ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) and the Desert General Transport and Clearance Co. have signed a Musataha Agreement, under which the Company will design, build and invest a community market project in Mohamed bin Zayed City, Abu Dhabi, at cost AED172 million. After signing the agreement, Musabbah Mubarak Al Murar, Acting General Manager of ...
Read More »Yas Mall to host Abu Dhabi’s first KidZania
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Aldar Properties PJSC (‘Aldar’), Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, and Emaar Entertainment, the leading operator of exceptional and unique leisure and entertainment business of Emaar Properties PJSC, announced a partnership that will see Yas Mall become the home of Abu Dhabi’s first KidZania, the legendary children’s edutainment centre. KidZania®, ...
Read More »Dozens killed in blast near evacuation buses in Syria
BEIRUT / AP Syrian TV said at least 39 people were killed on Saturday in an explosion that hit near buses carrying people evacuated from a besieged area of government loyalists. A war monitor put the death toll at 24 in the area controlled by opposition fighters. The explosion was caused by a car bomb, according to Syrian TV ...
Read More »Iraq: IS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul
Bloomberg An Iraqi military officer says IS militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul. The officer with the anti-terrorism forces said on Saturday that the attack occurred the night before in the al-Abar neighborhood, when IS fired a rocked loaded with chlorine. He said seven soldiers suffered breathing problems and were treated in ...
Read More »North Korea flaunts long-range missiles in massive parade
PYONGYANG / AP North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions. Kim did not speak during the annual parade, which celebrates the 1912 birthday of his late grandfather ...
Read More »Breaking the ice
New York / AP On the island where Lyon Farrell comes from, they cherish the golden sand and hanging 10. In the place where he’d love to land next winter, he’ll need a snowboard, not a surfboard, and will get more mileage out of a backside 1260 than riding waves. Farrell is that rarest of birds — an elite snowboarder ...
Read More »DWE-DFM tie up to support ‘Women in Boards’ initiative
Dubai / WAM The Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Financial Market (DFM to foster bilateral collaboration and further women’s economic empowerment by encouraging their participation on the boards of listed companies. The move follows directives of HH Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, wife of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed ...
Read More »Mohammed urges Arab youth to keep pace with a transforming world
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, urged Arab youth to evolve, adapt and learn to keep pace with a transforming world. In an open letter to the Arab Youth in the inaugural issue of Popular Science Arabia Magazine, he said, “We live in a time ...
Read More »TRA and DED ink collaboration pact
Abu Dhabi /Â WAM The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the Department of Economic Development of Dubai (DED) recently signed a collaboration agreement to enhance their co-operation and co-ordination efforts in the field of joint national indicators of the Network Readiness Index (NRI), a key indicator from the World Economic Forum, WEF, to measure how countries are doing in ...
Read More »Air Arabia takes ‘Invest in Sharjah’ brand to skies
Sharjah / Emirates Business The ‘Invest in Sharjah’ brand is taking to the air following an agreement between Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) – the FDI office operating under the government of Sharjah – and Air Arabia, the first and biggest low-cost airline in MENA region. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Arabia will place decals of ...
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