Miami/ AFP A decade ago, Jessica Goldman Srebnick was afraid of walking through Wynwood, a derelict warehouse neighbourhood in Miami. Today, she is the virtual curator of an open-air art gallery that has turned the area into one of the hippest places in the United States. Windowless factory warehouses in the bleak urban district have become a venue where artists, ...
Read More »How important is a career? Not much, say anti-success thinkers
Berlin / DPA “And what do you do?†Hardly a first chat with a stranger goes by these days without someone asking the question. But why is it so important what we do? And why is a successful career such an important goal for some people? For the members of Haus Bartleby, a network founded two years ago and ...
Read More »â€˜We are determined to make further progress’
ABU DHABI / WAM Under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will spare no efforts to invest in human resources as we aim to develop leading educational models on which we rely to make a difference, and which feature the 21st century skills to address issues in a fast-changing world, His ...
Read More »UAE embarks on a new era: Mohammed
DUBAI / WAM The UAE hosts the best minds in the world as it aims to shape the future, and started a new era today where it proactively plans for the future, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. Sheikh Mohammed’s comments were made during the ...
Read More »DXB marks record 7.7mn passengers in Aug
Dubai / WAM Dubai International Airport, DXB, welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing the previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator, Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 percent. The year to date traffic totalled ...
Read More »First Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit in March
Abu Dhabi / WAM The inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will be held at Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, from March 27-30 the organising committee has announced. The GMIS will bring together high-profile representatives of public and private sectors, and representatives of civil society organisations. It will also attract global innovators in the ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Customs foils money smuggling bid
Abu Dhabi / WAM Inspectors from the General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi, recently foiled two attempts to smuggle more than SR9.7 million at Al Ghuwaifat Customs Centre, in two separate incidents, when two Asian travellers were caught entering the country through the land border during a routine inspection. In one case, inspectors became suspicious of a vehicle driven ...
Read More »Tourism Ireland & Etihad launch trade incentive
Abu Dhabi / WAM Niall Gibbons, Tourism Ireland CEO, and Peter Baumgartner, CEO of Etihad Airways, have launched the Etihad Airways and Tourism Ireland trade incentive during an Abu Dhabi Roadshow event at Sofitel, Abu Dhabi Corniche. The travel trade incentive, which is part of the Etihad Airways SuperSeller programme, encourages agents to sell flights and holiday packages to ...
Read More »Global spend on Islamic economy food, lifestyle to hit $3trn by 2021
Dubai / Emirates Business For the fourth consecutive year, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, in partnership with the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), and in collaboration with DinarStandard presented the key findings from the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIE) and introduce the Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI) ...
Read More »Hamdan issues new fines for Dubai tram violations
Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, issued Executive Council Resolution No. (51) of 2016 partially amending the Executive Council’s Resolution No. (1) of 2014 on regulations governing the tram system in Dubai. The new amendments aim to enhance safety standards in the tram system. ...
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