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ABU DHABI / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, met with Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, during his visit to the UAE. During the meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi, the two sides reviewed cooperation between the UAE and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, and Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia, announced they are strengthening their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta and beyond their respective hubs. The scope of the partners’ codeshare agreement, first signed in 2012, will be significantly expanded to nearly double the number of combined destinations Etihad ...

  Bloomberg Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to a series of goodwill gestures intended to improve ties between their countries after the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the US and China since the pandemic began. The two men met for about three hours on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, greeting each ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan Abu Dhabi, in the presence of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance; HH ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Further to the announcements by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) during the past weeks, the Federal Tax Authority confirmed its intention to launch the EmaraTax platform on December 5. The migration to EmaraTax will commence from the end of day on Wednesday, November 30 and EmaraTax will be available for use from December 5. To ...

  DUBAI / WAM Highlighting the importance of integrating education and climate to achieve global education transformation, Dubai Cares, a civil society organisation formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, participated at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP27 ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) Innovation Centre, in collaboration with the Arab Youth Centre (AYC), organised a series of virtual technical training workshops on clean and renewable energy using artificial intelligence (AI) and latest technologies to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of energy. The two-day workshop was attended by 57 young men and women ...

Bloomberg The US and China disagree on so many things, across so many spheres, that other world leaders are increasingly warning of a deeper rupture that could split the global economy. With the stakes rarely higher, President Joe Biden heads to Bali, Indonesia, for his first in-person meeting with China’s Xi Jinping since taking office last year with promises to ...

  Bloomberg Slovenians are voting in a presidential election pitting a human-rights lawyer who has vowed to uphold the rule of law against the ally of an ousted nationalist leader criticized for undermining the country’s democratic values. Natasa Pirc Musar, who once served on the legal team of former US First Lady Melania Trump, had the edge in opinion polls ...

Bloomberg Germany’s ruling coalition is planning to more than double net federal borrowing next year to help ease the impact of the energy crisis and steer Europe’s largest economy through an expected recession. The government is targeting net borrowing of €45 billion ($45 billion) in 2023, according to people familiar with the plan, who asked not to be identified discussing ...