Dubai / Emirates Business DP World, UAE Region has been recognised for its significant contribution to the UAE’s trade and outstanding performance by winning the Port and Terminal Operator Award at the prestigious Seatrade Maritime Middle East Awards. The Award was received by Abdulla Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer, DP World, UAE Region at a gala ceremony in the presence ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre (IFC) in Abu Dhabi. The MoU was signed by HE Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Dhaher bin Dhaher Al Mheiri, CEO of the ADGM Registration Authority. Bin Mejren ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), the ninth edition of SIAL Middle East, the exclusive regional food, beverage and hospitality trade event, will run from December 10-12 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), the premier event in foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa, has launched the preparatory actions for its 9th edition on April 8-10, 2019 in Dubai. In ...

Bloomberg As world leaders commemorate a century since the war that was supposed to end all wars, a conflict on Europe’s eastern periphery is getting more deeply entrenched. The breakaway region of Donbas in eastern Ukraine will hold elections on Sunday, the same day as the World War I Armistice event in Paris. Separatists backed by Russia are seeking to ...

Bloomberg Bangladesh will go to the polls on December 23 amid increasingly bitter tensions between the ruling Awami League and the opposition alliance, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looking to extend her nearly 10-year rule. Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda announced the election road map despite opposition calls to defer the poll until their leader, former prime minister Khaleda ...

Bloomberg Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the island nation’s parliament and called for a snap general election amid mounting pressure to prove a majority in the house supports his newly appointed prime minister. The 225-seat parliament was dissolved at midnight and a new one will meet on January 17 after a vote on January 5, according to a presidential ...

Bloomberg China and the US should discuss ways to avoid accidental conflict, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told his US counterpart, Defense Secretary James Mattis, at a meeting in Washington, after an incident between the two countries’ navies last month. The Chinese and US military forces should “properly manage risks, discuss ways to avoid accidental conflicts and let military relations serve ...

Bloomberg Fanned by hot, dry winds, wildfires north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles have forced the evacuation of more than 215,000 people, including in Malibu, the coastal enclave of the rich and famous. The fires have grown to about 131,000 acres overall and threaten to destroy tens of thousands of structures, according to the California Department of Forestry ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE has made a new leap in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), according to the recent Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum (Davos) 2018, where the country has advanced 18 places in “ICT Adoption” from 24th to 6th place in the world. This theme measures the efficiency of the telecommunications sector in countries ...