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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) announces release of updated Seha Visa Screening app with a range of new features. The newly launched update, available for iOS and Android phones, includes an appointment booking feature for companies and groups, in addition to online payment through Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. To ease registration, the ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the UAE cabinet approved the formation of the “Higher Committee for Government Digital Transformation”, chaired by Ohood Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and The Future. Omar bin Sultan Al ...

Dubai / WAM Brokerage companies in the Dubai Financial Market added 20,552 new investor accounts in the first seven months of 2022. The market also witnessed significant momentum since the announcement of the listing of 10 governmental and semi-governmental companies, including the Dubai Electricity and Water Company (Dewa), the Tecom group, and Union Coop. The number of new accounts in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has announced the release of the updated Seha Visa Screening app with a range of new features. The newly launched update, available for iOS and Android phones, includes an appointment booking feature for companies and groups, in addition to online payment through Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. To ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex) announced the launch of the most beautiful photography contest that reflects the theme of its upcoming edition, “Sustainability and Heritage … A Reborn Aspiration”. The contest expresses in the language of art the efforts of Abu Dhabi and the world in promoting the sustainability of the environment, ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates resumed passenger services to London Stansted (STN), serving its third London gateway with a daily flight. The airline has advanced plans to increase capacity from five-weekly services to a daily flight. With the return of services to Stansted, Emirates has ramped up its operations to London with nine daily flights, including six daily flights to ...

  AL AIN / WAM The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has set scientific research at the forefront of its ambitious strategic vision, where research is considered a key to institutional innovation and foresight, to create a vibrant, sustainable future for the next generation. In line with the vision, the faculty members of UAEU have produced 1,077 research articles during ...

European banks appear to be having a bit of a moment, but investors shouldn’t get over-excited by a string of forecast-beating profits this week. There is little common in many of the good-news stories: BNP Paribas SA of France, NatWest Group Plc and Standard Chartered of the UK, and BBVA of Spain all turned out strong second-quarter numbers, following better ...

McDonald’s Corp has just raised the price of a cheeseburger in its UK restaurants for the first time in 14 years, by a supersized 20% to £1.19 ($1.43) from 99p. Something must be done. The rising cost of a beef patty is symptomatic of the surge in prices that should prompt the Bank of England (BOE) to hike its official ...

  There’s a perfectly good reason to break open the secrets of social-media giants. Over the past decade, governments have watched helplessly as their democratic processes were disrupted by misinformation and hate speech on sites like Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Twitter Inc. Now some governments are gearing up for a comeuppance. In the next two years, ...