Tag: Abu Dhabi

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Abu Dhabi's Premier League Manchester City worth US$ 4.8 billion

  

  The owner of English Premier League champions Manchester City is selling a US$500 million stake to private equity firm Silver Lake, valuing the football club's owner at US$4.8 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazilian food processor expands in Saudi Arabia with chicken plant

  

  Brazilian food processor BRF SA on Tuesday announced an agreement to invest around US$ 120 million to build its first chicken processing plant in Saudi Arabia in a bid to strengthen its position in a key growth market.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Bolsonaro in Arab countries: signs agreements in Abu Dhabi and will address economic forum in Riyadh

  

  The United Arab Emirates and Brazil signed several agreements on Sunday during President Jair Bolsonaro's visit to Abu Dhabi, which marks his first official trip to the Arab world. He arrived in the UAE on Saturday and is set to head to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where he will take part in the Future Investment Initiative.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro begins tour of Gulf states to mend relations with Arab nations

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Abu Dhabi on Saturday for a tour of three Gulf states, hoping to turn the page on a diplomatic storm last year with Arab nations over a proposal to move Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Climate related devastation striking the world on a weekly basis, warns Guterres

  

  United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned on Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  US humanitarian aid stationed at the Colombia/Venezuela border

  

  Trucks carrying food and medical supplies sent by the United States to be stockpiled until it can be brought into Venezuela will arrive later this week at Guaido’s request and will be prepositioned at the main Colombian-Venezuelan border crossing at Cucuta, U.S. sources revealed

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 21:16 UTC

  BlackBerry outage sees traffic accidents plummet in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

  

  Police in Abu Dhabi and Dubai said the number of reported traffic accidents plunged during the recent three-day BlackBerry outage. In Dubai, traffic accidents fell 20% from average rates on the days BlackBerry users were unable to use its messaging service. In Abu Dhabi the drop was steeper, 40% and there were no fatal accidents.