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Abu Dhabi / WAM US Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Monday visited Masdar City as part of his series of official engagements with senior UAE leaders. The visit is the latest milestone in a bilateral relationship that has helped drive global efforts to foster the widespread adoption of renewable energy, the acceleration of clean technology innovation and research as ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Dubai National Insurance & Reinsurance PSC (DNIR) was held on Monday at the Al Habtoor Group Head Office. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman of DNIR, presided over the meeting which was attended by the majority of shareholders. At the AGM, DNIR disclosed its full year results for 2015. It said ...

Sharjah / WAM Registration for the 10th edition of Sharjah Food Festival, organised by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq, is now open. The event will take place from March 31 to April 9 and is open to everyone including individuals, families and restaurants. Registration closes on March 15. Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer, Chief Operating Officer of Shurooq, said, “We ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM NMC Healthcare on Monday unveiled the UAE’s largest private sector hospital, the US$200 million NMC Royal Hospital at Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi. The 75,000 sq.m. NMC Royal Hospital will be the first of its kind in the private sector, providing world-class emergency, critical and acute cardiovascular care. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of ...

DUBAI / WAM The government’s policies, programmes and services should contribute towards building a positive and happy community, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. Sheikh Mohammed said the government’s main task is to ensure that conditions are conducive for delivering happiness to individuals, families and employees and promoting ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, was personally at the site of a fire that broke out at dawn at Abu Dhabi Marina Yacht Club, to oversee the emergency procedures. No deaths were reported after the fire broke out in two boats and engulfed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sawab Centre, a joint online engagement initiative by the governments of the UAE and the US in support of the Global Coalition against Daesh, has launched a new social media campaign on the social networking sites Twitter and Instagram under the hashtag #HerAchievementsInspireMe. Coinciding with International Women’s Day, on March 8, the campaign aims to ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) has organised a training course on Social Return on Investment (SROI) as part of its commitment to training employees and raising their level of awareness about economic and social development, to achieve DEWA’s vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility. The course was organised in cooperation with the Institute of ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) held a smart clinic to discuss women’s health issues to mark International Women’s Day, which takes place every year on March 8. Doctors from Dubai Health Authority highlighted that although there have been massive advances in maternal health; the biggest challenge facing women of childbearing age in this region is obesity. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Mubadala’s Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, has said that despite prevailing economic challenges, the UAE will continue with its long term diversification plan, and will continue to think in terms of decades rather than months or years, describing the country as an “oasis of security in this region.” Speaking at the ...