DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has said that the UAE has presented to the world an exceptional model in developing and leading future government work to become a role model to be followed in sustainable development and modernisation. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said, “Today, we approved ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs launched a comprehensive guide for all the services and facilities it provides to enable traders and businesses, who selected Dubai as their preferred investment destination, to increase their trade and boost their revenues. The guide will be introduced to the participants and exhibitors of Expo2020 Dubai. Within the national efforts and preparations to fulfill the ...

AL AIN / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has expanded its Mezyad Healthcare Centre, which is managed by Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS), to include a new building for specialty clinics in efforts to meet the community’s ongoing healthcare needs. The new 2-storey building comprises 14 rooms and provides a range of new specialty services, including cardiology, ophthalmology, ENT, ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) has completed 50 percent of the project to extend a strategic line to transfer water from Al Rahmaniya to Al Azra, to enhance the efficiency of the network and regulate water pressure, as well as serve all the areas that it passes through, especially the Sustainable City next to ...

MOSCOW / WAM A field of nine strong horses, aged four years and above from Russia, will compete in the sixth leg of the 28th UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses, on Sunday, August 15, 2021. The Central Moscow Hippodrome, the largest horse racing track in Russia, will host the €50,000 Group 1 (2000 metre) race. Faisal ...

The spillover has already begun, before the Taliban have even reached Kabul. City after city is falling as the extremist insurgents draw closer to the capital. And it will only get worse from here as the conflict expands beyond Afghanistan’s borders. Extremist groups based in the country, some with transnational agendas like al-Qaeda, now have a template for defeating governments ...

Reebok may not be the old man shoe for long. Adidas AG said that it had agreed to sell the brand —the maker of the Reebok classic that was briefly the most in-demand “Dad” sneaker around — to Forever 21 owner Authentic Brands Group Inc. The price could end up being 2.1 billion euros (close to $2.5 billion). The sale ...

In just a few months, the rental market in many New York City (NYC) neighbourhoods has flipped from stagnant to red hot. The value of move-in incentives to entice renters in Manhattan hit the lowest in a year as of July, according to appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate. In Brooklyn, new lease signings were the ...

One of the saddest stories of the year has gone largely unreported: the slowdown of political and economic progress in sub-Saharan Africa. There is no longer a clear path to be seen, or a simple story to be told, about how the world’s poorest continent might claw its way up to middle-income status. Africa has amazing human talent and brilliant ...

Bloomberg China continues to announce new steel mills and coal-fired power plants even as the country maps out a path to zeroing out heat-trapping emissions. State-owned firms proposed 43 new coal-fired generators and 18 new blast furnaces in the first half of 2021, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said in a report. If all approved and ...