October, 2021

• 31 October

  Sharjah Ruler inaugurates art exhibition

  

  Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated on Saturday, the art exhibition “The Other Side of Silence” by Hrair Sarkissian in the Sharjah Art Foundation. The exhibition, organised by the Sharjah Art Foundation in cooperation with Galérie Bonnier Constellation in Stockholm, and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, ...

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• 31 October

  Expo 2020 Dubai to explore resilient, sustainable habitats

  

  Dubai / WAM As global population growth continues to challenge the world’s existing cities and communities, Expo 2020 Dubai brings together leaders, experts and citizens to explore how we must transform the way we move, build, consume and live in the habitats of the future. By 2050, more than 70 percent of the world’s population is forecast to live in ...

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• 31 October

  UAE to take part in India International Trade Fair

  

  NEW DELHI / WAM The UAE will be an important participant in the India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held in New Delhi from November 14-27, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Saturday. The ministry said India’s other trade partners which have confirmed their attendance at the annual exhibition, described as “one of the most awaited business ...

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• 31 October

  Indian state, UAE firm discuss investment cooperation

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A government delegation from Telangana, India, headed by Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Member of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and daughter of the Chief Minister of Telangana, visited Dr Mubarak Hamad Marzouq Al Ameri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Green Gate Investment Company, at his residence in Al Ain. They discussed the mechanisms of investment and economic ...

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• 31 October

  ADSG highlights innovation in Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG), the leading government platform for developing human competencies in Abu Dhabi, part of the Department of Government Support, organised a unique learning journey focused on innovation. Entitled ‘Magic in the UAE’, the event was held in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the third cohort of ‘The Leader Program’, ...

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• 31 October

  UAE intensifies efforts to combat money laundering, terror financing

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Counselor Ismail Madani, Senior Advocate General and Head of Public Funds Prosecution on Saturday affirmed that the Public Prosecution is continuing its unremitting efforts to implement the national strategy to combat money laundering and terrorism financing crimes and put in place a strong financial crime control system in the UAE. He said the Public Prosecution also ...

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• 31 October

  Nato must mend its rift with Russia — with conditions

  

  For many Americans, the news that Russia was severing relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) may have been a surprise only in the sense that few would have suspected such relations ever existed. Yet since 2002 there has been a Nato-Russia Council to help avoid conflict and address shared concerns. Restoring that partnership would be in the interests ...

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• 31 October

  Sharjah, France explore avenues of cooperation

  

  SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah, welcomed a French delegation headed by Nathalie Kennedy, Consul-General of the French Republic in Dubai, to discuss the potential of strengthening collaboration between Sharjah and the French capital in vital sectors, including culture, education, and tourism. At a meeting, held in presence of ...

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• 31 October

  Is Meta’s mediocrity the message?

  

  Facebook Inc, you may have heard, has changed its name to Meta. Setting aside, briefly, the vital debate on Facebook Inc’s myriad evils, and focusing specifically on the name and brand, there are some elements of note. Given there is no “good” name for a “bad” company — and that nothing Mark Zuckerberg might do could ever win the internet ...

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• 31 October

  Singapore is rewriting rules for global cities

  Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc, UBS Group AG: Global capital’s gleaming logos dominate the night skyline of Singapore’s central business district. They don’t have the vista from a balcony at the Marina Bay Sands hotel to themselves, however. Nestled among them, competing for eyeballs, is a tower bearing the logo of the National Trades Union Congress. Local lenders and property ...

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