ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan exchanged, over the phone, Eid Al Fitr greetings with Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania; Mohammed Shiaa’ Al Sudani, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq; and His Eminence Dr Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. During the calls, they prayed to God to bestow His ...

MIYAZAKI / WAM With hunger levels rising and domestic food prices inflation soaring in much of the world, collective actions are necessary to meet immediate and longer-term global food security objectives, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), said on Sunday at the G7 Ministers of Agriculture Meeting, which concluded in Japan. “We ...

GENEVA / WAM Hydrogen and electric aircraft could require 600-1,700 terawatt-hours (TWh) of clean energy by 2050, according to a new white paper from the World Economic Forum (WEF). For context, the total amount of renewable energy produced in 2021 was just over 8,000 TWh globally. To meet the estimated energy demand from hydrogen and electric aircraft in 2050 would ...

ISTANBUL / WAM The UAE men’s national ice hockey team registered a historic victory and was crowned winner of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II — Group B, held in Türkiye. The UAE team defeated Mexico 9-4 in the fifth and final round. The national team players erupted in cheers and sang the national anthem in the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club (ADMSC) has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Marine for the sponsorship of the 6th Dalma Historical Race Festival (60FT dhow sailing) organised from April 28 to May 7 on Delma Island. Salem Al-Rumaithi, Director-General of the ADMSC, and Capt Saif Al Mheiri, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Maritime, signed the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) in Sharjah has wrapped up three days of successful participation at the International Exhibition and Conference (India Steel 2023), one of the largest and most important steel industry events in the world. The conference, which took place at the Mumbai Exhibition Centre, brought together industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders from around ...

BEIJING / WAM China’s industrial capacity utilisation rate came in at 74.3 percent in Q1 of 2023, down 1.5 percentage points from the same period a year earlier, official data showed, Xinhua News Agency reported. The figure dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Among the three major sectors, the mining ...

DUBAI / GULF TIME MultiBank Group, the world’s leading financial institution, hosted a corporate iftar in Dubai on April 18, at Dana Ramadan Tent in City Walk. The event hosted over 200 employees and featured speeches by Salem Kattoura, MultiBank Group COO, and Zak Taher, MultiBank io COO, highlighting the company’s achievements, future plans, and recent product launches. In his ...

DUBAI / GULF TIME Why do we use philosophy with kids? The number of countries that started using philosophy with kids reached around 80 countries. The usage of philosophy with kids is based on a subject (be it games, a video, a paragraph, a children’s story, a question or an issue at hand etc.), and this subject is full of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Sunday announced that the number of Dubai Metro riders has surpassed two billion since the metro first opened to the public on September 9, 2009. The metro’s Red Line transported 1.342 billion commuters while the Green Line served 673.531 million commuters. Additionally, the Dubai Metro has maintained a punctuality rate ...