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ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Adnoc’s Board of Directors, has launched a landmark clean energy partnership between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC). ...

Dubai / WAM Abdullah Ali Ateeq Al Sabousi, UAE Ambassador to Australia, has said that Expo 2020 Dubai promotes international cooperation in drafting a global action plan to achieve sustainable development. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al Sabousi highlighted the importance of the UAE’s hosting of Expo, a platform for promoting the country’s overall capacities and ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai CommerCity, the first and leading e-commerce free zone in the region, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE. The MoU aims to offer small to medium enterprises (SME) with the ideal ecosystem for setting up their e-commerce business, through providing them with access to ...

Dubai / WAM DP World Limited has handled 58.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals during the first nine months of 2021, with gross container volumes increasing by 11.9 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and up 11.4 percent on a like-for-like basis. On a Q3 2021 basis, DP World handled 19.8 million TEU, ...

Bloomberg China pledged to help the Taliban “rebuild the country” while reiterating calls for the US to lift sanctions against the new leaders of Afghanistan as the economy worsens. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks to a Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar, during the first high-level meeting between Beijing and the Taliban since it formed an interim government ...

NEW YORK / WAM The UAE has underscored the urgent need for strengthened investment in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts — particularly as crises continue to intensify around the world, during the UN Security Council’s annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and the UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to ...

Dubai / WAM More than 150 participants, including sustainability and CSR experts, business leaders and academics, came together for the Dubai Dialogue 2021 conference, organised by Dubai Chamber’s Centre for Responsible Business at Expo 2020 Dubai. The annual conference, held under the theme “Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy”, examined opportunities and challenges of investing in the circular economy, ...

Dubai / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has discussed with Ruben Ramos Arrieta, Vice President of Cuban Chamber of Commerce, means of developing economic cooperation channels between Abu Dhabi and Cuba, and boosting talks between the business communities of both sides. This came during the meeting held between them as part ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE moving towards an Artificial Intelligence economy gives more opportunities for the US to strengthen the existing bilateral relations, a senior US official told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “I think all these emerging technologies give us an opportunity [for the US and UAE] to strengthen the bilateral relationship. AI is an area that the US is ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has recorded 1,471,314 visits since its launch 24 days ago. Continuing to bring Expo 2020 Dubai to a global digital audience, the number of virtual visitors has risen to 10.8 million since October 01, up from 9.3 million last week. These numbers were boosted by Expo’s Space Week, a stellar programme of music and ...