Abu Dhabi / WAM To further develop Egypt’s maritime industry, AD Ports Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Group for Multi-purpose Terminals, the commercial arm of the Egyptian Ministry of Transportation, to jointly oversee the development and operation of Egypt’s Ain Sokhna port and discuss cooperation to develop the maritime sector in Egypt. Under ...
Read More »UAE’s main approach is building bridges, advancing agenda for stability: Gargash
DUBAI / WAM Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to UAE President, said on Wednesday that the UAE’s main approach is building bridges and advancing the agenda for stability and prosperity in this rapidly changing world. Dr Gargash made this statement during a panel, entitled ‘Are We Ready for A New World Order?’, organised as part of the World Government ...
Read More »India marks National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai
DUBAI / WAM India celebrated its National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai with cultural celebrations and support from a large, cheering crowd for the official ceremony in Al Wasl, with one of the country’s top government ministers looking to the future with optimism. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner General of Expo ...
Read More »MBR Initiative, UN-Habitat to drive sustainable urbanisation
Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity (MBR Initiative) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on Wednesday announced that they had started preparations to launch the first cohort of the Decade of Action Challenge to drive sustainable urbanisation. The two organisations conducted two Challenge Design Workshops, one virtually on March 23 and another ...
Read More »ADFD inks deal with AfDB to boost investment cooperation
Dubai / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has signed a memorandum of uunderstanding (MoU) with the African Development Bank (AfDB), aimed at strengthening cooperation over investment in strategic sectors in Africa that would sustainably drive socioeconomic development in the continent, while also achieving the UAE’s development- financing goals for developing countries. The MoU was signed by Mohamed ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi, Singapore discuss economic ties
Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Chamber, said that bilateral relations between the UAE and Singapore have witnessed remarkable growth thanks to the committed support of both countries’ leadership. The remarks were made during a visit of a high-level delegation from Singapore chaired by Dr Brian Shegar, President of the UAE Singapore Business ...
Read More »M Glory all set to make 55,000 electric vehicles at Dubai factory
DUBAI / Gulf Time M Glory Group laid the foundation stone for the United Arab Emirate’s first industrial facility to manufacture electric vehicles (EV) at Dubai Industrial City, one of the largest industrial hubs in the region, and worth an investment of AED1.5 billion. The factory’s official opening was presided over by Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary at MoIAT, ...
Read More »Sharjah Airport named Mideast’s ‘best airport’
SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Airport won the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ award in the 5 to 15 million passenger per year category and the ‘Voice of the Customer’ accreditation given by the Airports Council International (ACI). It bagged the accolade at ACI World’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards 2021, an event sponsored by Amadeus, a leading global ...
Read More »UK’s contested Cambo oil field secures license extension
Bloomberg A controversial UK oil project won a license extension, keeping open the possibility of development even after Shell Plc retreated amid a backlash from climate protesters. The Cambo field has received a two-year extension from the energy regulator, operator Siccar Point Energy Ltd said. The project was put on ice late last year after minority owner Shell chose ...
Read More »And, Vladimir Putin’s new alter ego is Igor Strelkov
Amid the carnage of war in Ukraine, one man appears to feel grimly vindicated, if not quite happy about how things have turned out — the man who played an outsize role in starting the conflict in 2014, Igor Girkin, also known as Strelkov. Few people are hated as much in Ukraine as Strelkov (I’ll use his nom-de-guerre throughout, since ...
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