February, 2019

• 5 February

  DWTC win bids to host 10 new global congresses

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) announced that it has won the bids to host 10 new international congresses at the venue from 2019 – 2022. Strengthening Dubai’s position as a distinctive and competitive destination for the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) and business events industry, these high-profile events will bring in approximately 37,000 delegates from ...

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• 5 February

  UAE issues commemorative stamp on ‘Human Fraternity’

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Post issued a commemorative stamp to mark the Human Fraternity Meeting held in the capital, Abu Dhabi. The stamp, decorated with the picture of the two prominent religious figures, His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, and His Eminence Dr. Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Al Sharif, reflects the values of the ...

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• 5 February

  DP World records 2.9% growth in container volumes in 2018

  

  Dubai / WAM DP World handled 71.4 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2018, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9 per cent year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis. Gross volumes were stable in Q4 2018 despite softer volumes in the UAE and ...

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• 5 February

  Gulfood summit to discuss role of tech in curbing food waste

  Dubai / WAM The Middle East’s Food and Beverage (F&B), industry needs to actively embrace technology to fight increasing food waste in the region, according to experts. Ahead of the first-ever Gulfood Innovation Conference in Dubai next month, to be held at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), from February 18-20, two leading experts on food waste have urged the region’s F&B ...

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• 5 February

  Pope Francis, Grand Imam of Al Azhar depart Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Head of the Catholic Church His Holiness Pope Francis, and His Eminence Dr Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Al Sharif, departed the country following a three-day visit to Abu Dhabi. They were seen off at the Presidential Flight by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and ...

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• 5 February

  180,000 Catholics attend Pope Francis Mass in Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Holiness Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City, delivered a groundbreaking Papal Mass to more than 180,000 Catholics in the UAE. The scale of the event, which took place at Zayed Sports Stadium in Abu Dhabi, is unprecedented for an event of this kind in the Arabian Peninsula ...

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• 5 February

  ADFD OKs $21mn for Mauritius ophthalmology hospital

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, has allocated $21 million (AED77 million) to finance a specialised ophthalmology hospital in Mauritius as part of its commitment to boosting the healthcare sector in the island nation. HE Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of ADFD, and HE Mohamed Iqbal ...

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• 5 February

  Dubai welcomes UK’s Oceana

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cruise Tourism, a department of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), alongside its public and private sector partners welcomed cruise ship Oceana into Dubai for the debut of UK-based, P&O Cruises into the region as it homeports for the season. With Dubai as its official winter hub, the luxury vessel will commence ...

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• 5 February

  US, South Korea reach deal on troop costs ahead of summit

  

  Bloomberg The US and South Korea reached a cost-sharing deal for American forces on the Korean Peninsula, relieving pressure on the seven-decade alliance after the Trump administration demanded that Seoul pay as much as 50 percent more. The State Department said in a statement that the US reached an agreement with South Korea on the so-called Special Measures Arrangement. The ...

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• 5 February

  Thai vote spurs record number of candidates

  Bloomberg Political parties are registering a record number of candidates ahead of the first general election in Thailand since a coup in 2014. More than 6,400 people from 60 political parties deposited their details with the Election Commission on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of a five-day registration period. The number of parliamentary candidates is already more than ...

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