Abu Dhabi / WAM Abdullah Mohamed Almazrui, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has received Madiyar Menilbekov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE, at the Chamber’s tower in Abu Dhabi. Attended by Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director General of Abu Dhabi Chamber, both sides discussed promoting economic and trade cooperation between businesses in both Abu Dhabi and ...

MOSCOW / WAM The activities of the “Sharjah Week in Russia” held during the visit of Sharjah’s trade mission to Russia are currently underway. The mission is headed by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Centre (SEDC). The mission held the Sharjah-Russia Business Forum under the title “Cooperation Opportunities between Industrial Companies”, ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (Saif Zone) is taking part in The Big 5, the largest and most influential building and construction exhibition in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, which takes place from September 12-15 at the Dubai World Trade Center. The Saif Zone will leverage this opportunity to highlight its various services ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 298,919 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the deployment of 126 public buses “Expo Rider” to serve Expo 2020 Dubai visitors for free from nine locations across Dubai. Additionally, the RTA will launch two routes for Expo visitors from hotels directly to the site. The RTA will also deploy buses within the Expo from the parking area ...

Vienna / WAM Sarah Falaknaz, Head of the UAE-EU Parliamentary Friendship Committee Group, explored with Hans Nissl, Head of the Austrian-Emirati Friendship Society in Vienna, the prospects of cementing parliamentary cooperation between the Federal National Council and Austria’s National Council. The two sides underlined the importance of accelerating the exchange of expertise and transfer of knowledge as well exchanging views ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dr Muhammed El-Nahhas, CEO and Chairman of Board of Directors of MenaLabs – Clinical Pathology Services in Dubai, confirmed that MenaLabs laboratories has the ability to perform 3,500 distinct tests, and that more than 2,000 various tests are performed daily in all different types of laboratory and genetic tests. Dr Muhammed El-Nahhas has argued that PCR ...

In the wake of President Joe Biden’s announcement of new, more aggressive tactics against the Covid-19 pandemic, including expanded vaccine mandates, some of those who support vaccination are worried that it could all backfire. National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar put it this way: “Unfortunate consequence of this speech — by forcing American vaccine holdouts to choose between vaccine and job — ...

It takes gumption to reject a takeover approach from a rival and announce a potentially very dilutive capital hike on the same day. British low-cost airline EasyJet Plc asked shareholders to pony up 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) via a fully underwritten rights offer to help pay down debt and seize growth opportunities presented by the pandemic. It also revealed ...

Coinbase Global Inc boss Brian Armstrong has long believed that the adoption of digital currencies like Bitcoin would resemble a straight arrow towards progress — much like the internet’s development from a web of interlinked computers to a whole economy of applications and businesses. Yet his angry tweet storm against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after its behind-the-scenes ...