Abu Dhabi / WAM UAE ministers have announced the first set of bold strategic projects aimed at fostering the UAE’s new phase of growth – both domestically and internationally – and embarking on an ambitious growth strategy as the nation celebrates its golden jubilee and embarks on the 50 years to come. The “Projects of the 50” is a series ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) is leading the Emirate’s trade mission to Russia from September 7-12 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, to enhance the economic, commercial, and investment cooperation between the two sides. The SCCI delegation will be led by Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman, SCCI, and includes a number of the Chamber’s board ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Directorate of Human Resources (SDHR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi Pension Fund, aiming at exchanging data and enhancing cooperation between two parties in order to achieve common objectives. The MoU was signed by Dr Tariq Sultan bin Khadem, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah and Chairman of SDHR, and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Distribution on Sunday marked the International Day of Charity, with the launch of its partnership with Al Ghadeer UAE Crafts (Al Ghadeer), an Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) project. Adnoc Distribution will be allocating retail space at select Adnoc Oasis convenience stores in Al Bateen, Mahwi, Al Ain and Dubai to showcase home accessory, stationery and ...

DUBAI / WAM ServeU has won the bid to manage the facilities of 14 pavilions participating at Expo 2020 Dubai, which is set to open this October. Valued at AED18 million, the contracts are set to maintain the demands of facilities covering a total area of 30,000 square meters of the Expo 2020 land with a team of 300 experts, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Art announced formation of Friends of Abu Dhabi Art – an initiative created to facilitate new models of public cultural philanthropy and help support the dynamic art eco-system in the UAE. Launching with an inaugural group of more than 40 dedicated art enthusiasts, Friends of Abu Dhabi Art will this year support Abu Dhabi ...

DUBAI / WAM The number of Emirati families registered in “Al Sanaa” project affiliated with the Ministry of Community Development increased to 2,805 families of which 476 members are eligible for social security in the ministry. Around 43 new families were registered during the first half of 2021; whereas the total income earned to these families from the launch of ...

There have been many dark moments in the two decades since 9/11, some of them in Kabul last month. I remain especially haunted by a snapshot from 2007 Iraq. British political adviser Emma Sky was riding a Blackhawk with US commander Gen Raymond Odierno. She mentioned to her boss over the intercom a glimpsed graffiti on a building wall in ...

A smartphone widely believed to be priced below $50, likely the world’s cheapest, will start selling a week from now. If Mukesh Ambani’s JioPhone Next, an Android device custom-built for India by Alphabet Inc’s Google, is a hit in the price-conscious market, it will solve one problem for banks while posing another. With the country’s remaining 300 million feature-phone users ...

The advent of gaming, especially computer gaming, marks a fundamental break in human affairs. Gaming is profoundly transforming two central aspects of the modern world: culture and regulation. There will be no turning back. When it comes to culture, the West has been in a dialogue with itself for centuries, indeed millennia, stretching at least as far back as the ...