March, 2018

• 21 March

  Mother of the Nation Festival begins today

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM One of the most highly-anticipated events in the country’s entertainment and community calendar, the Mother of the Nation Festival will open on Thursday, and will run until March 31. Taking place at the Abu Dhabi Corniche, the third edition of the annual event, organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu ...

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• 21 March

  Khalifa Fund to promote entrepreneurial culture among Emirati talent

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, Honorary Chairman of the University Leadership Consortium (ULC), and BUNYAN Initiative for the Capacity-Building of the Youth, the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development signed a strategic agreement with ULC, a capacity-building and entrepreneurship hub, in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The pact is ...

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• 21 March

  GWU marks Mother’s Day

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Al Suwaidi, Director of the General Women’s Union (GWU), congratulated HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the GWU, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, on the occasion of Mother’s Day celebrated on March 21. In a statement during a GWU ceremony marking the ...

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• 21 March

  Empower saves 295mn gallons of potable water

  

  Dubai / WAM Marking the World Water Day on Thursday, the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, announced that it has saved 295 million gallons of potable water in the previous year, equivalent to 537 Olympic-sized swimming pools. World Water Day is a global event that plays an important role in drawing attention to the importance of preserving water. It ...

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• 21 March

  ADU, KG break world record for largest notebook mosaic logo

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU), and Knowledge Group (KG), have entered the Guinness World Records for creating the largest notebook mosaic logo in celebration of the Year of Zayed. The record-breaking initiative also coincides with UAE National Month of Reading that is annually marked in March. ADU received the recognition for its record-breaking effort – one of several ...

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• 21 March

  ADNEC, Abu Dhabi Ports to launch international boat show

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), has signed a strategic sponsorship agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to launch the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show (ADIBS, 2018), which will be held from October 17-20, in association with British Marine, the membership organisation for the UK leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry. The agreement aims to ...

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• 21 March

  Trump wants to meet Putin soon to discuss arms race

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he expects to meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after calling to congratulate him on his re-election. “We had a very good call,” Trump said, adding that he expects to meet Putin “in the not too distant future to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control.” Trump’s call with Putin came ...

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• 21 March

  US, Saudi crown prince discuss Yemen crisis

  

  Bloomberg US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the situation in war-torn Yemen during a meeting, including Houthi rebel and Iranian activity and the humanitarian crisis, the White House said. “On Yemen, the president and the crown prince discussed the threat the Houthis pose to the region, assisted by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” ...

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• 21 March

  Syria rebels reach Ghouta evacuation deal

  

  AMMAN / Reuters A Russian-brokered deal has been reached to evacuate a Syrian rebel group from a town in eastern Ghouta, opposition sources and officials said on Wednesday, the first such deal in the remaining rebel bastion near the capital. Fighters from the Ahrar al Sham rebel group in control of the besieged town of Harasta had agreed to lay ...

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• 21 March

  US arrests Iranian over sanctions evasion scheme

  Bloomberg An Iranian who chairs a Maltese bank has been arrested on US charges that he participated in a scheme to evade US sanctions and funnel more than $115 million paid under a Venezuelan construction contract through the US financial system, federal prosecutors said. Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, 38, was charged in a six-count indictment filed in federal court in ...

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