Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has marked the first year of its ambitious digitalisation programme, which went live with iCargo in October 2018, by reiterating its commitment to enhancing customer experiences with a pipeline of further programmes and initiatives. Etihad Cargo implemented a full overhaul of its booking processes and platforms ...

Moscow / WAM First Emirati astronaut, Hazza Al Mansoori made his first media appearance after his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), in a joint press conference with the Russian astronaut, Aleksey Ovchinin at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Stars City, Moscow, Russia. The press conference shed light on Al Mansoori’s space mission. The Mohammed bin Rashid ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway, has approved the award of the systems and integration contract for Stage Two of the UAE’s national railway network at a total cost of AED 1.6 billion during a Board meeting chaired by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has inaugurated on Wednesday the Abu Dhabi Moments initiative, which is part of the Abu Dhabi Government Accelerators Programme (Ghadan 21). Ghadan 21 aims to enhance community spirit and build a strong sense of community ...

Ajman / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of Ajman Executive Council, launched ‘Ajman Pay’, a smart digital payment portal that is designed to keep up with the latest technologies in the areas of payment and government revenue control securely and speedily. Ajman Pay aims to provide multiple payment channels and ...

Bloomberg A majority of Americans support the House Democratic impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, a sharp pivot in opinion from the first two and a half years of his presidency, but are also wary about removing him from office, according to three recent polls. The surveys were published by the Washington Post-Schar, Quinnipiac and NBC/Wall Street Journal. Over Trump’s time ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration is slapping visa bans on Chinese officials linked to the mass detention of Muslims, the latest in an escalating series of US steps to pressure Beijing over what Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has called “the stain of the century.” Pompeo is imposing the restrictions on government leaders and Communist Party officials who are found responsible ...

Bloomberg Just days ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to India, the Chinese leader demonstrated his country’s resolute support for Pakistan over its dispute with India in the Himalayan Kashmir region, vowing to support Islamabad’s “core interests and key concerns.” “The rights and wrongs of the situation in Kashmir are clear,” China Central Television reported on Wednesday, citing Xi who ...

Bloomberg Russia blacklisted the anti-graft fund of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a “foreign agent,” stepping up pressure on it as part of wider crackdown on Kremlin opponents after a summer of street protests. The Justice Ministry said it was adding Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation to the register of foreign agents, subjecting it to strict regulation reserved for non-government organisations that ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE ranked first in the Arab World and 25th globally in the Global Competitiveness Report, 2019, released by the World Economic Forum, Davos, on Wednesday. According to the report, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 141 economies, providing unique insight into the drivers of economic growth, the UAE gained two positions since the last edition. Commenting ...