GUANGZHOU/ WAM Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, participated in the first GCC-China economy and trade ministerial conference held in Guangzhou, China, in the presence of Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, GCC Secretary General, ministers of economy and trade of GCC countries, and Wang Wen Tao, Chinese Minister of Trade. Bin Touq said that under the guidance of its wise ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) Group, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi announced the signing of a land lease agreement with Advanced Petro Services (APS), a leading provider of specialised services in the energy industry. KEZAD’s world-class industrial ecosystem is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and services, which perfectly supports Advanced Petro Services’ ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today visited His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain at his residence in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, the two leaders engaged in talks that reaffirmed the longstanding ties between the UAE and Bahrain, with both nations sharing a commitment to bolster ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, has announced that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will roll out a unified Gulf tourist visa within the next two years, which will allow visa holders to travel across the six Gulf countries. Al Marri said the seventh meeting of GCC tourism ministers in Oman has unanimously endorsed ...

DUBAI/ WAM The Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office has announced a strategic collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA) to facilitate the opportunity for 5,000 national talents to benefit from the academy’s digital programme during the Global Dev Slam at GITEX Global 2023. Saqr bin Ghalib, Executive Director at the Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology groups for defence and beyond, will reinforce its presence in Southeast Asia by participating in the 11th edition of Defense & Security 2023, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) most significant biennial tri-service exhibition, conference, and networking event, held in Bangkok, Thailand. Over the course of the four-day ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed with Hanke Bruins Slot, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the ongoing developments in the Middle East region and the efforts to ensure sustainable delivery of humanitarian and medical aid to civilians. This came in a phone call wherein the two top diplomats also ...

PARIS/ WAM Efforts to tackle climate change and ensure reliable supplies of electricity could be put at risk unless policymakers and companies quickly take action to improve and expand the world’s electricity grids, according to a special report released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Grids have formed the backbone of electricity systems for more than a century, delivering ...

DUBAI / GULF TIME The Art of Living Mall, Dubai’s first & exclusive destination mall for interior design and furniture enthusiasts, is set to host the region’s first exclusive interior design event, ‘The Art of Interior,’ on October 20, 2023. The event promises to be a unique gathering of the most exceptional design minds in the region, featuring prominent architects ...

SAUDI ARABIA/ GULF TIME King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), part of the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), ), Systems of Strategic Business Solutions (SSBS), and InterSystem, a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed problems, announced today that InterSystems TrakCare® unified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system went live ...