UAE and Cambodia CEPA deal

UAE signs bilateral trade deal with Cambodia

The agreement with Cambodia will reduce or remove tariffs, eliminate barriers to trade and create new avenues for strategic investment

ADNOC L&S secures contract for artificial island

ADNOC L&S secures $975m contract to build offshore artificial island

The contract covers dredging, land reclamation and marine construction of an artificial island for the Lower Zakum offshore field

Abu Dhabi’s life sciences hub ambitions

Hayat Biotech bolsters Abu Dhabi’s life sciences hub ambitions

The city serves as a secure and efficient gateway for global distribution, particularly in the healthcare industry

MUBADALA partners with SAILGP

Mubadala and SailGP sign three year global partnership

The two organisations said the partnership will focus on SailGP’s ambition of becoming the most sustainable sport in the world

Integrated Transport Centre

Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Transport Centre introduces smart taxi-top billboard initiative

ITC said that the project started with 50 taxi vehicles from the Tawasul Transport company, and intends to reach 100 taxi vehicles from the same company after the trial period is over

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Eltizam Group’s Chris Roberts shares AI’s impact on property management, other trends

The group’s chief executive officer tells Gulf Business why digital transformation and upskilling are key to the future of a company, and how tech is transforming the real estate and property management sectors

ADX partner Astana Exchange

Abu Dhabi bourse, Astana Exchange join hands to boost cooperation

The agreement will enable remote access for the exchanges’ respective brokerage companies through Tabadul

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UK travel: GCC, Jordan nationals to pay GBP10 for multiple visits under new ETA scheme

Citizens of GCC countries currently pay GBP30 per visit to the UK under the current electronic visa wavier scheme while Jordanian nationals pay GBP100 for a visit visa

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Qatar Real Estate Forum 2023: Building for the future

The event in Qatar brought together key figures and leading industry names from across the GCC who shared their perspectives on growing and managing their countries’ built industries

Manchester United get fifth bid from Qatar

Manchester United: Sheikh Jassim reportedly submits fifth bid

The club finished third in the Premier League in the 2022/23 season and was defeated by Manchester City in the Emirates FA Cup final

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Qatar Airways enhances its QVerse metaverse offering

The airline has added areas within Hamad International airport as well as onboard its aircraft that users can explore using their personal devices

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UAE cabinet approves National Sports Strategy 2031

The strategy will implement 17 initiatives in the coming years, including discovering new talented athletes in schools and updating sports education methodology and laws

FTA reports incraese in Muwafaq Package registrations

UAE’s FTA reports growth in Muwafaq Package registrations

The package offers a variety of features and incentives that can help SMEs save money and get help with tax compliance

IMF trims Saudi Arabia growth forecast

IMF trims Saudi Arabia growth forecast to 2.1% in 2023

The fund projected that Saudi Arabia would swing to a deficit in 2023 on lower oil revenue

Google

Google bets on local languages to fuel Android’s growth in India

The company has been developing an artificial intelligence model that would be able to handle more than 100 Indian languages across speech and text

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Global Running Day 2023: Does your day include time for exercise?

Global Running Day is observed on June 7, and for many busy executives, making time for fitness needs to be top of the agenda – your professional performance depends on it

cooking robot

UAE’s dnata introduces cooking robot at World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo

Developed by Moley Robotics, the robot is able to recreate identical dishes at scale by following pre-recorded chef instructions

Kim Kardashian's crypto lawsuit moves ahead

Kim Kardashian’s EthereumMax crypto hype lawsuit advances

The presiding judge found that a Kardashian post suggesting that certain crypto tokens were scarce was misleading

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Advanced air mobility: VPORTS starts certification process for vertiports

Construction of the vertiports are scheduled to start in 2024

Karim Benzema at Ittihad Club

Karim Benzema, former Galactico descends on Saudi Arabia with Al Ittihad signing

The Ballon d’Or winner was with Real Madrid for 14-years before agreeing to move to the Saudi Pro League club on an initial three-year contract

Proven

TMF Group expands into Saudi by acquiring Proven’s corporate services business

TMF Group will open a new office in Riyadh, and build on the existing Saudi clients

PIF merges LIV Golf and PGA Tour

Saudi-backed LIV Golf merges with PGA Tour and DP World Tour

The merged entity will implement a plan to grow the combined commercial businesses, drive greater fan engagement and accelerate growth initiatives

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Flynas to commence flights to Egypt’s Sphinx International airport

It will operate thrice-weekly nonstop services from Riyadh and Jeddah

OpenAI - Sam Altman

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is staying private so it can make ‘strange’ decisions

Chief executive officer Sam Altman emphasised his willingness to work with regulators to develop frameworks to reduce potential harm from AI, at an event in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday

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American University of Sharjah, Bybit establish new scholarship fund

The fund will support 20 students to drive their academic and research efforts towards fintech and blockchain at American University of Sharjah

NEOM's green hydrogen project by L&T

Standard Chartered issues first-ever green guarantee to Larsen & Toubro in Saudi Arabia

The sustainable guarantee issued by the bank will see L&T receive the necessary financial support for the development of wind and solar farms to support green hydrogen generation

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Registration fee waiver for firms listing green bond, sukuk in local market: SCA

The SCA board approved the decision to exempt the fee for this year for companies planning to list their sustainability-linked bond or sukuk

Emirates

Dubai’s Emirates says back in market soon for order of up to 150 jets

The airline already has 50 A350s, 117 of the 777Xs and 30 787-9s on order

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Sustainable aviation fuels to play key role in carbon mitigation, says IATA

In 2022, SAF production tripled to some 300 million litres with project announcements for potential SAF producers rapidly growing

NEOM construction progress

Saudi Arabia’s NEOM gets $5.6bn to build workforce housing

The scope of the agreement will cover elements of design, finance, build, operations and maintenance of the housing communities