BLOOMBERG Meituan is exploring a potential acquisition of Delivery Hero SE’s business in Southeast Asia as the Chinese delivery giant looks to diversify beyond its domestic market, according to people familiar with the matter. Meituan has held talks with Delivery Hero about buying Southeast Asian operations that run under the Foodpanda brand, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

BLOOMBERG Walmart Inc’s stock fell the most in more than a year as the retailer struck a concerned tone on the outlook for US shoppers after signs of weakness in the second half of October. There was a “sharper falloff” in sales during the last two weeks of the fiscal third quarter, which ended on October 31, said Chief Financial ...

DUBAI / WAM The Gulf Intervention Society (GIS) concluded its fifth annual conference in Dubai, successfully bringing together over 1,450 participants from around the globe. Held from November 16-18, at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel, Dubai, the conference focused on cutting-edge international technologies and advancements in cardiac catheterisation and interventional surgeries. The event garnered widespread international participation, with researchers, specialists, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters has decorated 150 patrols with the official logo of the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which the UAE will host from November 30 to December 12 in Expo City Dubai. The patrols were decked with the slogan ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) is organising ‘Al Shindagha Days’ to promote Emirati maritime heritage, and the sea’s impact on community life and its beauty and history via diverse activities, heritage performances, and interactive workshops that explore the relationship of the Dubai residents with the sea and the nature of the traditional handcraft. The festival, ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the 2023 evaluation of results of the Government Global Star Rating System for Services in the UAE. Comprising the fifth evaluation cycle of service centres and the second evaluation cycle of contact centres and digital channels, the ...

BLOOMBERG Four of the US’s five largest airlines are squaring off in a debate roiling the domestic aviation industry over the regulation of so-called public charter flights. The issue has come to a head over the rapid growth of charter operators like Dallas-based JSX that compete with regularly scheduled flights from smaller, private terminals without long security and boarding lines. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, have launched the execution phase of the Sirb programme, marking a historic moment in the ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to Albert II, Prince of Monaco, on the occasion of his country’s National Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, Attorney-General of the UAE, received Zhang Xue Qiao, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China., at the Office of the Attorney-General and Federal Prosecution in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of enhancing their cooperation in legal and judicial areas and issues of mutual concern. They ...