hundreds of villagers clashed with police in restive Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday after three armed militants were killed in an early morning gunbattle with government forces, the army and witnesses said. Soldiers and special operations officers cordoned off Panzgam village, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of the main city of Srinagar, before dawn after receiving a ...

  BEIJING / AP China’s navy is searching for 17 sailors after their fishing boat collided with another vessel. The official China News Service said on Saturday that two other sailors have been rescued by another fishing boat following the pre-dawn crash. Three navy ships operating in the East China Sea off the coast of Zhejiang province were diverted to ...