Dubai / WAM Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has announced that the second edition of the Dubai Future Forum will take place from November 27-28, 2023 at The Museum of the Future, following the success of the inaugural forum earlier this month. Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of DFF, said, “The second edition of the Dubai Future Forum will include a broader ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) has officially launched the 5th edition of its Mentorship Programme, one of its trailblazing initiatives designed to strengthen Dubai’s reputation as a preferred destination for talented entrepreneurs and an incubator of major economic projects. The six-month edition was launched during a briefing session held recently to bring mentees together with ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), inaugurated Dewa’s Ground Station at the Research and Development (R&D) Centre in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The independent ground station, which is part of Dewa’s Space-D programme, is capable of tracking and communicating with Dewas satellites at their ...

  Sharjah / WAM Beeah Environment Services, the environmental consulting, research, and innovation business of Middle East sustainability pioneer Beeah group, announced the launch of Marasi, a new online platform that will streamline, track and profile different types of waste from ports. Marasi is a complete solution that integrates all waste management requirements, from the point of arrival at the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) in collaboration with the Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun), has issued 1000 silver commemorative coins to mark the 30th anniversary of Tawazun. The issuance of the commemorative coins aims to highlight the vital role of Tawazun, which was established in 1992 to create, build and manage industrial relationships for ...

Dubai / WAM The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Dubai (GDRFA Dubai) is steadfast in its quest for excellence through strategic plans and practical steps, which helped secure its position as a global leader. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Lt. General Mohamed Ahmed Al Marri, Director-General of GDRFA Dubai, said that the directorate has ...

Dubai / Gulf Time As the global pandemic has subsided the global market seems bullish. The cosmopolitan city of Dubai which is synonymous with the plush shopping malls, penthouses and real estate activity has returned to normal. As per the quarterly figures made available by the UAE central bank it is indicated that total real GDP increased by 8.2 percent ...

  The single biggest thing at stake in next month’s midterm elections has attracted only a sliver of the attention dedicated to subjects such as Dr Oz’s dog experiments, girls’ high school sports or Hunter Biden’s drug habit. The most important issue in this campaign is the Republican plan to reduce spending on popular social programs and jeopardize the full ...

Hiroshi Mikitani, founder of Japanese e-commerce empire Rakuten Group Inc, is keeping investors on hold while his own fortune declines. Once ranked the 25th richest person in Asia, Mikitani no longer even features in the top 140, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It’s not hard to see why: Rakuten shares are trading near levels last seen in 2010 as ...

  By early next year, the US government will likely run out of money to pay for Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments. Although President Joe Biden has requested an additional $22 billion from Congress, Republicans are in no mood to continue splurging on the pandemic — not least because so much relief money has already been misspent. Shifting more costs ...