November, 2019

• 18 November

  70 young Emirati join EGA

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced that its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Abdulla Kalban has welcomed 70 young UAE National recruits on their first day at work as the company accelerates its Emiratisation drive. The new joiners increase to more than 840 the number of UAE Nationals under the age of 35 working at ...

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• 18 November

  UAE sends new food aid convoy to Yemeni residents

  

  HADRAMAUT / WAM The UAE dispatched a new food aid convoy to the residents of Brom Mayfa District, Hadramaut Governorate, benefitting 4,500 under-privileged people and needy families, as part of its efforts to ease the suffering of families witnessing dire economic conditions. The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, distributed 900 food parcels weighing 72.720 tonnes in various areas in the district, ...

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• 18 November

  UAE, Ghana discuss ways to develop ties

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, in Qasr Al Watan (or the Nation’s Palace), who is in the country on an official visit. Upon his arrival at the Palace in Abu Dhabi, ...

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• 18 November

  VP hails Dubai Chamber’s role in promoting emirate

  

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday visited a side exhibition of the Global Business Forum (GBF), held in Jumeirah City. He was accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. During his tour of the exhibition, His ...

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• 18 November

  ERC signs deal to set up AED12m projects in Comoro Islands

  

  MORONI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), is continuing its humanitarian and development initiatives in the Comoro Islands having signed contracts to establish new health and educational projects in the capital, Moroni, worth AED12 million. The contracts were signed with companies implementing the projects by Obaid Rahmat Al Baloushi, who headed the ERC delegation visiting the Comoro Islands to ...

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• 18 November

  Sheikh Mohamed explores prospects for joint cooperation with Liberian president

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday President of Liberia, George Weah, who is visiting the UAE to attend the Global Business Forum Africa 2019 in Dubai. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Weah ...

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• 18 November

  Enoc Group, GoAir ink aviation fuel supply pact

  Dubai / WAM Enoc Group and GoAir of India have signed aviation fuel supply agreement. Through which, Enoc will provide the Indian budget carrier with jet fuel supply at the Dubai International Airport for their fleet of commercial aeroplanes. After a track-record of significant growth and success in the UAE, Enoc further expanded its network and currently covers more than ...

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• 18 November

  Etihad, Boeing unveil first-of-its-kind eco-friendly plane

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways and Boeing on Monday announced a first-of-its-kind ‘eco partnership’, in which a specially-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used to test products, procedures and initiatives designed to reduce aircraft carbon emissions. The ‘Etihad Greenliner’, to be introduced early next year, will be used by both companies to explore and assess environmental sustainability initiatives while ...

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• 18 November

  SoftBank to create Japan internet giant to battle rivals

  

  Bloomberg Masayoshi Son, after backing startups around the world, is engineering a complex deal on his home turf to create a national champion that can more effectively compete with global rivals like Google and Amazon.com Inc. Son’s SoftBank Group Corp plans to combine its Yahoo Japan internet business with Line Corp in a deal that values the country’s leading messaging ...

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• 18 November

  India provides creditors path to recover loans

  Bloomberg India unveiled rules to help creditors recover loans due from large shadow lenders as a prolonged upheaval in the nation’s credit markets raises the risk of defaults by the financiers. The amended law provides a generic framework for insolvency and liquidation proceedings of systemically important financial services providers, other than banks, according to a government statement. The 15-month-old credit ...

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