DUBAI, UAE - The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of the Emirate has entered into a strategic partnership with ‘Shamal...
Africa is moving away from stereotypes of poverty and incapacity to a narrative of ability and competitiveness, Sithembile Ntombela maNdaba,...
Colombia sees the UAE as a potential partner for growth in bilateral trade, economy, and tourism.Non-oil bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to $176 million in the first half of 2019
The two nations are also in talks over signing a MoU for double taxation avoidance
The gesture aims to provide public and government libraries in Sharjah with various modern publications in all Arab and foreign...Sharjah ruler Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi has directed the allocation AED4.5 million (around $1.23 million) to help publishing houses
The amount will be used to purchase the latest publications from publishing houses participating in the Sharjah International Book Fair
It has signed sustainable aviation fuel deals with Dubai firms.A high-level Air France delegation held strategic meetings with aviation leaders based in Dubai at Expo 2020
The networking event was organized in partnership with the lille3000 association and sponsored by Clarins
The first workshop of the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program kicked off today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under...A team representing different sectors interested in developing an innovative entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Eastern Province is participating in the workshop
The workshop aims to assess and analyze the ecosystem in the Eastern Province using available data and statistics
Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia is looking to diversify investments into Chinese companies after having confined its overseas holdings...The PIF has applied for a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor license in China, to be able to directly trade renminbi-denominated stocks
The $450 billion sovereign fund, which hasn’t disclosed any investments in China, has ambitions to control $2 trillion of assets
Dubai intends to merge the departments of economy and tourism in order to attract some 25 million tourists by 2025...The new entity will be asked to increase the added value of the industrial sector
Al Marri has been Director General of the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) since 2013
Dubai Courts has established two new courts in the Commercial Court in order to speed up settlement of securities-related disputes....The new entities were created as per the directives of Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai
The new courts will focus on dispute resolution in securities, shares, bonds, and other such financial instruments
- Fossil fuels, energy and transport tend to dominate climate discussions. Governments largely ignore livestock’s contribution to climate change, terrified of...
Fossil fuels, energy and transport tend to dominate climate discussions
The livestock sector is responsible for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The Covid-19 pandemic has been the primary driver of businesses and governments embracing remote-work opportunities.Some Arab governments have been significantly more proactive than others, especially in the GCC region
Only 16 percent of workers in the Middle East and North Africa believe that workplaces will revert to pre-epidemic levels
Sebastien Bazin, head of the world's sixth-largest hotel group, said on French radio station RMC that Accor currently lacks at...Sebastien Bazin, head of the world's sixth-largest hotel group, said on French radio station RMC that Accor currently lacks at least 2,000 employees in France
The hospitality industry in numerous countries has complained of difficulty rehiring staff and some employers are trying to lure workers with higher wages
