Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business­­­­­ First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, has launched a new sound-based payment system through its digital wallet payit. The sound-based payment technology is the first of its kind in the region and one of the first integrated sound-based solutions in the world. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business­­­­­ New figures have been released showing that DIFC registered Wills cover real estate worth more than AED 10 billion ($2.7 billion). The DIFC Wills Service Centre statistics come as Cityscape gets underway, with its focus on encouraging visitors to invest in real estate in Dubai and other emirates. Sean Hird, Director of the Wills Service Centre ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of the Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the first ‘Youth 101’ initiative began on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, with the attendance of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, under the title, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has been named as the best government entity in the emirate for the provision of ‘Smart Services’ by Abu Dhabi’s Smart Solutions and Services Authority (ADSSSA). The Institutional Maturity Index, which is rated by ADSSSA, assessed 24 of DCT Abu Dhabi’s ‘Smart Services’, ...

BREMEN / WAM UAE Space Agency (UAESA), Nasa signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) that outlines cooperation across a range of areas related to space exploration and human spaceflight. The document was signed by Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Cabinet Member and Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has organised a workshop titled “Investment in Human Capital”, to highlight the importance of developing human resources in various sectors and the importance of including it in Sharjah’s authorities adjectives, in line with the directives of HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Commenting ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Municipality’s “Zero Accident Construction” challenge initiative, announced in August, has received tremendous response from the contracting companies operating in the emirate of Dubai since the opening of registrations, with many companies submitting applications in September. The challenge, which will continue for six months from October 1 to March 31, 2019, is expected to enhance the ...

Bloomberg The US accused China’s navy of “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct near a Chinese occupied reef in the disputed South China Sea, in the latest show of tensions between the countries amid their escalating trade war. A US Navy vessel, the USS Decatur, was sailing “in the vicinity” of Gaven Reef on Sunday, when a Chinese destroyer confronted it with ...

Bloomberg Gaza-based staff of the United Nations agency serving Palestinian refugees began a two-day strike on Tuesday to protest the decision to fire workers and cut some programs due to a shortage of funding. Yousef Hamdouna, secretary general of the staff union at the UN Relief and Works Agency, said the strike was called to protest “the reduction of the ...

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt stepped up his attack on the European Union over Brexit, saying the UK is “very angry” with the bloc’s attitude to the negotiations. With less than six months to go before Brexit, talks are stalled after the EU dismissed Prime Minister Theresa May’s blueprint for a new free trade area with the bloc that would ...