CAIRO / WAM Adel bin AbdulRahman Alasoomi, President of the Arab Parliament (AP), has congratulated the UAE on the success of astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi’s space mission and his safe return to earth from the International Space Station (ISS), marking the longest Arab space mission in history, which lasted all of six months. Alasoomi commended what AlNeyadi and UAE work teams ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has rolled out the “Back to School” and “My School Bag” initiatives in collaboration with Madinat Zayed Municipality Centre. These initiatives underpin the municipality’s dedication to fostering cooperative relationships across various sectors. With partnerships from Al Ittihad Private School, Sharjah American School, and Rabdan School, the “Back to School” initiative welcomed ...

DUBAI / WAM Medlab Middle East will return to the Dubai World Trade Centre from February 5-8 with a host of new features, including a new zone, Next Gen Medicine, which will focus on the transformative potential of early disease detection and preventive medicine. This year’s edition of the show follows a record-breaking year in 2023, where Informa Markets, the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support (SIARA) has opened nominations for its 8th annual edition, calling on humanitarian changemakers in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and beyond to participate in one of the world’s leading honours presented to NGOs whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of refugees and internally displaced people. Nominations ...

BLOOMBERG Foreign funds reversed their record exodus from Indian stocks as the country’s appeal as an alternative to China grows, boosting valuations for its equity market to a new peak. Global investors bought $17.2 billion of shares in the South Asian nation on a net basis this year through September 1, which more than made up for their retreat in ...

BLOOMBERG European stocks retreated after a fresh set of downbeat economic data from the euro area and China, while the single currency sank to a nearly three-month low against the dollar. The Stoxx 600 dropped as much as 0.8%, edging lower for the fifth day, while US equity futures also retreated. The dollar strengthened as much as 0.5% against its ...

BLOOMBERG Ryanair Holdings said it was forced to cancel more than 350 flights over two days late last month when air-traffic control in the UK was hit by an outage, disrupting air space across the country. The Irish low-cost airline said in a traffic statistics release that 63,000 of its passengers faced cancellations on August 28 and 29 because of ...

BLOOMBERG IndiGo is setting up an aircraft-leasing subsidiary in the western Indian state of Gujarat, following a similar move by Air India as the country’s two biggest carriers enlarge their fleets. The budget airline, which has a market share of 63% in India, also plans to order 10 additional Airbus SE A320neo aircraft, expanding a 300-jet deal inked in 2019, ...

BLOOMBERG Airlines across Europe have begun discounting their tickets as the peak summer travel season gives way to the traditionally slower months of more subdued bookings. Discounter EasyJet Plc said that it’s offering 20% off on more than 1.7 million seats for flights from mid-September to the end of March. British Airways launched an end-of-summer sale on the same day ...

BLOOMBERG Superdry Plc swung to an annual loss and expects no revenue growth in the current year as the fashion retailer struggles to compete with other clothing brands during the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. The company, known for its logo-printed T-shirts and bright colours, reported a pretax loss of £21.7 million ($27.5 million) for the full year, compared with a profit ...