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Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports, the operator of the five airports in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday released its passenger traffic report for the first half of 2022. The report revealed healthy figures for passenger traffic of 6,299,725 across Abu Dhabi International, Al Ain International, Al Bateen Executive, Delma and Sir Bani Yas Island airports ...
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25 August
Sharjah Ruler presents new batch of books to Holy Quran Academy
Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has presented to Holy Quran Academy (HQA)  new batch of precious books concerned with the Quran sciences and the Prophet’s Sunnah. The manuscripts are considered among the valuable scientific and historical treasures, as they are added to the academy, along ...
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25 August
ADJD: 2,200 civil marriages registered in eight months
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has registered more than 2,200 civil marriage applications before the Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court for foreigners in less than eight months, at a rate of 25 applications per day, or four new marriages per hour, since the Abu Dhabi Emirate Civil Marriage Law came into force in January ...
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25 August
AD Ports wins 17 int’l business awards
Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has won 17 awards at The Stevie International Business Awards 2022, the global awards recognising excellence and accomplishments within the workplace. The 19th edition of the awards attracted more than 3,800 nominations from a wide range of organisations. AD Ports group received ...
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25 August
RTA upgrades automated system for assessing roads condition
Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has upgraded the automated system for assessing the condition of roads, managing their maintenance and pavement to achieve the relevant strategic objectives. The system constitutes a comprehensive programme for automating and governing the assessment of the performance of the functional and construction pavement condition of the road network through software ...
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25 August
Trump’s own behaviour bolsters case against him
Should former presidents who are believed to have committed crimes, either in office or afterward, be indicted? It is never simply the case that prosecutors in the US indict anyone who they believe is guilty of crime, as my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Clive Crook has pointed out. For one, it’s misconduct to indict without confidence that a conviction will follow. ...
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25 August
World could do with an early iPhone
On the surface, it’s just a smartphone — little more than a very slick, rather pricey, well-built gadget. But the iPhone is much more than that, and this year the world could do with having one released just a little earlier than usual. That’s because the global smartphone market is in a funk, with shipments dropping 9% in the June ...
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25 August
China’s power crisis may reach a huge scale
If you’re looking for an iconic example of humanity’s ability to harness nature to produce clean energy on a massive scale, it’s hard to ignore the Three Gorges Dam. Built through the 2000s just as China’s rise was at its most headlong, the world’s largest power station can generate 22.5 gigawatts, equivalent to 20 nuclear plants. Two more of ...
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25 August
The war can’t be won by Russian traveller ban
Ukraine’s president wants the West to ban Russian travellers in the hopes of boosting internal pressure against President Vladimir Putin. Calls from European states for a crackdown on visas are also growing louder. Such measures may seem appealing in light of Putin’s aggression, but there’s no guarantee that they’d work as proponents expect. Far better to lay out the ...
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25 August
Singapore wants to make its airport pandemic proof
Bloomberg Singapore will start work on a fifth terminal at Changi Airport — regularly voted among the world’s best — with a revised design that allows it to adjust capacity during a pandemic. The move comes as the city-state works to cement its place as Asia’s primary aviation hub, with rival Hong Kong still imposing Covid quarantines and other ...
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