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Dubai / WAM DP World handled 71.4 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2018, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9 per cent year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis. Gross volumes were stable in Q4 2018 despite softer volumes in the UAE and ...

Dubai / WAM The Middle East’s Food and Beverage (F&B), industry needs to actively embrace technology to fight increasing food waste in the region, according to experts. Ahead of the first-ever Gulfood Innovation Conference in Dubai next month, to be held at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), from February 18-20, two leading experts on food waste have urged the region’s F&B ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Head of the Catholic Church His Holiness Pope Francis, and His Eminence Dr Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Al Sharif, departed the country following a three-day visit to Abu Dhabi. They were seen off at the Presidential Flight by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Holiness Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City, delivered a groundbreaking Papal Mass to more than 180,000 Catholics in the UAE. The scale of the event, which took place at Zayed Sports Stadium in Abu Dhabi, is unprecedented for an event of this kind in the Arabian Peninsula ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, has allocated $21 million (AED77 million) to finance a specialised ophthalmology hospital in Mauritius as part of its commitment to boosting the healthcare sector in the island nation. HE Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of ADFD, and HE Mohamed Iqbal ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cruise Tourism, a department of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), alongside its public and private sector partners welcomed cruise ship Oceana into Dubai for the debut of UK-based, P&O Cruises into the region as it homeports for the season. With Dubai as its official winter hub, the luxury vessel will commence ...

Bloomberg The US and South Korea reached a cost-sharing deal for American forces on the Korean Peninsula, relieving pressure on the seven-decade alliance after the Trump administration demanded that Seoul pay as much as 50 percent more. The State Department said in a statement that the US reached an agreement with South Korea on the so-called Special Measures Arrangement. The ...

Bloomberg Political parties are registering a record number of candidates ahead of the first general election in Thailand since a coup in 2014. More than 6,400 people from 60 political parties deposited their details with the Election Commission on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of a five-day registration period. The number of parliamentary candidates is already more than ...

Bloomberg Nigeria’s air force bombarded suspected insurgent targets in northern Borno state, killing militants belonging to the IS of West Africa Province, the army said. The attack on February 2 followed intelligence reports showing the presence of the fighters and their equipment in the area, Ibikunle Daramola, a spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, said in an emailed statement. Boko ...

Bloomberg Justin Trudeau brought together Venezuela’s neighbors to voice support for a peaceful handover of power, making a modest pledge of humanitarian aid for the country and those who’ve fled economic crisis under the regime of Nicolas Maduro. The Canadian prime minister hosted the Lima Group, which includes Brazil, Colombia and other Latin American nations, in Ottawa. The group recognized ...