SHARJAH / WAM Emphasising the importance of collaborative international efforts in accelerating data-driven comprehensive development, the Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has announced its strategic partners for the inaugural ‘Regional Data & Community Development Forum’, to be held on October 9 and 10 in Sharjah. The region’s first-of-its-kind event has partnered with federal, regional, and international institutions, including ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, have sent separate messages of congratulations ...

GAZA/WAM Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 40 Palestinians and the injury of 58 others, according to medical reports. According to Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA), local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since 7th ...

MANAMA/GULF TIME Carter & White, the UAE-based global leader in luxury fashion and premium accessories, has announced the opening of its first store in the Marassi Galleria shopping center in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. This new branch continues the company’s strategy of regional and global expansion, coinciding with the growth and development of commercial activity in the Bahraini capital. ...

FUJAIRAH/WAM As part of the Fujairah Statistics Centre’s preparations to launch the general population census in the emirate, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, welcomed Dr. Ibrahim Saad, Director of the Fujairah Statistics Centre, in his office at the Emiri Diwan. H.H. Sheikh Mohammed also participated in the census by sharing his information, and he ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Ramchandra Paudel of Nepal on the occasion of his country’s Constitution Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy ...

NEW YORK/WAM UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban called today for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to end the killing and maiming of children and enable the urgent delivery of desperately needed lifesaving aid. Chaiban told a media briefing on his mission to Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that the scale of the destruction, of the suffering ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Scott Livermore, ICAEW Economic Advisor and Chief Economist and Managing Director of Oxford Economics Middle East, projected that the UAE economy will expand to 4.8 percent in 2025. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Livermore attributed the expansion of the non-oil economy, which is expected to grow by 4.6 percent year-on-year in 2024. He added ...

MOSCOW/WAM Maryam bin Theneya, Second Deputy Speaker of FNC, met with Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in Moscow to explore ways of strengthening cooperation between the two houses. During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the Eurasian Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the two sides ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE The World Utilities Congress 2024 has concluded in Abu Dhabi after three transformative days of high-level discussions, panels and showcases that brought together the global utilities industry to address key energy transition topics, including the need to decouple emissions from economic growth, grid resilience, and increasing renewable energy capacity. This year’s congress was a resounding success, ...