DUBAI/WAM The UAE cycling team returned home on Saturday to a hero’s welcome after winning a historic bronze medal at Asian Games 2023, held in Hangzhou, China. Ahmed Al Mansoori won the bronze medal and the first Emirati cyclist to win a medal at the Asian Games. The team members were greeted with flowers and cheers by Khalifa Yousef Bin ...

DUBAI/WAM Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Dubai Corporate for Ambulance Services ( DCAS) are showcasing their efforts at the AccessAbilities Expo. This year’s edition of the event is expected to achieve record growth in the number of global exhibitors specialised in manufacturing advanced technologies and devices that contribute towards empowering People of Determination as well as key regional rehabilitation centres ...

HANOI/ WAM The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has hosted the fifth UAE-Vietnam Joint Committee in Hanoi. The Committee was co-chaired by Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Dr. Nguyen Hong Dien, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade. Senior diplomats and government officials from both sides participated in the Joint Committee and ...

RIYADH/WAM Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President, delivered a formal address at the opening ceremony for MENA Climate Week today, where he called on nations in the region to expand on their legacy of climate leadership to drive inclusive progress ahead of COP28. Regional wind and solar investments have grown over ...

ABU DHAB / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, the Abu Dhabi Poetry Festival will take place from October 12-15 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), in cooperation with the Emirates Heritage Club. The festival is being ...

CAIRO / WAM Adel bin AbdulRahman Alasoomi, President of the Arab Parliament (AP), has congratulated the UAE on the success of the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2023. He praised the efforts exerted by the UAE and its supervising bodies on the electoral process that was characterised by integrity, valuing the awareness of the Emirati citizen who was keen to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination (ZHO) signed a joint memorandum of understanding with the Southwestern University PHINMA (SWU PHINMA) in the Philippines to train students of the College of Rehabilitative Sciences at the health care management departments of ZHO’s care and rehabilitation centres in neurological rehabilitation therapy services for children, as part of the ...

DUBAI / WAM In line with the role of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in enhancing education in the UAE, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) donated 22,000 books to the Emirates Schools Establishment (ESE) to be distributed at the newly established Zayed Education Complexes as part of the ‘My Family is Reading’ ...

BLOOMBERG Finnair Oyj plans to raise as much as €600 million ($632 million) issuing new shares, as the Finnish flag carrier seeks to prop up its balance sheet after its strategy was upended by the closing of Russia’s airspace in the wake of the war in Ukraine. The Finnish state, the carrier’s controlling shareholder, backs the offering and plans to ...

BLOOMBERG British Airways (BA) reached a tentative labour agreement with unionised pilots, removing the threat of a walkout through 2027 as the flagship UK carrier cements a recovery from the Covid-19 era travel slowdown. The agreement in principle builds on pay and working-condition changes made last year, BA said in an emailed statement. Members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association ...