May, 2022

• 25 May

  Abu Dhabi, Portugal discuss ways to enhance trade ties

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Supporting priority sectors and opening up new horizons for businesses in Abu Dhabi and Portugal came at the top of discussions between Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Fernando Figueirinhas, Ambassador of Portugal to the UAE. The meeting took place at the chamber’s tower in Abu Dhabi ...

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• 25 May

  flydubai, StanChart ink SLB deal for five Boeing aircraft

  

    DUBAI / Gulf Time Dubai-based carrier flydubai and Standard Chartered, have successfully signed the sale and leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. Four aircrafts were delivered between March and May with the remaining aircraft scheduled to arrive from Boeing, before the end of the first half of the year. The deal was structured, financed and ...

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• 25 May

  DP World bags two awards

    DUBAI / WAM DP World was awarded two prestigious awards at this year’s Dubai Award for sustainable transport (Dast), recognising its latest sustainable mobility initiatives – the electrical terminal truck under the environmental protection category and the real-time locating system (RTLS) under the mobility management category. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai ...

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• 24 May

  UAE’s real real strength is in its developmental model

  

    Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), has announced that Dubai will host the Dubai Future Forum on October 10-11, at the Museum of the Future. The forum will convene 400 ...

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• 24 May

  UN General Assembly pays tribute to late Sheikh Khalifa

  

  New York / WAM At a meeting of the UN General Assembly, the 193 member states of the United Nations paid tribute to the late president of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In his opening remarks to the UN membership, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, said, “At this time of mourning, let us take inspiration from ...

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• 24 May

  Dubai posts 37% growth in commercial transport sector

    Dubai / WAM The Commercial Transport activities sector in Dubai has reported a significant growth of 37 percent during the first quarter of 2022 extending from the same period of last year. These results reflect the cohesion and strength of the business movement in the commercial transport sector, which plays a vital and prominent role by contributing to facilitating ...

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• 24 May

  flydubai, StanChart ink SLB deal for five Boeing aircraft

  

    Dubai / Gulf Time Dubai-based carrier flydubai and Standard Chartered, have successfully signed the sale and leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. Four aircrafts were delivered between March and May with the remaining aircraft scheduled to arrive from Boeing, before the end of the first half of the year. The deal was structured, financed and ...

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• 24 May

  Global Aerospace Summit 2022 begins

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The sixth edition of the Global Aerospace Summit 2022, hosted by Mubadala, commenced on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, welcoming around 1,000 C-level leaders, experts and specialists from across the aviation, aerospace, space and defence sectors. This is the first in-person edition of the Summit since the 2018 edition. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of ...

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• 24 May

  ADFD-funded projects help Jordan achieve socioeconomic objectives

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Strategic relations between Abu Dhabi Development Fund for Development (ADFD) and the government of Jordan date to 1974, when ADFD financed the first project in the country. Thereafter, the fund financed hundreds of development projects in vital sectors, whose total value stands at about AED6.5 billion. These projects collectively raised the standard of living in Jordan ...

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• 24 May

  Biden’s Taiwan ‘gaffe’ is a smart move to deter China

  

  Once is a gaffe, three times is a policy. During his trip to Asia, President Joe Biden stated, for the third time, that the US would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, a comment seemingly at odds with Washington’s longstanding strategy of ambiguity on that subject. Biden’s comments are starting to seem like a deliberate effort to strengthen deterrence without ...

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