Bloomberg Finance chiefs gathered in Fukuoka, Japan, for meetings of the Group of 20 are wrangling over language on how to describe global trade disputes in a communique that is to be published at the meeting’s conclusion. A fifth draft version of the statement seen by Bloomberg News referenced the need for a ‘pressing need to resolve trade tensions’ amid ...

LONDON / WAM The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Europe saved $8 billion on its natural gas bill last year because surging US shale production and a shake-up in EU energy markets forced Russia to change its gas pricing mechanism. Fatih Birol, speaking as the IEA released its annual gas report, said 2018 was a “golden ...

SHARJAH / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS), affirmed that the students are the pillar and foundation of the University of Sharjah for whom the university exploits all its potential and energies to build them scientifically and behaviourally. Sheikh Sultan’s remarks ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent a cable of condolences to Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on the death of Wadha Ali Abdurrahman Al Munir, the mother of Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Hamad Al-Sabah. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa expressed sincere sympathies and solace, ...

DUBAI / WAM A new Patient Network to support people living with obesity, backed by clinicians across the Gulf and Lebanon, is being launched by the World Obesity Federation. Designed to raise awareness of multiple causes of obesity and provide access to information on healthier lifestyle choices, treatment options and ongoing management, the programme marks World Obesity’s first major initiative ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will host the 2nd Primary Care Conference on June 19 to enhance awareness about the emirate’s healthcare sector, specifically the primary care model and regulations. To be organised by United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedical) Group including Danat Al Emarat Hospital, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers and Moorfields Eye Hospital on June 19 at St. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the region, is celebrating World Ocean Day this year by highlighting its commitment to preserving marine biodiversity, under the bank’s Keep the Creek Clean marine conservation programme. The Keep the Creek Clean initiative was introduced by Emirates NBD Private Banking in 2018, with the goal of helping preserve and ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), will be the main sponsor of the upcoming constructsteel conference 2019 organised by the World Steel Association (worldsteel) and held in the Middle East for the first time. Through sponsoring the conference, the company aims to ...

BRATISLAVA / WAM The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs reiterated the country’s commitment to ensuring regional stability. “The UAE is a committed partner in the development and stabilisation of the Arab World,” Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, told audiences in a keynote address at GLOBSEC 2019 Bratislava Forum in Slovakia. The UAE official noted that the country had ...

Sharjah / WAM For the sixth year in a row, the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) is gearing up to participate in the 11th edition of the World Chambers Congress (WCC) of the International Chamber of Commerce. Under the theme “Creating a Shared Future”, the three-day event will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on June 12-14 ...