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Bloomberg The cost of moving freight from France to the UK surged to more than four times the usual level last week after Brexit and a virulent new strain of the coronavirus complicated supply chains. The spot rate for last-minute shipments across the English Channel reached more than 6 euros per kilometer ($4.56 a mile) for a full truckload in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, has highlighted the UAE’s commitment, upon the directives of its leadership, to supporting joint action to promote tourism in Arab countries, as well as its keenness to strengthen their cooperation in establishing a sustainable roadmap for advancing Arab tourism. He made this statement while ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (Idex 2021) and the Naval Defence Exhibition (Navdex 2021), held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from February 21-25 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, signed an agreement with EDGE Group, the Abu Dhabi based advanced technology group for defence and beyond, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s hotel reservation rates witnessed significant recent growth, benefitting from the rise in travel to the UAE during Christmas and New Year, and a boom in domestic tourism. The hotel sector continued its recovery after the extraordinary conditions caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, most notably with the continued operations of national carriers and the ...

DUBAI / WAM DMCC – a Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has registered a record breaking 2,025 new companies in 2020, the highest number of registrations in five years. Despite an overall business environment shaped by the pandemic, the record-breaking registrations are a testament to Dubai’s continued appeal to investors and the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump will make his last stand to overturn his election loss on Wednesday when Vice President Mike Pence presides over a congressional session to ratify November’s results, an event that threatens to strain the relationship between the two men. Trump’s refusal to concede and his obsession with overturning the will of voters means the ceremony poses a ...

DUBAI / WAM On the 15th anniversary of his Accession Day, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, highlighted the key milestones that have placed the UAE as a leading nation in the region and the world through an open letter he wrote to the people of the UAE. Through celebrating ...

Sharjah / WAM The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need worldwide, announced it is funding two humanitarian projects in Egypt in a bid to create more opportunities in education and to support the healthcare services of a charitable children’s hospital. Under the directives of HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of ongoing efforts to effectively and successfully contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Government of Abu Dhabi has rolled out saliva testing for children to a second phase of schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The steps were taken as part of the Department of Health and Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre’s strategic ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) has reviewed means of enhancing economic, investment, and commercial relations and expanding the prospects of cooperation with the Indian State of Karnataka. This came during the meeting which was held at the SCCI premises between Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and ...