NDC lessons from the UAE and Brazil
As Pakistan prepares to enhance its climate commitments in the form of NDCs 3.0 under the Paris Agreement’s Article 4, it is crucial to draw lessons from international best practices…
UAE planning second nuclear power plant
The United Arab Emirates will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant that would double the number of the small Gulf state’s nuclear reactors, three sources…
UAE conglomerate seeks to gatecrash China’s JCHX Zambian copper deal
A unit of International Holding Company, Abu Dhabi’s most valuable company, is interested in acquiring Zambia’s Lubambe Copper Mine, an asset that China’s JCHX Mining has already agreed to buy,…
The UAE’s success story
When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) observes its Founding Day on December 2, it will be celebrating an unusual success story in the Arab and Muslim world. The UAE’s population…
Top US Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion
The US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose US market access…
UAE’s latest bet on tech: a ministry in the metaverse
The United Arab Emirates, which already boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper and has launched a bold Mars mission, now hopes to become a pioneer in the depths of the metaverse.…
Saudi, UAE save oil firepower in case of winter supply crisis
OPEC leaders Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stand ready to deliver a “significant increase” in oil output should the world face a severe supply crisis this winter, sources…
JPMorgan looking to offload Saudi and UAE sovereign fund loans
JPMorgan is seeking to sell at a discount loans raised by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to two sources and a document,…
Eyes on the stars: UAE’s Mars probe a first for the Arab world
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates has built a nuclear power programme and sent a man to space, and now plans to join another elite club by sending a probe to…
El Al 971 to Abu Dhabi: first Israel-UAE ‘commercial flight’
An Israeli-American delegation was set to take off Monday on the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi as the US-brokered normalisation agreement between the Jewish state and…
