Dubai / WAM Dubai Airports has advised customers flying out of the emirate this weekend to arrive early at the airport, as Dubai International (DXB), prepares to welcome over one million travellers between Thursday an Sunday. In a statement, Dubai Airports said that it is working with airlines and other service partners to ensure a smooth flow of traffic through ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The third edition of Agriscape, the international exhibition dedicated to food security and agricultural investments, concluded on Tuesday at Adnec. The invitation-only event drew the participation of 50 exhibitors offering agri-land and agri-assets in 22 countries and 300 visitors and buyers from 37 countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Singapore, USA, and Russia. ...

Dubai / WAM Smart Dubai has launched UAE ‘Residency’ application services in partnership with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai via its Dubai Now application and e-services platform, which allows the emirate’s residents to conduct city transactions from the convenience of their smartphones. The ‘Residency’ service facilitates the transactions and procedures required to issue residency visas ...

Dubai / WAM The Emirates National Oil Company Group (Enoc), on Tuesday announced the signing of an evergreen aviation fuel supply agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the largest commercial oil and gas company in India. The strategic agreement builds on the strong partnership that Enoc and IOC have fostered over the last two years. With the evergreen contract, IOC will provide ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A high-tech facility at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), was launched on Tuesday, set out to provide a full suite of quality, conformity and HSE testing services for a wide ranges of sectors. Aman Integrated Solutions Lab was inaugurated by Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Tarek Al Goweiny, ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc claims the Pentagon failed to fairly judge its bid for a cloud contract worth up to $10 billion because president Donald Trump viewed company founder Jeffrey Bezos as his “political enemy.” Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud unit, claimed in a lawsuit that was made public that the defence pepartment ignored Amazon’s superior technology and awarded the contract ...

Bloomberg ViacomCBS Inc hired CBRE Group Inc to review its entire real estate portfolio, including a possible sale of the CBS skyscraper known as Black Rock in midtown Manhattan. Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish announced the plan at the UBS Global telecom and media conference in New York. He didn’t indicate an expected price for the Eero Saarinen-designed skyscraper, which ...

Bloomberg A US federal commission has called for sanctions against India’s home minister and other top leaders if the country passes a controversial bill that will prevent Muslim migrants from neighboring countries from receiving citizenship. After hours of heated debate, India’s lower house of Parliament early Tuesday morning passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) — the next step in Prime ...

Bloomberg When Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she was hailed as an imprisoned martyr dedicated to bringing democracy and human rights to a country that for decades had withered under a brutal military junta. Now as Myanmar’s de facto leader she is set to face her European peers, defending her country in The ...

Bloomberg An Algerian criminal court on Tuesday jailed two former prime ministers for corruption, days ahead of a presidential vote that has served to only fuel the anger of protesters demanding the purging of the old regime. Abdelmalek Sellal, who twice held the premiership under ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was sentenced to 12 years, while Ahmed Ouyahia got 20 years, ...