DUBAI, Mageed Yahia, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Director, UAE office, and Representative for the GCC Region, said the UAE is among the WFP’s leading international donors, noting the country’s key role in providing financial and logistica…
Day: February 21, 2022
Air Arabia named ‘Airline of the Year’ at Air Transport Awards 2022
SHARJAH, Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, has been named ‘Airline of the Year’ at the 2022 Air Transport Awards that took place in Athens, Greece with the participation of industry leader…
Prime Aquaculture, Jafza partner to build region’s first Marine Shrimp RAS Farm
DUBAI, Prime Aquaculture FZE, a subsidiary of Emirates National Aquaculture LLC, signed an MoU with Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to build the region’s first Shrimp RAS farm. The innovative marine shrimp farm, expected to be completed by Q1 2023, will ai…
Food security, food fortification & financing agri-food system transformations feature across flagship Theme Week event
DUBAI, Peacebuilding through food security, the core role of smallhold farmers, food fortification to address malnutrition and financing to effectively transform agri-food systems globally defined expert discussions at ‘Good Food For All’ on 20th Febru…
UAE condemns Houthis’ attack on King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport in Jizan with bomb-laden drone
ABU DHABI, The United Arab Emirates has strongly denounced the terrorist Houthi militia’s attack on King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport in Jizan with a bomb-laden drone, which was intercepted by the Coalition Forces.In a statement issued today by the M…
ADX’s market liquidity jumps five-fold in 2021 amid IPO boom
ABU DHABI, ADX’s market liquidity jumps five-fold in 2021 amid IPO boom. Traded values (buy + sell) on the exchange increased 407 percent from AED145 billion in 2020 to AED739 billion in 2021, driven by higher levels of domestic and international inves…
OPEC daily basket price stands at $92.79 a barrel
VIENNA, The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $92.79 a barrel on Friday, compared with $94.03 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Ble…
Zayed Military Hospital, first military medical institution in the country to award UAE Board
ABU DHABI, The National Institute for Health Specialties has approved Zayed Military Hospital as the first medical institution to award the UAE Board.The move reflects the advanced level of continuing medical education programmes offered by the hospita…
UAE announces 651 new COVID-19 cases, 2,640 recoveries, 2 deaths in last 24 hours
ABU DHABI, The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 410,158 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue ex…