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Bloomberg Britain’s construction, manufacturing and food preparation industries are pushing wages higher across the economy due to a shortage of workers to fill available jobs. Building companies increased advertised pay by 6.7% from February to July 2021 to draw more workers into the industry, according to data from jobs site Indeed. That compares with wage growth of just 0.8% across ...

Dubai / WAM The world needs greater unity and collaboration and must share innovations and expertise if humankind is to tackle its most pressing challenges, according to an overwhelming majority of respondents in a global study by Expo 2020 Dubai. Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai, said: “As ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE’s most extensive food aid campaign distributed 106 million meals out of the targeted 216 million to underprivileged families and individuals in just four months. The 100 Million Meals campaign, the largest of its kind in the region, operates across 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. The next phase of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Department of Planning and Development (Trakhees), the regulatory arm of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) in Dubai, implemented more than 5,300 inspection campaigns within the residential communities in their development zones during the first half of 2021, which resulted in reporting and issuing 550 violations. Abdullah Belhoul, CEO of Trakhees, said that the Civil ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways on Tuesday launched the latest in a series of initiatives celebrating the UAE “Year of the 50th”. The airline has collaborated with the youngest Emirati chef, author, ice-skater, artists, and musical performers to curate unique works to commemorate the special anniversary. “We’ve taken the UAE’s 50th Anniversary to our heart and challenged ourselves to ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden has decided to adhere to the deadline he set for evacuations from the Kabul airport, according to a senior administration official, leaving less than a week to fly out thousands of people from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision means that he rebuffed calls from the US’s closest allies to extend the Aug. 31 deadline during a virtual ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced the signing of framework agreements for Concept and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) services for major projects across its full value chain to support the delivery of its 2030 strategy. The framework agreements – which were signed with eight top-tier global engineering contractors — have a combined scope worth ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) on Monday officially unveiled “Amwali” digital bank, the world’s first Islamic digital bank targeting youth between the age of 8 to 18. Co-created with the Founders Club, a cohort of Emirati youth and their parents, the all-in-one banking solution is designed to empower young customers with a dedicated digital banking experience, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received a phone call on Monday from Peeni Henare, Minister of Defence of New Zealand. The two ministers discussed cooperation and joint action between the UAE and New Zealand in defence and military affairs, and touched upon regional issues of common interest. They also ...

KUWAIT / WAM Dr Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, UAE Ambassador to Kuwait, met Kuwait’s Minister of Health, Dr Basel Hamoud Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, at his office in the Ministry. Al Neyadi highlighted the UAE’s keenness to boost joint cooperation and strengthen relations between the two brotherly countries to achieve the aspirations of the two countries’ leadership and peoples. For his part, ...