April, 2023

• 13 April

  Centro Barsha, Dubai hosts charitable iftar event for labourers

  

  DUBAI / GULF TIME Centro Barsha, Dubai announced the success of its charitable iftar event, which was held in collaboration with the UAE Food Bank, Saudi German Hospital, and The Little Things. The objective of the event was to provide approximately 400 meals to labourers in need. The event took place on April 4 at 4 PM and was a ...

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• 13 April

  Germany to allow Polish export of MiG 29 fighter jets to Ukraine

  

  BLOOMBERG German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition will quickly approve a Polish request for permission to re-export MiG 29 fighter jets from former East German military stocks to Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the issue. The coalition will grant the demand to further support Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invading forces, said the person who asked not ...

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• 13 April

  Erdogan vows to punish shoddy builders ahead of polls

  

  BLOOMBERG  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to punish breakers of construction-safety regulations in the wake of February’s deadly earthquakes, a move to distance himself from the devastation brought by tens of thousands of building collapses. “We will squeeze them into a corner,” Erdogan said in an interview with with CNN-Turk television. “It will be included in crimes that can’t ...

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• 13 April

  Biden: US is ‘getting close’ to finding who leaked documents

  

  BLOOMBERG President Joe Biden said the US was close to concluding investigations into the leak of sensitive documents that exposed American spying practices and assessments of Russia’s war in Ukraine, even as he sought to downplay the impact of the disclosures. “There’s a full-blown investigation going on right now, as you know, with the intelligence community and the Justice Department,” ...

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• 13 April

  UAE cabinet marks 17 years of achievements

  

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has affirmed that the past 17 years have witnessed many changes and achievements to strengthen the national economy and developing advanced services. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, who took charge of the cabinet and the Federal ...

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• 13 April

  Sharjah records AED1.7b realty deals in March

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The real estate sector in Sharjah continued to thrive during March 2023, as the volume of real estate transactions in the emirate reached AED1.7 billion. This reflects the continued growth and prosperity of the real estate sector in Sharjah, and its success in building and ensuring a motivating, attracting, and supportive environment for business and investment. The ...

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• 13 April

  Tomb, smaller chapels unearthed in Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis

  

  CAIRO / WAM An archaeological mission from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (RMO) and the Egyptian Museum in Turin (Museo Egizio) uncovered the remains of Panehsy’s tomb, the steward of Amun Temple in the early Ramesside period, along with a collection of smaller chapels in the Saqqara Necropolis, according to Egypt’s Ahram Online. “The new discovery sheds new ...

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• 13 April

  UAE’s Rashid Rover all set to land on moon on April 25

  

  DUBAI / WAM Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced on Wednesday that the Rashid Rover, onboard the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander, is scheduled to land on the Moon on April 25 at 8:40 PM (UAE time). The landing date is subject to change depending on operational conditions. The Rashid Rover is currently orbiting the moon at an altitude ...

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• 13 April

  COP28 chief, IMF’s MD, UN envoy issue joint statement

  

  WASHINGTON / WAM Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, and Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), on Wednesday co-chaired a roundtable discussion hosted at the ...

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• 13 April

  Abu Dhabi’s Masdar buys 50% stake in Big Beau project in US

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar has further expanded its presence in the US’ renewables market after closing the acquisition of a 50% stake in a combined solar and battery storage project from EDF Renewables North America. The Big Beau project, located in California, comprises a 128-megawatt (MWac) photovoltaic (PV) solar plant and a 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage system. ...

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