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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) announced the launch of the first permanent livestock auction market in Abu Dhabi, located next to Al Wathba Slaughterhouse, to help breeders market their animals, develop the livestock sector, and promote self-sufficiency. Launching the auction came under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM AD Ports group has signed a contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of buildings and topside infrastructure for the cutting-edge CMA Terminals Khalifa Port, a joint venture owned by CMA CGM’s subsidiary CMA Terminals (with a 70 percent stake) and AD Ports group (30 percent stake). The agreement includes the development of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In its ongoing efforts to enhance the innovation ecosystem in the emirate, the Competitiveness Office of Abu Dhabi (Coad), part of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added), has partnered with Prototype Interactive, a UAE-based digital transformation firm, to support inventors in developing their ideas into innovative digital and technological applications that will contribute positively ...

QUETTA / WAM Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa opened the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute of Cardiology, which was implemented in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. The building is constructed on an area of 121,406 square metres, and at a cost of $27.30 million funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund ...

  Sharjah / WAM Khorfakkan will host a range of festivities, including headline performances from artists Eida Al Menhali and Diana Haddad at the Khorfakkan Amphitheater on December 3 as part of the UAE 51st National Day celebration. On this occasion, Rashid Khamis Obaid Al Naqbi, Head of the Khorfakkan Municipal Council, stated, “Our joy in our nation, the UAE, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Football fans flying with Etihad Airways during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 can watch every match live onboard while in the air on Etihad’s E-BOX entertainment channels Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra. The live TV service is available onboard the airline’s fleet of wide-body aircraft connecting destinations in Europe, North America, Australia, ...

  Bloomberg Oneworld, the global airline alliance led by American Airlines Group Inc. and British Airways, is in discussions about bringing China Southern Airlines Co. into its ranks. China Southern is the nation’s largest airline with dual hubs in the capital Beijing and the southern city of Guangzhou, where it is headquartered. Bringing it into the oneworld alliance could provide ...

  Bloomberg Portugal’s state-owned airline TAP SA will cancel 360 flights during a two day cabin-crew strike scheduled for December 8-9 after the carrier failed to reach a new agreement with unions. “The cancellation of the flights is happening now,” Chief Executive Officer Christine Ourmieres-Widener said at a press conference in Lisbon on. The strike will affect about half of ...

Bloomberg Nike Inc. female workers who accuse the company of gender discrimination failed to persuade a federal magistrate they should be allowed to join together to sue the athletic shoe maker as a group. Magistrate Judge Jolie A. Russo in Portland, Oregon, recommended that the women’s request for class-action status be denied, but her findings were sealed from public view, ...

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is evaluating a solo bid for Alitalia successor ITA Airways after talks between the Italian government and other potential suitors collapsed, according to people with the matter. The German airline group is looking through ITA’s data room and could make a bid to acquire the carrier on its own, said the people, asking not to ...