September, 2022

• 26 September

  Global Tech and Metaverse community to discuss potential of new immersive world

  

    DUBAI / WAM Dubai Metaverse Assembly will be organized by Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the DFF, on September 28-29 at the Museum of the Future and Area 2071. The ...

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• 26 September

  SCCI discusses credit report, score for SMEs

    SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), represented by “Tijarah 101”, has hosted a webinar in cooperation with Al Etihad Credit Bureau to discuss the importance of AECP credit report and score for SME businesses. The webinar discussed various topics including the comprehensive credit protection solutions provided by Al Etihad Credit Bureau to help companies ...

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• 26 September

  UAE, Germany ink landmark LNG deal

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, have witnessed the signing of a new Energy Security and Industry Accelerator (ESIA) Agreement that will accelerate projects of joint interest between the UAE and Germany in energy security, decarbonisation and climate action. The agreement was signed by Dr Sultan Ahmed ...

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• 26 September

  WGES to promote cooperation to combat effects of climate change

  

    Dubai / WAM The world is at a crucial turning point where, if meaningful action is not aggressively pursued, climate change will have devastating consequences for the survival of the planet and the human race. Though concrete steps have been taken in the last few years to combat these adverse effects, this challenge requires expanded initiatives, strengthening international cooperation, ...

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• 26 September

  UAE President to begin a two-day state visit to Oman on Tuesday

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a two-day state visit to the Sultanate of Oman on Tuesday. During his second state visit as President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed will meet with the Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, to build upon the longstanding, brotherly ties and cooperation ...

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• 26 September

  Innovation must to bolster current world order, says Reem Al Hashimy

  

    New York / WAM In her address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, stated that innovation is needed to strengthen the current world order and help crisis-affected countries play constructive roles in addressing global challenges. Below is the text of the UAE’s address at ...

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• 26 September

  ADJD hands down 7,000 decisions in one month

    ABU DHABI / WAM The courts of Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) have achieved high case disposal rates and significantly increased judicial productivity, with some 7,000 judgments rendered during the month of August, at an average of 346 decisions per official working day, or 45 judgments per working hour, at the pace of two hearings in average for the ...

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• 26 September

  Adihex enhances efforts to preserve handicraft sustainability

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM The “Arts and Crafts” sector in the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex) is highlighting the aesthetics of the UAE’s cultural heritage, where efforts are being exerted to raise awareness of the importance of preserving traditional crafts and professions and the sustainability of traditional industries. Adihex, held under the theme “Sustainability and Heritage… ...

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• 26 September

  America’s new secession movements aren’t a crime

  

    Secession, of all things, is back in the news. Residents of San Bernardino County, the largest in California, are debating whether to try to break off and form a state of their own. And there’s more: Last month, a New Hampshire electoral commission refused to bar from the ballot legislators who want their state to leave the US entirely. ...

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• 26 September

  Give bankers bigger bonuses?

  

  The bonfire of the inanities. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng isn’t pulling any punches with his first moves in office. First, he unceremoniously fired the most senior civil servant in the Treasury. Now he is contemplating taking an axe to European Union regulations on financial services. But he is starting on the latter in a very odd way ...

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