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ABU DHABI / WAM The Supreme Council for Motherhood & Childhood is preparing a national strategy titled ‘UAE mother, child and youth friendly’ in cooperation with its strategic partners. HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood & Childhood and Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, instructed the Council ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In line with its efforts to revolutionise its services and enhance investor experience, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), region’s leading financial market, launched its new integrated digital platform, “Sahmi” which provides digital services for individual investors. The platform was launc-hed during GITEX Technology Week 2018, in which ADX has a presence at Abu Dhabi government pavilion. ...

SHANGHAI / WAM A delegation led by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Wat-er Authority (Dewa), visited Huawei, a leading global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, in Shanghai, China. The visit aimed to enhance mutual relationships and share best practices and experiences in the fields of innovation, disruptive technologies, smart networks, digital transformation, automation, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In the latest report issued by Dubai Land Department (DLD), Dubai’s real estate market witnessed a continuous growth driven by optimism among investors and developers, where the market recorded 39,802 real estate transactions worth AED 162 billion from the beginning of the year till the end of September. Commenting on these promising figures, HE Sultan Butti ...

HODEIDAH / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), teams have distributed school bags and stationery items to over 6,000 students in the schools of Red Sea Coast of Yemen, as part of the UAE’s support for the education system. Marking the start of a new school year in Yemen, the ERC teams started distribution of bags and stationery items at Al ...

Dubai / WAM Some 85 small and medium national companies from various business and service sectors in the UAE have participated in the 15th China International Small & Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF), which was hosted by Guangzhou, a city in China’s Guangdong Province. The UAE took part as the first Arabian partner of CISMEF with the largest pavilion covering an ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Future Academy launched “Insights of the Future”, an initiative that is set to carry out a series of crash course-type sessions, which focus on demystifying the latest technologies by allowing participants to gain a better understanding of various technological trends, enabling them to leverage their skills and better utilise these trends for our ever-changing future. ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM The UAE Armed Forces have continued preparations for the Military Show ‘Union Fortress 4’, which is scheduled to be held on February 2 at the Fujairah Corniche. The Union Fortress 4 will be implemented by main units of ground and air forces, in addition to the Presidential Guard. The aim of this show is to demonstrate the ...

Bloomberg Anwar Ibrahim has emerged as the winner in a district by-election, clearing the way for the formerly jailed leader to become the nation’s eighth prime minister. Anwar, 71, leader of the largest party in the ruling coalition, is set to be inaugurated on Monday after winning 71 percent of votes against six other candidates for a parliament seat, the ...

Bloomberg Moderate Party Leader Ulf Kristersson has urged his center-right coalition allies to help end Sweden’s political gridlock by joining him in a minority government ahead of a Tuesday deadline. Writing in a Facebook post, Kristersson said he had given the other three members of the Alliance a few days to consider whether they “can and want to” join the ...