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...“It’s the weakest of all the weak [language],” Qin said in reference to non-binding language in the deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates this week, which called on countries to “contribute” to the transition...
...Arab Emirates oil executive Sultan al-Jaber....
...His name is Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan . . . He is one of the most powerful men on Earth, and yet the ruler of the United Arab Emirates maintains a relatively low profile on the world stage....
...The United Arab Emirates or Iraq?” says Lieven. “Most people would probably choose undemocratic Singapore and the UAE.”...
...The United Arab Emirates will start producing the Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from April, helping the Gulf state accelerate plans to supply coronavirus jabs around the world....
...The United Arab Emirates opened Covid-19 vaccinations to virtually all residents over the age of 16 from Monday, in a widening of a programme that already has one of the world’s highest inoculation rates...
...The United Arab Emirates is offering people who have shown weak immunity after two doses of the Sinopharm vaccine a third shot of the Chinese jab as booster....
...Innovo Speciality Foods, a joint venture between Indian entrepreneur V Raman Kumar and Saudi Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Turki Al Saud, is investing Dh100m ($27m) in a storage, processing and packaging...
...The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has begun deploying specialist advisers to six countries including the United Arab Emirates....
...Imagine our horror to find that David Cameron had descended on us with his trail of newspapermen, together with David Beckham and family (ditto), plus the Rooneys et al....
...entered for the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup; three teams from 18-goal polo – their players’ total handicap – have moved up to 22-goal and a new female patron, Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum...
...The board also has Sameer al-Ansari, a longstanding Dubai executive who has resurfaced after 18 months out of the limelight....
...Periods of low oil prices will undermine existing governments in nations such as Russia, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria, Nigeria, Iran, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela....
...But Bond et al argue that oil risks are less intense than many others in an uncertain world....
...In the United Arab Emirates, builders include: Al Marakeb, Al Shaali, Aqua Tech, Dubai Marine and Gulf Craft....
...Dubai, which received a $20bn bail-out from the United Arab Emirates and its capital Abu Dhabi to ward off default in 2009, earlier this year completed a $25bn restructuring of troubled conglomerate Dubai...
...Moreover, banks are doubly exposed via the property market that Dubai Holding et al. abandoned from 2009 to 2010. Property prices have halved in the emirate since 2008....
...That investment, from port expansions to the new Al Maktoum airport in Jebel Ali, means that the emirate will have to sustain strong growth to utilise the large capacity that could turn idle if global trade...
...The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, to give it its full name, is one of a number of glitzy international events that have been brought to the United Arab Emirates capital to raise its global profile...
...Emirates National Bank of Dubai is the biggest single creditor with outstanding lending of about $3bn....
...But perhaps the true visionaries were Sheikh Zayed and his son, who was deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates at the time, for commissioning something other than a traditional Islamic floor design...
...Fadi al-Said of ING Investment Management is also bullish on Egypt, pointing to the potential of a variety of sectors that fund managers find attractive....
...for the future museum, which will be displayed at the Emirates Palace hotel....
...www.cassina.com 5 TV Sofa Bokja One of my personal highlights from December’s Design Miami was a preview of the Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection, the new design venture from Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah of Villa...
...It took a moment before I realised they were copper-coloured sculptures of ants, art that looked like a hybrid of ET and the most malevolent cockroach ever depicted....
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