RIYADH/WAM Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President, delivered a formal address at the opening ceremony for MENA Climate Week today, where he called on nations in the region to expand on their legacy of climate leadership to drive inclusive progress ahead of COP28. Regional wind and solar investments have grown over ...
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ABU DHAB / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, the Abu Dhabi Poetry Festival will take place from October 12-15 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), in cooperation with the Emirates Heritage Club. The festival is being ...
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CAIRO / WAM Adel bin AbdulRahman Alasoomi, President of the Arab Parliament (AP), has congratulated the UAE on the success of the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2023. He praised the efforts exerted by the UAE and its supervising bodies on the electoral process that was characterised by integrity, valuing the awareness of the Emirati citizen who was keen to ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination (ZHO) signed a joint memorandum of understanding with the Southwestern University PHINMA (SWU PHINMA) in the Philippines to train students of the College of Rehabilitative Sciences at the health care management departments of ZHO’s care and rehabilitation centres in neurological rehabilitation therapy services for children, as part of the ...
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DUBAI / WAM In line with the role of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in enhancing education in the UAE, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) donated 22,000 books to the Emirates Schools Establishment (ESE) to be distributed at the newly established Zayed Education Complexes as part of the ‘My Family is Reading’ ...
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BLOOMBERG The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it has closed a mishap investigation into the botched flight of Blue Origin LLC’s New Shepard rocket, which suffered a mid-flight failure in September of 2022. The FAA says the problem was due to a structural failure of a nozzle in the New Shepard’s BE-3 engine, which caused the engine to overheat ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday met with US Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa to discuss ways to further solidify the strategic alliance between the two nations in various fields. During the meeting at Qasr Al Shati, the two sides exchanged views on a number of regional and international developments ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and strongest financial institutions, successfully issued its inaugural USD Tier 2 capital securities on Tuesday, September 26,2023. The USD 1 billion 10.5NC5.5-Year Tier 2 Bond is the largest-ever Tier 2 issuance from a UAE bank and the largest-ever Tier 2 conventional bond ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE as a geographical and business hub will help the proposed ‘food security corridor project in India under the I2U2 framework’ control global food prices, Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry; Consumer Affairs, Food, Public Distribution and Textiles, told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “The UAE as a trading hub can cater to ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Senator Lisa Cummins, Minister of Energy and Business Development of Barbados, said that the UAE has pioneering initiatives and innovative strategies to achieve climate neutrality, wishing the UAE success in hosting COP28, given the country’s distinguished record in adopting renewable and clean energy solutions worldwide. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Cummins praised ...
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