Dubai / Emirates Business As part of its commitment to Dubai’s smart city vision, Dubai Trade, the premier cross-border trade facilitator, has partnered with Nakheel to offer its ‘Rosoom’ online payment services to the developer’s 45,000 customers. The partnership allows Nakheel customers to use ‘Rosoom’ as a convenient, online payment system to pay service charges for owner associations, community management ...
Read More »Khalifa, VP and Mohamed greet Bangladesh President
Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to President Mohammed Abdul Hamid of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on the occasion of the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness ...
Read More »UAE Jiu-Jitsu team wins 7 medals in Jordan
AMMAN / WAM The United Arab Emirates national Jiu-Jitsu team has concluded its participation in the West Asia Championship in the Arena Hall at Al Hussein City in the Jordanian capital Amman, receiving seven medals, three of gold, two of silver and two of Bronze. The tournament was started on Friday with the participation of eight teams from the United ...
Read More »NCMS warns of low visibility and winds
ABU DHABI / WAM The National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has warned of low-visibility caused by aggravated dust and sand, and advised against frequenting the sea. The NCMS said that the country will continue to be affected on Monday and Tuesday by south to southeasterly winds over most areas, causing some blowing dust and sand, and poor visibility ...
Read More »FANR opens Dubai office for nuclear, radiation licensees
DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) on Sunday inaugurated an office in Dubai as part of its efforts to extend its services to organisations and companies that use nuclear- and radiation-related technologies in the UAE. The facility opened in Dubai Cargo Village, where the office will be open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 ...
Read More »ADNOC to upgrade Embassy Area service station
ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Distribution has announced the temporary closure of Embassy Area service station in Abu Dhabi. The service station will remain closed from March 28 for 6 weeks for conversion to SMART services as well as the execution of facility upgrade works. Khalid Hadi, Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communication Division at ADNOC Distribution, said, “The temporary ...
Read More »SMD unveils novel idea to encourage students’ reading
SHARJAH / Emirates Business A new Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) initiative is encouraging local school students to bury themselves in books this year at its line-up of museum libraries. Coinciding with UAE reads initiative, ‘Read at Sharjah Museums’ is a year-long scheme held to mark the UAE leadership’s recent declaration of 2016 as Year of Reading. Hundreds of school students ...
Read More »Bernie Sanders wins 3 states; Clinton retains delegate lead
WASHINGTON / AP Bernie Sanders scored three wins in Western caucus contests, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democratic nomination. While results in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii barely dented Hillary Clinton’s significant delegate lead, Sanders’ wins underscored her persistent vulnerabilities within her own party, particularly with young voters ...
Read More »â€˜Everything shaking; there were cries and dust everywhere’
Lahore / AFP At least 56 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter on Sunday, officials said. Dozens of ambulances were seen racing to the park, situated near the centre of the city of ...
Read More »Defiant Belgians gather as 2nd France plot suspect charged
Brussels / AFP Belgians gathered on Sunday in solidarity and defiance in central Brussels to remember victims of the country’s worst-ever terror attacks as prosecutors charged a second man over a foiled attack in France. As mourners gathered at a square which has been transformed into a shrine to the victims of Tuesday’s attacks on the airport and the metro ...
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