RED SEA COAST / WAM The UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), implemented six water projects in six villages in Dhubab District on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, adding to the number of villages benefitting from its new water projects, which now totals 12. The six water projects included the restoration of artesian wells in Al Watan, Al Jafer, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Come October, anyone living in the UAE can lease and fly an electric aircraft, provided they receive proper training, as per the Academy of Technical Training (ATT), standards. Officials at the ATT told Emirates News Agency (WAM), that receiving a licence to fly the electric-driven aircraft is open to individuals as young as 14 years. The licence ...

Dubai / WAM The Business Registration and Licensing (BRL), sector of the Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai, issued 2,204 new licences in February 2019, a growth of 37 percent compared to February 2018 (1,606). The new licences created 8,515 jobs in the labour market. Among the new licenses issued, 61.1 percent were commercial, 36.5 percent professional, 1.7 percent related to tourism ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His HHighness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, praised the wise policy of the Abu Dhabi Government and its keenness to provide the best services, which will make everyone happy and continue the process of sustainable development. Following his inauguration of a new municipal centre in Khalifa City, ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME), sector, supported 4,227 Emirati entrepreneurs with incentives and facilities worth AED101 million ($27.5 million) in 2018. The number of entrepreneurs represents an increase of 32 percent over the previous year and the increase in the value of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), announced the establishment of the ‘Zayed Centre of Excellence for Financial Research’, at the Higher Colleges of Technology – Abu Dhabi Women’s campus. The Centre’s main objectives includes collaborating with HCT on research related to finance including, but not limited to, finance-related data analytics, financial technology services, artificial intelligence, blockchain, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of the Abu Dhabi Government’s accelerator programme ‘Ghadan 21’, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, has announced strategic initiatives to further drive the development of the Emirate’s tourism sector. In line with the Ghadan 21 ambition, to make Abu Dhabi one of the best places in the world ...

Bloomberg Officials from China’s predominately Muslim region of Xinjiang defended mass detention camps as necessary to fight terrorism and vowed to maintain the crackdown for a “long time.” Local security policies had prevented a major terrorist attack in the region for more than two years, Xinjiang government chief Shohrat Zakir told a regional delegation meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. Even ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the US will pull all remaining personnel from its embassy in Venezuela’s capital, adding that the presence of diplomatic staff “has become a constraint on US policy.” Earlier, Pompeo blasted Russia and Cuba for their continued support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, accusing them of keeping his regime afloat despite the will of ...

Bloomberg If Algeria’s ageing rulers hope sidelining Abdelaziz Bouteflika will buy them time to regroup, they may be disappointed. Young protesters have become bolder since their demonstrations began two weeks ago. Some now want the entire old guard to step aside. In an letter released on Monday evening, Bouteflika postponed next month’s election and said he would no longer seek ...