DUBAI / WAM Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Cares, has visited Al Ansari Exchange to honor Mohamed Ali Al Ansari, Chairman and Managing Director, Al Ansari Exchange, and Rashed Ali Al Ansari, General Manager, Al Ansari Exchange for fulfilling the company’s invaluable commitment of AED10 million that was pledged to Dubai Cares in 2012 over a period ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, brought together buyers from six key international markets along with local manufacturers as well as exporters in an ‘Elite Buyers Programme’ in Dubai. The largest trade-related B2B meetings series held to date in Dubai, the Programme was part of the Dubai Exports ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirati women have overcome many traditional obstacles that obstructed their progress in many countries, enabling them to rise to the stage of complete social partnership and equal representation, as well as to become pioneers in many strategic sectors. Coinciding with the country’s celebration of Emirati Women’s Day that will be held this year under the theme, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business To celebrate the inaugural flight to Edinburgh on October 1, Emirates is offering passengers attractive fares to the Scottish capital. Travellers in the UAE can book special fares on all Economy and Business Class travel from Monday until September 10 for travel between October 1 and May 31, 2019. Economy Class passengers can enjoy fares starting ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), has congratulated all Emirati women on the occasion of the “Emirati Women’s Day”, which will be held this year under the theme, “Women on the Course ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, has said that the women empowerment in the UAE began with the establishment of the union, with unlimited support from the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was a strong supporter of women. On the occasion of Emirati Women’s Day, marked on ...

DUBAI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre has handled more than 900,000 calls this year, and its employees have successfully completed more than three million procedures that involve managing cases in the system, achieving 88 percent of customer satisfaction. The Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre, Abu Dhabi Government’s first integrated communication platform for its customers, has also achieved ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel marked her return to the political front line with a call for Europe to assert its interests more forcefully as President Donald Trump punches holes in the world order. In her first television interview after the summer break, the German chancellor said Europe needs to take on more global responsibility, including on defense. As Trump attacks Germany’s ...

Bloomberg The selection of John McCain’s replacement in the Senate sets up a potentially defining struggle between competing factions within the Republican party—the old guard represented by the late Arizona senator, and the iconoclastic wing led by President Donald Trump. The state’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, won’t make an announcement about the seat until McCain is laid to rest next ...

Bloomberg India and Pakistan will discuss the resolution of a dispute over sharing river waters this week, officials said, setting off the first official negotiations between South Asia’s nuclear-armed rivals since newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan took charge. Both sides will discuss the issue over two days starting from August 29 in Lahore, Indian and Pakistani officials said, asking not ...