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Dubai / WAM Mai Dubai, a bottled water company fully owned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has made a landmark milestone with the launch of the fastest bottled water production line in Asia, Oceania, and Africa (AOA) region. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa, inaugurated Mai Dubai’s water line, which was completed in collaboration with ...

SHARJAH / WAM A new recreational labour park has been opened in Al Sajaa Industrial area of Sharjah. The project is in implementation of the development plan aimed at providing integrated services to achieve comfort and happiness in the community, and in line with the directives of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler ...

Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) on Sunday announced that since the beginning of 2021 it has accredited 34 new slaughterhouses to export red and white meat, as well as chilled and frozen meat products, to the UAE. This increases the total number of accredited slaughterhouses outside the country to 186. Moreover, to guarantee the ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party is set to win a decisive victory in legislative polls despite simmering discontent after sidelining political opponents. While Putin personally retains broad support, according to polls, his United Russia party recorded some of the lowest ratings in nearly a decade earlier this year, scorned by voters angry over stagnant living standards and unpopular policies. ...

Bloomberg Ports operating in the US’s biggest gateway for trade with Asia will extend night hours and work weekends to clear port delays amid record volumes. The port of Los Angeles will expand weekend operating gate hours while neighbouring Long Beach will extend the hours during which trucks can pick up and return containers, they said in a joint statement. ...

Bloomberg Italy’s government will spend around 3.5 billion euros ($4.1 billion) to protect consumers from a surge in energy prices that’s hit countries across Europe, according to people familiar with the matter. The disbursement could be approved as soon as next week, the people said, asking not to be named discussing confidential plans. Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s administration is also ...

Bloomberg Used car prices, one of the biggest drivers of US inflation this year, rise again in early September on a monthly basis after idling over the summer. The Manheim US Used Vehicle Value Index, a measure of pricing trends, increased 3.6% in the first half of September compared with a month earlier. That puts it on track for the ...

Bloomberg UK inflation surged more than expected to the strongest pace in more than nine years, prompting investors to anticipate a sharper increase in interest rates in 2022. Consumer prices jumped 3.2% in August from a year ago, the most since March 2012, Office for National Statistics said. The reading was up from 2% in July and above the highest ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee for the Covid-19 pandemic has approved the cancellation of Covid-19 testing entry requirements, effective Sunday, September 19, as part of the updated procedures to enter Abu Dhabi from within the UAE, announced on Saturday. The decision follows the announcement of a decreased Covid-19 infection rate in the emirate ...

Moscow / WAM The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has explored ways to advance cultural partnerships between Sharjah and Russian cities during its participation in Moscow’s 37th International Board on Books for Young People Congress (IBBY World Congress). The authority also organised two creative sessions on the occasion, bringing together an elite group of Emirati and Russian authors and artists to ...