Dubai Police, International Humanitarian City sign agreement for collaboration

IHC will conduct specialised training courses related to humanitarian work for Dubai Police employees

Airlines face ‘mission of the century’ in shipping vaccines

UN humanitarian relief agency UNICEF has been recruiting airlines into its vast effort to distribute the vaccine to more than 170 countries

Boeing mulls equity sale, plans new cut to Dreamliner output

Demand for the 787 has been particularly hard hit, with international travel down 90 per cent from a year ago

ISRAEL-UAE-DIPLOMACY

UAE activates tourist entry visas for Israeli passport holders

Procedures on mutual visa waiver agreement between the two states are in process

Gitex 2020: Avaya partners with DWTC to create enable virtual participation

Avaya Spaces brings together distributed groups of people to collaborate in the cloud

Saudi business conditions hit 10-month high as sales, jobs climb

Business activity in Saudi Arabia grew at the fastest pace since the beginning of the year, fueled by a sharp rise in sales and strengthening sentiment

Bidayatech takes novel approach to startup funding in MENA

Backers receive non-monetary rewards in return for backing a startup fundraising campaign

Gitex 2020: Epson showcases products to support social distancing in offices and schools

On show will be interactive display solutions, visualisers, printing services and work and home printers

Salesforce enters into definitive agreement to acquire Slack

Slack will become an operating unit of Salesforce and will continue to be led by CEO Stewart Butterfield

Gitex 2020: ManageEngine to highlight its suite of enterprise IT security solutions

ManageEngine will speak at the event on ‘Cybersecurity threats to Business Digital Transformation’

Financial threats to accelerate in 2021: Kaspersky

Cryptocurrency transit, web skimmers move to the server-side and extortion to plague businesses

Global bank job cuts reach five-year high

The total number of positions that have been eliminated has reached 85,540 globally

Israir Dubai

Video: Israeli airline Israir’s inaugural flight lands in Dubai

The airline will now operate up to 14 weekly flights using its Airbus A320 aircraft between Tel Aviv and Dubai

SAUDI-HEALTH-VIRUS-TRAVEL

Saudi set to announce date for complete lifting of travel restrictions

The kingdom resumed international flights from September 15 in a phased manner

Natixis replaces Saudi Arabian CEO after six months in the role

International banks have been expanding in Saudi as the country embarks on a plan to diversify its economy beyond oil

Dubai’s DMCC opens office in Tel Aviv to boost diamond trade with Israel

The new representative office will be based in the headquarters of the Israeli Diamond Exchange

Dubai’s DP World dismisses Djibouti President’s remarks about disputed port as “false”

DP World reiterated that it remains the legal operator and concession holder of the Doraleh Container Terminal

ADNOC reportedly eyeing acquisition of offshore oil services firm

Zakher Marine International is working with Bank of America as it weighs its strategic options, including a sale

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed calls families of Covid-19 frontline workers

Sheikh Mohamed stressed that the people of the UAE cherish their heroes

Oil extends drop as OPEC+ struggles for consensus on output plan

Oil has just capped its biggest monthly increase since May on optimism energy demand will rebound as Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out in the coming weeks

Dubai contractor Arabtec to file for liquidation at ‘earliest opportunity’

The decision reversed efforts sought by a minority group of shareholders to restructure and save the company from liquidation

Bahrain

First insurance platform graduates from Central Bank of Bahrain regulatory sandbox

Tasweya offers a platform for auto-reconciliation of statements of accounts

AquaChemie Middle East

AquaChemie begins construction on $40m petrochemical terminal at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai

The specialised bulk storage terminal will have a total capacity of around 40,000 cubic metres

More than 1 billion people will have access to 5G coverage by end of 2020: report

Ericsson estimates 220 million global 5G subscriptions by end of 2020

Gitex 2020: UAE to host Israeli tech delegation

Gitex will host the UAE-Israel Future Digital Economy Summit and the Gitex Future Stars Israel Innovation Discovery Day

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 1,107 cases; 215 infections registered in Oman

The death toll in the UAE has risen to 572

Banks erase debt worth Dhs869.85m of 1,607 Emiratis

The move was implemented as per the directives of the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Axa sells Gulf operations to Kuwaiti group in $269m deal

The insurer sold its stakes in Axa Gulf, Axa Cooperative Insurance Company and Axa Green Crescent Insurance Company to Gulf Insurance Group

Dubai’s DHA launches first phase of NABIDH initiative

The initiative will provide a unified medical record for each individual in Dubai by connecting the information contained in all public and private healthcare facilities

New Dubai government-backed payment app launches in UAE

Empay will avail instant credit facility for making various payments