SHARJAH / WAM HH Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed the appointment of 45 people of determination in departments and institutions of the Sharjah government. The directive will be implemented in cooperation with Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services, Sharjah Department of Human Resources and the University of Sharjah as the ...
Read More »GMC proves UAE’s capability to gather all parties for future media: Indonesian envoy
ABU DHABI / WAM The annual Global Media Congress (GMC) in Abu Dhabi proves the UAE’s capability to gather all parties in the media sector for effective collaboration, in preparation for future media, according to a top Indonesian diplomat. “The first edition of the Global Media Congress in 2022 was proof that the UAE is a visionary leader in the ...
Read More »DIFC Courts sets record with AED15b in claims value in H1
DUBAI / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts on Monday released its figures for the first six months of 2023, reflecting a surge in the overall value of claims. In addition, the substantial uptake of additional ancillary services, such as Wills registration, further elevates Dubai’s common law jurisdiction as the region’s leading forum for international dispute resolution. The ...
Read More »Etihad Airways among most punctual airlines in Middle East for H1 2023
ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, ranked among the most on-time airlines in the Middle East and one of the most punctual carriers worldwide. In the first half of 2023, Etihad achieved an on-time arrival performance rating within 15 minutes of 83.4%. In its Punctuality League ratings for 2023 thus far, the global aviation analytics group ...
Read More »New AI internship attracts students to MBZUAI’s Abu Dhabi campus
ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has welcomed 34 of the world’s most promising STEM undergraduate students to its Abu Dhabi campus for a one-month research internship as part of the inaugural edition of the university’s Undergraduate Research Internship Programme (UGRIP). Drawn from a large pool of applicants, aspiring researchers from the USA, Canada, ...
Read More »Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed receives the Regent of Pahang
ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has received His Royal Highness, Prince Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, Regent of Pahang, son of His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia. During the meeting at the offices of ...
Read More »Dubai Endowment campaign to fund needs of mosque in Dubai
DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Endowments and Minors’ Trust Foundation (Dubai Endowment) has launched a campaign to support the Mosques Endowment Fund in the emirate. The campaign seeks to establish a sustainable charitable endowment whose proceeds will fund the needs of 50 mosques in the emirate. As part of the initiative, Dubai Endowment will build a commercial complex in the Al ...
Read More »Mexico inflation slows again amid high rate, strong peso
BLOOMBERG Mexico’s inflation extended its gradual slowdown in early July, roughly in line with forecasts, helped by double-digit interest rates and the strongest peso since 2015. Consumer prices rose 4.79% in the first half of the month compared to the same period a year earlier, down from 4.93% in late June, the national statistics institute reported. The result was just ...
Read More »Dollar heads for best week since February as hawks linger
BLOOMBERG The greenback is set for its biggest weekly gain in nearly five months as bullish traders offered respite for a currency that has been battered in July. A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar’s strength advanced more than 1% in the five-day stretch as the greenback clawed its way back from the 15-month lows it touched amid last week’s selling ...
Read More »Solar is ‘eating itself.’ Is that a now a big problem?
BLOOMBERG Who is responsible for the cleanup of China’s air and water? What is the impact of wildfire smoke on your health? And why is free electricity a problem for solar? Every week on Bloomberg Green’s Zero podcast, Akshat Rathi invites guests to explore the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Here are some recent ...
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