DUBAI / WAM The world’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, poverty, inequality and environmental degradation, will be addressed by Expo 2020 Dubai through events that aim to bring the world together in a spirit of optimism for our future. With hundreds of participants and millions of visitors, Expo 2020 will be the ‘World’s Greatest Showcase’ of human brilliance and ...

DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), announced on Sunday that it will extend its support to exporters within domestic trade, as part of its development strategy and over goals to support and strengthen local traders. The new move comes as part of the UAE Federal export credit company subscribing to Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB). The Bureau is a ...

DUBAI / emirates business Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, signed an agreement with Dubai Land Department’s (DLD’s) Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), to become an escrow agent to provide banking services for jointly owned properties accounts in accordance with the recently issued law no. (6) of 2019 for jointly managed properties. Emirates NBD is the first ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 4th International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF), organised by the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP), under the supervision of National Center of Meteorology (NCM), opened on Sunday at Jumeirah Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi. Running untill January 21, IREF serves as a global platform to bring together leading international and national experts, researchers, ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Art Foundation, SAF, announced on Sunday that this March it is set to present “the most ambitious exhibition in the Middle East to date” that explores art in the age of the internet. Curated by newly appointed SAF Director of Collections and Senior Curator Omar Kholeif, who also served as co-curator of Sharjah Biennial 14, ...

DUBAI / WAM Etihad Airways and the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) have announced a joint consumer campaign to promote Japan as a destination of choice for Middle Eastern travellers. The campaign which was expected to commence from January 19 with the aim to further increase tourism demand from the Middle East to Japan. In March 2019, JNTO and the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM International Media Investments (IMI) has acquired ownership of Al Ain News portal website, as part of the company’s continuous efforts to expand and diversify its content for global audiences. Al Ain News, which has 1.3 million Facebook fans, more than 620,000 Instagram followers and 320,000 followers on Twitter, is available in several languages across audio, visual ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for economic development aid, on Sunday signed an agreement detailing the UAE’s capital contribution of US$20 million (AED73 million) to the Arab Gulf Programme for Development, (AGFUND). As one of the founding countries of AGFUND, the UAE has supported the programme’s objectives, goals and activities since ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), in cooperation with the British Standards Institute (BSI), will soon launch the PAS 60518:2020 standard for risk management in the energy and utilities sector, a first of its kind in the world. Dewa approved the number 60518 for the new standard in reference to the birthdate – May, 6 1918 – ...

Bloomberg One surprising part of the trade deal struck between US president Donald Trump and Beijing is that US investors won a direct shot at the potentially lucrative job of helping China clean up its heap of bad debt. China is embracing foreign capital as it grapples with a tide of soured debt. Some estimate it to have topped $1 ...