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  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 2,000 staff, their families and friends have joined a street festival at the home of Etihad Aviation Group as part of UAE National Day celebrations. Etihad Airways’ guests are also in for a special National Day treat with chocolates will be handed out on flights leaving Abu Dhabi on December 2. The Abu Dhabi ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) accompanied by a number of RTA directors, on Wednesday hoisted the national flag over the RTA’s Head Office. All attendees then observed a minute of silent prayer for the souls of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to uphold the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A moment of silence was observed on Wednesday on the occasion of #UAE_Commemoration_Day, to honour the great sacrifices of the nation’s martyrs to ensure the future stability and safety of the UAE and the Arab region, at the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development. The event was organised in cooperation with the National Media Council under ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) marked Commemoration Day to honour the legacy of the Emirati martyrs. DEWA organised a number of commemoration activities in all its branches. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, Executive Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and DEWA staff observed a minute of silence at 11:30am. They prayed ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Joining the nation in remembering the sacrifices of the UAE’s fallen heroes, ADNOC Distribution’s management and employees observed Commemoration Day with a minute of silence at 11.30am. To mark the occasion, the company honoured its employees who have martyrs among their family members, acknowledging their vital role in contributing to national unity. Saeed Mubarak ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM On the occasion of the 45th National Day celebrations of the United Arab Emirates, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) issued a series of reports regarding the achievements of the state over the past year. In part eight, the nation’s successes in the field of women’s empowerment come under the spotlight. 2016 has seen many achievements in ...

  Richard Stengel, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, bluntly states the problem that has been worrying him, and should worry us all: “In a global information war, how does the truth win?” The very idea that the truth won’t be triumphant would, until recently, have been heresy to Stengel, a former managing editor of Time magazine. But in ...

  As this historic November ends, the message from the financial markets seems clear: For now, the outlook for the U.S. economy appears brighter, both in absolute terms and relative to other advanced economies. Very few predicted these developments, which speak to the enormous fluidity that has taken over markets and politics and that signal the gradual end of the ...

  Donald Trump’s tough talk on trade and immigration was a winning message in parts of the Midwest. If this talk is put into action, that could accelerate the economic decline of much of the region. One flaw in the conventional thinking about globalization is that it’s an international phenomenon. Manufacturing jobs move from the U.S. to China or Mexico. ...

  There are apocalyptic scenes in the streets of Syria’s Aleppo. As the bombs rain down on the besieged city, it causes horrible sufferings everywhere. More than 250 civilians have been killed in the government’s assault on east Aleppo since November 15, including nearly 30 children. And up to 20,000 people have fled the regime offensive in the past 72 ...