Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi-based Borouge, a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Borealis of Austria, has presented a wide range of creative solutions for advanced packaging, infrastructure, mobility, energy, healthcare and agriculture at Chinaplas 2017, Asia’s largest plastics trade fair, held recently in Guangzhou, China. Focusing on the benefits of its solutions for Advanced …

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, on Monday officially launched the 27th INDEX Design Series Interiors Festival and its co-located Middle East Stone show, now in its third year. Joined by INDEX Event Director, Samantha Kane-Macdonald, Yan Wang, Event Director at Middle East Stone, and dmg …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump landed in Israel on a groundbreaking direct flight on Monday from Saudi Arabia, with Israelis and Palestinians waiting to see if the U.S. president can breathe life into a moribund peace process. After two days in Riyadh, where the U.S. delegation signed multibillion dollar defense and infrastructure deals and the president urged Muslim leaders to combat …

Bloomberg A rebel group that’s waged a six-year war against Sudan’s government will ask the U.S. to postpone a sanctions review on the African country beyond a July deadline as it accuses President Umar al-Bashir’s forces of breaching a cease-fire and blocking aid to civilians. The Obama administration in January ordered the reversal of some of the economic sanctions the …

Bloomberg Brazil’s unpopular President Michel Temer has held on to office for over a year after the impeachment of his predecessor, backed mostly by Congress and financial markets. Under the weight of new corruption allegations against him, that support is crumbling. Temer’s attempts to discredit charges brought against him last week in a corruption probe failed to convince many over …

Dubai / WAM UAE delegation has met leading government and industry figures in Norway to strengthen business and development ties. A team of government, business and Expo 2020 Dubai officials led by Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State, met Norway’s State Minister for Trade and Industry, Dilek Ayhan, as well as a group of Norwegian business …

Dubai / WAM Emirates Airlines announced on Monday that it will be introducing a second daily A380 service between Dubai and Birmingham, beginning 29th October 2017. Flight EK39/40, currently operated by a Boeing 777, will now be operated by the Emirates A380, adding to the existing daily A380 already operating on the route. Following the suspension of one of its …

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation set up by the Abu Dhabi government to facilitate public-private funded initiatives to improve the welfare of youth across the UAE, announced the launch of its ‘Volunteering’ Mobile App as part of its 10th annual Ramadan Campaign led by the Takatof volunteering initiative. The Volunteering Mobile App will aim to …

DUBAI / Emirates Business The World Government Summit Organisation (WGSO) held a session titled ‘Future Trends and How to Forecast Them’ to discuss global progress in the field of forecasting the future and developing solutions for the challenges that are expected to face decision makers in the public and private sectors. The session seeks to support governments’ efforts to forecast …

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Centre for Responsible Business organised its annual Give & Gain Day, the largest employee volunteering event in the UAE, as part of the Engage Dubai programme. Participating for the seventh consecutive year, ENGAGE Dubai mobilised employees to volunteer during work hours in schools, universities, local charities and community group, …