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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, (Musanada) and Al Ain City Municipality (ACM), have revealed that works in the main and secondary irrigation lines and reservoirs construction project for the eastern sector of Al Ain city is now 50 percent completed, indicating that work is progressing in line with the construction plan as per the agreed delivery ...

Fujairah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), said that the new season of “Sharjah Spring Promotions 2020” will begin on January 1 and run until February 16, 2020. This was stated during the coordination meeting held recently to follow up on the preparations, as part of the SCCI’s keenness on developing the promotions offered. Held at the ...

New Delhi / WAM India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, has listed his Ministry’s participation in the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), as a highlight of its activities this year. Releasing a year-end review of the activities of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, he spoke of “a series of initiatives in the year 2019 to inform ...

Cairo / WAM Dr Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar has expressed his readiness to establish an Arabic language learning centre for non-Arabs in Africa with the help of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation. During a meeting with Hamad Salem bin Kardous Al Ameri, Director-General of the Zayed Foundation in Cairo he added that this ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Voting for the logo of the UAE Nation Brand will continue until December 31, marking the end of 2019. The UAE Nation Brand has so far attracted an overwhelming 7.2 million votes in less than two weeks since its launch to select the logo that will represent the country to the world. The public cast their ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), announced on Saturday that it is providing $300 million in development aid to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The move comes following the directives of President President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Elon Musk said the transportation tunnel his startup Boring Co is building in Las Vegas will hopefully be operational next year. The Tesla Inc chief executive officer made the comments about the $48.7 million subterranean transit project in the US resort city in Twitter posts, The Las Vegas tunnel is the company’s only major project so far other ...

Bloomberg Spotify Technology SA will stop selling US political advertising in early 2020, following Twitter Inc’s lead in steering clear of a contentious election cycle. The move will apply to Spotify’s ad-supported service, as well as its original and exclusive podcasts, the company said. The music-streaming service never sold political ads in other countries, so the change only affects the ...

Bloomberg Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said it plans to cut some staff as it restructures its partnership with French drugmaker Sanofi, with whom it had shared drug sales responsibilities. Regeneron employees to be affected work on the rheumatoid arthritis drug Kevzara, which Sanofi is expected to gain global rights to under the restructuring. There will be no Kevzara roles at Regeneron ...

Bloomberg Melinta Therapeutics Inc, a bio-pharmaceutical company specialising in infectious disease treatment, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware with plans to continue operating. Melinta listed as much as $500 million in assets and up to $500 million in liabilities in its bankruptcy petition. Founded in 2000 by scientists including Nobel Prize winner Thomas Steitz, the company sells drugs that ...