SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Airport received the first delegation of pilgrims returning to the United Arab Emirates after performing Hajj. They arrived on flights from Jeddah, Medina and Taif in Saudi Arabia. The airport expects a continuous flow of pilgrims from both scheduled and non-scheduled flights to Sharjah during this period. Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) has taken all possible measures ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Moscow Hippodrome is hosting the sixth leg of the 25th UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses on Sunday, August 26. The prestigious event is being staged for the first time at the Central Moscow Hippodrome, the largest horse racing track in Russia, which was founded in 1834. A field of 13 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign has succeeded in attracting young doctors and enabling them to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya refugees by providing the best diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive services to children and women. A group of Emirati and Bangladeshi doctors are participating in the campaign, which is being held in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the completion rate in the Tripoli Street Improvement Project had reached 60 percent and the 12-km long street linking the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road will act as a parallel street to the Airport Street. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, on Saturday distributed 10,000 school kits to students in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras al-Khaimah, as part of its popular community engagement initiative “Volunteer Emirates”. The Back to School edition of Volunteer Emirates, which took place at Horizon English School, was sponsored by Union Coop and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM On Tuesday, August 28, the UAE will celebrate ‘Emirati Women’s Day’, which will be held this year under the theme, ‘Women on the Course of Zayed’, and coincide with the ‘Centennial of Zayed’ and the announcement of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan declaring 2018 as the Year of Zayed. The country’s leadership ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi is set to host the International Council of Nurses’ first regional conference from September 25 to 27, under the theme “Nurses: A Voice to lead – Ensuring access to healthcare through leadership, innovation and collaborative practice.” The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) will host the conference at its Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has initiated a collaboration with the British Standards Institute (BSI) to set the world’s first Publicly Available Specification (PAS) standard that would document best utility risk management practices for the electricity and water sector. This move comes as part of Dewa’s efforts to consolidate its global positioning and achieve its vision ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Government Workshop (DGW) has revealed the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arabian Automobiles, a part of the AW Rostamani Group. Under the terms of the newly-signed agreement, maintenance services will be provided to Nissan vehicles at the DGW’s workshop facilities in collaboration with Arabian Automobiles. HE Humaid Sultan Al Mutaiwee, ...

Bloomberg The UK’s largest solar company has set its sights on becoming a global player now that it’s owned in part by one of the world’s oil majors. “Going forward, this industry will move forward from a cottage industry almost, to an industrialised industry,” Chief Executive Officer Nick Boyle said. “There will be a small number of worldwide players. We ...