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Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a Resolution forming a Joint Cooperation Committee between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In its first article, the Resolution stipulates the establishment of a joint committee for cooperation and coordination between the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to be jointly chaired ...

SHARJAH / WAM The first Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS 2017) was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of NAMA and Honorary Patron for Global Women’s Inclusion, and several high-ranking government ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), on Monday announced that the electronic registration is open for local and international exhibitors, visitors and media persons wishing to participate in the 2018 editions of Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference, UMEX, and Simulation Exhibition and Conference, SimTEX. Organised by ADNEC, UMEX and SimTEX 2018 will run from February 25-27, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), is participating at the 16th edition of the Gulf Traffic Exhibition and Conference aiming at introducing the public with ITC’s latest projects, initiatives and smart applications. Mohammed Darwish Al Qamzi, the General Manager of the ITC, said that the projects and smart applications the ITC is presenting in the Gulf Traffic ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has successfully concluded its real estate roadshow and workshops in Moscow, Russia. The Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Centre, the investment arm of DLD, oversaw the event with a delegation that was led by Majida Ali Rashid, Assistant Director General and Head of the centre. Majida Rashid said, “Dubai real estate ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR), the largest theme park destination in the region, on Monday announced a partnership with Zayed University (ZU) – Abu Dhabi and Dubai campuses – to harness the perspective of Emirati youth on promoting the destination and positioning DPR at the forefront of the UAE’s growing leisure and entertainment sector. The programme ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa University of Science and Technology announced that its state-of-the-art Masdar Institute Environmental Monitoring Platform (MIEMP), deployed at the Abu Dhabi Mangrove National Park, has become the first eddy covariance station in the Arabian Peninsula to join the FLUXNET network. Eddy covariance provides an accurate way to measure fluctuations of energy over a variety of ...

Bloomberg CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a health-care giant that will have a hand in everything from insurance to the corner drugstore. CVS will pay $207 a share for Aetna, with $145 a share in cash and the rest in stock, the companies said in a statement. That’s a 29 percent premium to ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG’s Moia division unveiled a six-seater, battery-powered minibus to enter the market of app-based ride hailing and car-pooling, taking on the likes of Uber Technologies. The modified van will begin roaming the streets of Hamburg in the second half of next year, although Moia aims to roll out the service internationally, Ole Harms, chief executive of the division, ...

Bloomberg London and Brussels failed to clinch a long-sought breakthrough on Brexit after a series of dramatic twists that saw a tentative deal derailed by the delicate question of the Irish border. “It was not possible to reach a complete agreement today,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters. Talks will resume this week and he’s confident there will be ...