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ABU DHABI / WAM In a global competition for students and educators that saw hundreds of entries from 43 countries, a five-member student team from GEMS Our Own English High School, Dubai, is among the finalists in the student category. An educator from Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi, is a top contender in the teacher category. The young people and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has achieved a significant milestone in its tourist tax refund programme, with the total number of electronic transactions surpassing 15.43 million since the system’s implementation nearly five years ago, said Director-General of the FTA. During the first nine months of the current year alone, over 3.44 million transactions were processed, reflecting ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has signed a strategic cross-border partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, to support the international growth and commercial activities of tech startups in the UAE and South Korea. The strategic partnership is based on mutual support and collaboration, which builds on the robust trade relations established between the two countries. ...

DUBAI/ WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Advisor for Special Affairs at the Ministry of Presidential Court, and Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, honoured the winners of the first ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, at Qasr Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, His Highness welcomed the Bahraini Foreign Minister, who conveyed the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of ...

RIYADH/ WAM The World Bank has projected a 3.4% growth in the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the UAE by the year 2023, with expectations of further increase to 3.7% in 2024. According to the recently published World Bank Gulf Economic Update (GEU) report, the Bank anticipated the UAE’s non-oil GDP growth to reach 4.5% in 2023, driven by ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated David Cameron on the occasion of his appointment as the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. During a phone a call, Sheikh Abdullah expressed his best wishes to Secretary Cameron for success in his duties, praising the historical ties between their ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, received today, at his palace in the Saqr bin Mohammed City, Kinana Modar Jamaluddeen, Representative of Sultan Al Bohra in the UAE. Sheikh Saud discussed with Jamaluddeen a number of humanitarian issues of mutual concern, noting that tolerance and coexistence ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, congratulated Nadir Larbaoui on the occasion of his appointment as the Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. During a phone call, His Highness Sheikh Mansour conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated in the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit at the invitation of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, under the Indian G20 Presidency. The summit aims to review progress made towards achieving the G20’s objectives following the 18th G20 Summit hosted in New Delhi in September. ...