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UAE tops Mena rankings in women economic participation

DUBAI / WAM The UAE has topped the Middle East and North Africa region rankings in the World Bank’s newly released 2021 ‘Women, Business and the Law’ (WBL) report. The country’s ratings in the World Bank report saw a significant leap by virtue of ground-breaking legislative reforms implemented over the past few years. HH Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid ...

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No jet using PW4000 engines in UAE airspace, says GCAA

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said it is closely working with the US Federal Aviation Administration and monitoring the current situation for any updates on the Boeing 777 aircraft fitted with engine PW4000. This follows an incident where a United Airlines 777-200 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport ...

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Culture Summit ‘21 to take place on March 8

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced that the next edition of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi will take place virtually from March (8-10) and explore the theme of ‘The Cultural Economy and the Economy of Culture’. The fourth edition of the forum will bring together cultural leaders, practitioners and ...

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Organising Idex 2021 reflects UAE’s success in hosting world events, say European exhibitors

Abu Dhabi / WAM Exhibitors from European countries attending the International Defence Exhibition (Idex 2021) described the exhibition as the strongest defense exhibition in Mena region, and largest event held every two years in Abu Dhabi. They emphasised that organising the event at this time reflects UAE’s success in hosting world events. The largest biennial event of defense exhibition in ...

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New entity in UAE to combat money laundering, terror financing

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved the establishment of the Executive Office of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The Executive Office will oversee the implementation of the UAE’s National AML/CFT Strategy ...

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UAE ministry, Tawazun sign deal for cooperation on R&D activities

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) have signed an MoU to establish and organise Research and Development (R&D) planning and execution for the defence and security sectors. The MoU was signed by Major-General Staff Pilot Ishaq Saleh Al-Balushi, Assistant Undersecretary for Industries, Ministry of Defence and Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, Chief Executive ...

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UAE to celebrate 60th Kuwaiti National Day

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates will celebrate, on Thursday, the 60th National Day of Kuwait, which underscores the close ties and strong strategic partnership between the two countries. The UAE will host a series of distinguished activities to celebrate the annual National Day of Kuwait, which takes place on February 25. The celebrations will include illuminating the ...

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