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  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has upgraded the automated system for assessing the condition of roads, managing their maintenance and pavement to achieve the relevant strategic objectives. The system constitutes a comprehensive programme for automating and governing the assessment of the performance of the functional and construction pavement condition of the road network through software ...

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden announced a $2.98 billion weapons and equipment package for Ukraine on the six-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the biggest tranche of American security assistance to date. The announcement came as Ukraine celebrates the anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The White House said the latest package will allow Ukraine to purchase ...

  AL ALAMEIN, Egypt / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, attended on Tuesday the fraternal consultative ‘Al Alameim Meeting’ which was called by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with the participation of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and King Abdullah II of Jordan. During the meeting, held in Al Alamein City, Mersah ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced breaking its own world record in major inspection outage duration for the overhaul of gas turbines and desalination units, recorded in 2019. This achievement promotes Dewa’s position as a globally leading sustainable model for overhauling gas turbines and desalination units. Dewa has reduced the maintenance outages for critical ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Wole Soyinka, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been appointed Arts Professor of Theater at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) effective September 1. A multifaceted artist-dramatist, poet, essayist, musician, philosopher, teacher, human rights activist, and global artist and scholar, Soyinka joined the NYUAD Theatre Programme as a full-time faculty member, thereby offering ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday sent a plane carrying 50 tonnes of essential food items to the Republic of Zimbabwe to meet the needs of thousands of families and vulnerable groups such as women, children, and the elderly. Dr Jassim Muhammad Al Qasimi, UAE ambassador to Zimbabwe, said, “Sending food items to the Republic ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai has consolidated its position as a leading destination for international business events in the first half of 2022, securing the rights to host major conferences, congresses, incentive travel programmes and other meetings over the forthcoming years. Over the first six months of 2022, Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s official convention bureau, collaborated with stakeholders across ...

Bloomberg Russia is preparing to launch intensified strikes against civilian infrastructure as well as government facilities in Ukraine in the coming days, the US embassy in Kyiv said in a statement. It also urged American citizens to leave the country using private ground transportation if possible. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Russia “may try to do something particularly ...

Bloomberg A Pakistan court has asked Imran Khan to appear before it next week as it reviews whether remarks he made about the judiciary merit a contempt of court case, the latest in a string of legal troubles for the former premier. Separately, the government has said it is seeking legal advice on whether to pursue action on a police ...

Bloomberg Office availability in central London is at its highest level in more than 15 years, the latest sign of how the pandemic-driven shift to remote working is upending demand for the commercial property. Availability was close to 31 million square feet in August 2022, according to real-estate data and information company CoStar. That’s the equivalent of about 60 Gherkin ...