DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that the ‘Principles of the 50’ is a strategic roadmap for the country’s new era of political, economic and social development. These remarks by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid came during the UAE Cabinet meeting, held on Monday at ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Founder of the Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation, has launched the Fatima bint Hazza Academic Scholarship Fund, which aims to empower Emirati women in pursuing higher education, in partnership with Panthéon-Assas University Paris II. The fund currently provides ten distinguished Emirati women with academic scholarships in various ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, UAE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has affirmed that Expo 2020 Dubai is a unique global platform for creative minds, which will help in drafting a roadmap, enabling humanity to confront common global challenges and turn them into opportunities towards creating a better world. In an interview with the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM AD Ports Group announced that more than 2.2 million square metres of its Industrial Cities and Free Zone Cluster have been leased during the first half of 2021 to local, regional, and international businesses, a clear indication that demand for industrial land continues to accelerate despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses. AD Ports ...

It has been 20 years. Like most of us who were in Manhattan on September 11, 2001, I find it difficult not to think of that day’s events at the best of times. The focus on the 9/11 terrorist attacks over the 20th anniversary this weekend was close to intolerable. However, the topic can’t be avoided, even for people who ...

For years, China has purported to be a new type of great power: one that rises peacefully and respects the rights of other states rather than chasing the foreign domination of empires past. “China will never seek hegemony, expansion or a sphere of influence,” President Xi Jinping said in April. Yet many of Beijing’s policies have a distinctly imperial feel. ...

In the days before Covid, the response that doctors would give: “It’s just a virus”. As someone who’s long been fascinated by the detective work that goes into tracing the origins and history of infections, the answer always seemed too perfunctory. Which virus was it? Where and when did this strain emerge? How many other people were getting infected with ...

Russia is struggling to boost its oil production, even as its allowance under the latest Opec+ agreement is rising. At least that’s what the current data show. If it’s true, we ought to be worried. The country is the largest of the allies that joined with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries last year to agree to a record cut ...

Bloomberg HNA Group secured strategic investors for its airline and airport businesses, a key step in the once high-flying Chinese conglomerate’s state-run reorganisation and bid to move beyond its debt woes. The administrators of HNA’s restructuring program have decided to bring in Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co as strategic investor for the airline business and Hainan Development Holdings Co for ...

Bloomberg Sydney Airport relented to suitors after extracting a sweetened A$23.6 billion ($17.4 billion) takeover offer that underscores the battered travel industry’s appeal to long-term investors. The airport said on Monday it will to open its books to bidders led by IFM Investors after they increased their indicative offer 3.6% to A$8.75 a share. Sydney Airport said it plans to ...