Abu Dhabi / WAM In a bid to optimise cloud seeding through advanced remote sensing and land cover modification, the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) held a discussion with Professor Volker Wulfmeyer regarding a project currently under way. Wulfmeyer, Managing Director and Chair of Physics and Meteorology at the Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, ...

  London / WAM The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) unveiled multi-million-Dollar tourism projects in the emirate, highlighting its status as a major tourism and investment destination for the UK market. Visitors and exhibitors at World Travel Market (WTM) in London, expressed their interests in the soon-to-open Oberoi Al Zorah luxury hotel. Also showcased was the 182-key hotel in Ajman Corniche ...

  Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates (UAE), represented by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, joined the 79th International Training Centre (ITC) board meeting which was held recently in Torino-Italy as part of the International Labour Organisation’s annual meetings. The session was attended by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, President of the Council, and more ...

  DUBAI / WAM National Bonds Corporation, National Bonds, has renewed its partnership with du to support WiFi UAE, a country-wide initiative to provide WiFi access to the public, in line with the UAE Vision 2021. WiFi UAE currently covers Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah. It offers free internet access across Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, Dubai ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The mega winning opportunity at Joyalukkas Dazzling Diwali received an overwhelming response from customers across GCC, Singapore & Malaysia. The final set of 100 winners of the Diwali campaign were announced who will get Gold Coins. The Joyalukkas Dazzling Diwali promotion was offering every customer shopping for AED500 worth of jewellery, the opportunity to win ...

Regardless of who wins this bitterly contested election, the victor will face the same basic, daunting, task: reconciling the vast promises that have been made, both in this campaign and earlier, with the government’s limited ability to meet those promises. It won’t be easy. You can blame Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or both for this campaign’s guttural nature —the lies, ...

  Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump say they oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal among 12 countries. The second-place finisher in each party’s presidential primaries —Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz —opposed it, too. These facts would seem to doom the Obama administration’s goal of getting Congress to approve the agreement between the election and the inauguration of the ...

  Amid this divisive and miserable (and thankfully over) U.S. presidential campaign, one menacing subplot hasn’t received the kind of attention it deserves: the Russian government’s effort to disrupt the American political and electoral process. In July, hackers dumped a trove of stolen e-mails from the Democratic National Committee, leading its chairwoman to resign. A few weeks later, the personal ...

  The AED1.3 billion Hatta development plan — launched on Monday — will change the face of that area, while preserving its rich heritage. There are essentially three primary targets of the project: economy and services, sports and tourism and culture and education. All these will catapult Hatta into a place where culture and recreation coexist. Hatta — located in ...

  It’s hardly surprising that Theresa May’s first bilateral summit outside Europe was with India’s Narendra Modi. Like almost everything else May has done since taking office, the visit has been all about Brexit. Nor is it surprising that May flies back to London disappointed and chastened. It was painfully visible on her trip that post-Brexit Britain still hasn’t learned ...