Abu Dhabi / wam Department of Economic Development Abu Dhabi (Added), is currently preparing a study to regulate and develop licencing mechanisms for food-vending mobile vans (Food Trucks) under “Tajer Abu Dhabi License”. The study represents one of the initiatives in support of the Abu Dhabi economy package aiming to facilitate doing businesses and supporting the private sector. The study is ...

abu dhabi / WAM The Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to foster closer collaboration among the UAE, Morocco and Africa and jointly promote the development of financial services in the respective markets. The MoU was signed by Dhaher bin Dhaher Al Mheiri, CEO of ...

KARACHI / WAM The “HH Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign” began in Kathor, Las Bela, Balochistan, Pakistan. The campaign aims to treat children, women and elderly people, under the slogan, “We are all Mother Fatima,” as the first specialist initiative of its kind that will provide the best diagnostic, treatment, preventive and surgical services to poor people, under the supervision ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday at Al Bahr Palace, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at Al Bahr Palace, on Monday. Espinosa is currently visiting the UAE to take part in ...

DUBAI / wam The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), described the UAE economy as “exemplary for emerging economies.” “I am very impressed by the economic diversification efforts made by the UAE and the new and innovative ways adopted by the country to accelerate new and innovative ideas, as well as increase and diversify foreign ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, is supporting the seventh edition of the World Government Summit (WGS 2019), as a strategic partner, and participating in several crucial sessions and meetings. At WGS 2019, the fund was recognised by the Global Council for Sustainable Development Goals for its efforts ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is set to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in less than three weeks, yet the biggest question hanging over the leaders’ second summit is why they’re even having it. Since their historic face-to-face meeting in Singapore eight months ago, North Korea has made little progress towards giving up its nuclear weapons and continues to do what ...

Bloomberg Two US warships sailed through waters claimed by China in the South China Sea, an action that could infuriate Beijing as a new round of trade talks gets underway ahead of a looming deadline. The guided-missile destroyers travelled within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands, Reuters reported, citing an unidentified US official. The reef ...

Bloomberg The head of the European Parliament apologized after touching off a dispute by referring to parts of Croatia and Slovenia as Italian on a day commemorating the slaughter of thousands of his countrymen following World War II. Speaking in honor of those Italians who died and hundreds of thousands more who fled from Adriatic Sea border regions to escape ...

Bloomberg Time is running out to avoid a second partial government shutdown, as congressional talks about border-security funding broke down during the weekend in the latest dispute over detention beds for immigrants. Negotiations could still get back on track in the next 24 hours, and negotiators may decide that a stopgap funding extension past Friday is necessary. But the prospect ...