January, 2021

• 11 January

  Mansour bin Zayed chairs Mubadala board meeting

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mubadala Investment Company, has chaired the meeting of the Executive Committee of the company’s board, which was held at the Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi. The Board approved the company’s action ...

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• 11 January

  UAE, US discuss joint strategic relations

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Abu Dhabi. Younis Haji Al Khoori, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, as well as representatives of the UAE Central Bank attended the meeting which sought to deliberate joint strategic relations and financial and economic cooperation between ...

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• 11 January

  Ajman real estate deals reach AED8.9b in 2020

  

  AJMAN / WAM The annual real estate report issued by the Department of Land and Real Estate Regulation in Ajman highlighted the stable performance of the emirate’s real estate market, noting that real estate transactions in 2020 totalled AED8.9 billion. Nasser Al Marzouqi, Deputy Director-General of the Department, stressed that Ajman’s real estate sector has maintained its positive performance, due ...

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• 11 January

  UAE a key economic partner of South Korea, says KITA’s chief

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Kim Young-ju, Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), stated that the UAE and South Korea have had solid bilateral relations since the start of their diplomatic ties in 980s, adding that the two friendly countries established a strategic partnership in 2018 during the official visit of Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, to the ...

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• 11 January

  Dubai South welcomed 650 new firms in ‘20

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai South announced that its Business Park succeeded in attracting 650 new companies as well as leasing of 945,488 square feet of space in 2020 despite the challenging times. In light of the impact of Covid-19 on the business landscape last year, Dubai South realigned its offerings and rolled out an array of stimulus packages to support ...

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• 11 January

  ADU students win EGA grant to build AI-powered drones, robots

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has awarded an AED150,000 grant to three proposals put forth by Abu Dhabi University (ADU) Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering students. The grant will support the winning proposals to build drones and robots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), in preparation for EGA’s third edition of the AI Robot competition, according to the ...

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• 10 January

  Ministry provides over 1m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In line with the plan of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) to provide the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to all residents and help them acquire the required immunity, reduce the rate of infection, and contain the spread of the virus, the ministry on Sunday announced that it has bypassed the milestone of one million doses ...

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• 10 January

  Sharjah’s Quran Academy showcases Islam’s beauty, says Sheikha Jawaher

  

  Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), reiterated the contributions of the Holy Quran to the development of human civilisation for thousands of years while affirming that its teachings have paved the way for key milestones and human achievements in the ...

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• 10 January

  Nakheel Malls embarks on data transformation journey

  

  DUBAI / WAM Nakheel Malls, the retail arm of master developer Nakheel, has launched its data transformation initiative as part of a customer-centric strategy to benefit retailers and customers across Nakheel Malls’ assets. Using machine-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence-enabled data products, the fully governed, advanced platform provides key insights to more than 3,000 tenants by studying retail habits, purchases and ...

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• 10 January

  UAE a key economic partner of South Korea: Kita chairman

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Kim Young-ju, Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (Kita), stated that the UAE and South Korea have had solid bilateral relations since the start of their diplomatic ties in the early 1980s, adding that the two friendly countries established a strategic partnership in 2018 during the official visit of Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, ...

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