ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said: “The UAE, five months after the detection of the first Covid-19 case, has become an inspirational model to be followed for proactive measures and effective crisis management.” The minister’s remarks came at UAE government’s regular media briefing where he provided an ...

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, has reinforced the UAE’s commitment, under the wise leadership of the UAE President, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in further developing downstream capabilities and supporting long-term economic growth in Ruwais. His Highness ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said: “The UAE, five months after the detection of the first Covid-19 case, has become an inspirational model to be followed for proactive measures and effective crisis management.” The minister’s remarks came at the UAE government’s regular media briefing where he, along ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, participated, on behalf of the UAE, in the extraordinary virtual meeting of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism, to discuss ways of coordinating joint Arab efforts to counter the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism sector in the Arab region. The 22nd edition of the ...

DUBAI / WAM Union Coop has revealed that the completion rate of its commercial centre project in the Al-Bada’a area, Dubai, which costs nearly 40 million, has reached about 20 percent. The project comes from Union Coop’s endeavour to achieve one of its most important strategic goals, which is the strategic expansion and increasing its outreach to serve members of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced on Thursday that a selected number of museums and cultural sites in the emirate are ready to welcoming visitors starting June 24. Strict health and safety guidelines and precautionary measures were implemented in the selected sites to support community recovery after the long ...

DUBAI / WAM The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA) has signed a sponsorship agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the Multilingual Interactive Remote Participation (MIRP) platform, which ensures that the ITU members can participate in remote meetings using any of its six official languages. This sponsorship is a contribution from UAE in maintaining continued ITU ...

DUBAI / WAM Mercuria Energy Group, the Swiss international commodity trading company, has renewed the lease on their Middle East headquarters at DMCC for another five years. DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has been home to Mercuria Energy Group for over 11 years, and acts as the ...

Bloomberg Chevron Corp will start a sales process for its interest in the North West Shelf project in Australia, one of the nation’s first liquefied natural gas export ventures, after receiving a number of approaches from potential buyers. The US energy major has been looking to make cutbacks as the industry grapples with a once-in-a-generation collapse in demand because of ...

Bloomberg Sasol Ltd is reining in oil expansion and considering job cuts as part of ongoing efforts to turn the business around and protect itself from market downturns. The overhaul at the South African company follows a 50% slump in its shares this year as oil’s crash strained finances already pummeled by cost overruns at a giant US chemicals project. ...