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ADGM announces fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has announced significant revisions to its licencing fee schedule as part of its transitional arrangements for Al Reem Island businesses.
Starting from 1st January 2025, ADGM will implement major reductions o…
DEWA issues around 60,000 NOCs in six months
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has approved 59,058 No Objection Certificate (NOC) applications in the first half of 2024 as part of the “Soqoor” programme.
The Soqoor programme makes it easier for consultants and contractors to o…
Gold Soars to Record Prices
Singapore, Gold prices rose to an all-time peak today, driven by mounting hopes of a US interest rate cut in September after recent comments from US Federal Reserve officials.
Spot gold was steady at $2,468.55 per ounce, after hitting a record peak o…
Tickets now available for ADIHEX 2024
ABU DHABI: ADNEC Group has announced that tickets for the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) 2024 are now available online for those wishing to attend the largest edition of the exhibition.
ADIHEX 2024 will be held at …
European Stocks Open Lower Amid Tech Sector Decline
Brussels, European stocks opened lower for the third consecutive session today, driven by a decline in the technology sector. The Stoxx 600 index dropped 0.3 percent, with the tech sub-index falling 1.9 percent.
Dutch semiconductor company ASML saw a…
WTO Director-General calls on members to ‘walk the talk’
GENEVA: Reporting in her capacity as Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 15th July, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged WTO members to adopt a spirit of compromise and engage in genuine negotiat…
Doctors Without Borders says hospitals in Gaza lack basic necessities of life
GAZA: Doctors Without Borders said that hospitals in the Gaza Strip lack the most basic basics, which will lead to the death of more citizens every second that the war continues.
The organization said in a statement that for nine months, the Gaza Str…
Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission: Israel seized around 40 dunums of Palestinian lands since start of 2024
RAMALLAH: The head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, said that since the beginning of this year, the Israeli occupation authorities have seized an estimated 40 thousand dunums of privately owned Palestinian lands.
Du…
Completion of two Japan-funded projects in Nablus Governorate
RAMALLAH: Nakashima Yoichi, Ambassador for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine, visited Awarta and Burin villages in the Nablus governorate to celebrate the completion of projects funded by the Government of Japan through Japa…
Foreign Ministry: Israel’s seizure of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land is a systematic undermining of two-state solution
RAMALLAH: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said today that the Israeli occupation authorities’ seizure of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land is a systematic undermining of the two-state solution.
In a statement, the Ministry said …
