Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Yas Mall, the leading destination for leisure, entertainment, retail and dining destination located at the heart of Yas Island, witnessed an overwhelming success during the first day of Eid Al Fitr, as visitors flooded the island and mall to benefit from the first ever 24-hour Mega Sale in Abu Dhabi launched by the mall. The ...

Dubai / WAM The manufacturing industry in the UAE is expected to become one of the highest contributors to the country’s economy with a robust infrastructure, strategic location and significant subsidies for manufacturers. With the support of Dubai Exports as a government partner, Expotrade is organising the Future Manufacturing and Trade Summit, earlier called the GCC Manufacturing Excellence and Technology ...

Dubai / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) advises the users to be aware of the updated version of the ransomware ‘Petya’, which started spreading globally on Tuesday and breached thousands of computers and servers around the world. “The breach disabled, encrypted, and locked users from accessing their computers without paying a sum of Bitcoin, and that’s when a group ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), is urging consumers to limit their use of electrical appliances during peak-load hours from 12 noon to 18:00 every day during the summer months. The appeal comes as part of DEWA’s annual campaign dubbed, “Let’s Make this Summer Green”, which aims to boost awareness about importance of adopting sustainable practices and ...

Cairo / WAM A total of 900,000 children and elderly people across Egyptian villages have been offered free medical treatment through more than 55 medical caravans as part of the Zayed Giving Initiative, bringing to over six million the number of children and old people who have benefited from the scheme across the world. The mobile hospitals, which are fully ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Airbus and Al Bayt Mitwahid Association on Wednesday announced the names of seven UAE students, selected to be part of the inaugural Future Scientists programme launched with the support of the Ministry of Education and Abu Dhabi Education Council. The seven students, selected to represent the UAE’s seven emirates, are: Suhail Raeesi, Saoud Morad, Fatmah Al ...

TOKYO­­­­ / Reuters Japan’s anti-monopoly regulator ruled on Wednesday that all new contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) should not contain restrictions on reselling cargoes of the fuel, adding momentum to a push to liberalise the LNG market. The decision, which was in line with growing market practice, is likely to lead to more trading of LNG cargoes by buyers ...

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc is turning to India’s textile, cement and steel factories as it seeks to expand demand for its natural gas. The Hague-based energy giant has set up a team of about six executives to identify small businesses that use dirtier fuels like coal and convince them to switch, according to Ajay Shah, a vice president with ...

Bloomberg Gabon, OPEC’s smallest member by production, will try to reduce its reliance on oil by increasing investments in agriculture and mining as part of pledges made to win a $642 million International Monetary Fund facility, Economy Minister Regis Immongault said. Oil’s proportion of state revenue will decline to about 25 percent by mid-2020, from 30 percent currently, he said ...

Bloomberg The world’s biggest offshore wind developer said construction delays on key electricity cables that will take North Sea wind power to Germany’s industrial heartland risk undermining the confidence of investors in new projects. Dong Energy A/S sees delays as driving up costs of working in Germany, board member Samuel Leupold said in an interview in Berlin. Slow completion of ...