BLOOMBERG Former President Donald Trump posted his own mug shot in a return to Elon Musk’s X, which was formerly known as Twitter. Trump regularly used Twitter to boost his message and win the White House in 2016, sometimes tweeting dozens of times a day, at all hours, to communicate directly with his tens of millions of followers, guide the ...

ABUJA / WAM Salem Saeed Al Shamsi presented his credentials as ambassador of the UAE to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, during a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in the capital, Abuja. During the event, Al Shamsi conveyed to President Tinubu the greetings of President His Highness ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Dr. Hasan Karam, Borouge’s Chief Operating Officer, has said that the fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) played a significant role in H1 2023, contributing $209 million (AED767 million) in polypropylene material sales, representing 22% of the Company’s propylene sales and 10% of our overall turnover. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Dr Karam ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates officially joined the BRICS group after a successful application ratified by the five founding nations, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa. The announcement was made as leaders of the five countries met in Johannesburg for ...

SHARJAH / WAM The International Government Communication Forum 2023 (IGCF 2023) has announced a packed pre-forum activities programme, which will take place in the lead up to the 12th annual edition, starting September 4. Covering key topics of communication ethics and techniques, sustainable media, innovation, leadership skills, and artificial intelligence, amongst others, the discussions and training sessions will be led ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Rabdan Academy and Australia’s Monash University have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen strategic cooperation in research and education between the two institutions. This partnership provides a comprehensive framework for research and academic cooperation on topics and areas of mutual interest. It also facilitates the exchange of educational materials, expertise, and experiences, contributing to enhancing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE stock markets continued to capitalise on improved investor sentiments, with blue-chip industrial, banking and real estate stocks leading the gainers in the capital’s bourse, with financials, industrials, and communication services driving the Dubai Financial Market, with both ending the session up 0.453% and 0.176% respectively. In Abu Dhabi, Index FADGI closed at 9,771.420 pts, ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa)’s Research and Development Centre (R&D) has filed a new patent on an innovative device that enhances the process of melting and extruding raw metal materials to the construction platform. The device also maintains the optimum temperature required to handle raw metal materials in 3D printing. It also improves the performance of ...

BLOOMBERG US futures and European stocks clocked mild gains on Friday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech from Jackson Hole. Contracts on the S&P 500 gained 0.3%, signalling respite for underlying equities after August 24’s decline. Europe’s Stoxx 600 extended its first weekly advance in four. Commodity shares led gains as oil and iron ore prices climbed. ...