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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has published its preliminary traffic statistics for January 2024. The carrier welcomed more than 1.4 million guests onboard and saw its load factor average out at 86.04 percent across the month. “In January 2024 we saw a 35 percent year-on-year growth in customer numbers and were flying to ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has partnered with the Dubai-based artificial intelligence firm Qx Lab AI as it gears up to launch the DMCC AI Centre later this year. Through its ‘Ask Qx’ platform, Qx Lab AI offers generative AI capabilities that can be integrated into services such as online chat functions or used by businesses and ...

DUBAI / WAM Dr Nasser Saleh El-Harbi, senior official from the Yemeni Ministry of Finance, has hailed the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024 as a pivotal platform for nations to exchange invaluable insights and knowledge. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) at the pre-summit day of WGS 2024’s Eighth Arab Fiscal Forum, El-Harbi emphasised the WGS’s role in fostering ...

Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost institutional performance, as part of their efforts to bolster national partnerships. The signing ceremony took place in Dubai during the first day of the World Governments Summit 2024. The memorandum was signed by Major General ...

DUBAI / WAM Mustafa Yimbab, Advisor to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in Mauritania, confirmed that his country’s delegation raised many of the challenges facing young people in the Arab region, including Mauritania. He noted that the discussions taking place at the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024 are contributing to finding appropriate solutions to the challenges facing the ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday met with Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), on the first day of the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024. The meeting was held in the presence of HH Sheikh ...

DUBAI / WAM Nanoscale printing, biomaterials, explainable AI (XAI) and next-gen climate technologies are among the potentially world-changing megatrends identified in the second edition of Dubai Future Foundation’s annual report published on Monday. The report, “Navigating Megatrends Shaping Our Future in 2024”, was launched during the first day of the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024, being held under the theme ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, met with Robert Kaliňák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, and his accompanying delegation in Dubai during the World Governments Summit. The meeting focused on fortifying and advancing the existing bilateral relations between the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Beirut Arab University (BAU) to boost students’ innovation and research skills in the field of health sciences. Through this MoU, ADU aims to provide its College of Health Sciences students and faculty members with access to high-quality programmes that address the latest challenges in health ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex), the export financing arm of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), and its strategic partners in the banking field Mashreq and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), have signed a financing facility with the global energy and commodities trading company BGN. The strategic collaboration sets the stage for a financing arrangement, offering ...