The sultanate also prohibited the entry of passengers who departed from or transited through the UK in the past 14 days
This move is to protect the UK against new variants of the coronavirus infection
A $550m cash infusion led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in 2019 valued the company at about $2bn
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The UK banned all direct passenger flights to and from the UAE starting January 29
All non-British or Irish passengers, excluding third-country nationals who have residence rights in the UK, who have been in or transited through the UAE, Burundi and Rwanda in the last 10 days will no longer be granted entry to the UK
The announcement was made by the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment on Monday afternoon
Saudi Arabia said it had “intercepted and destroyed a hostile air target going towards Riyadh” on Saturday
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The UAE has been removed from the UK’s travel corridor list
Spot gold added as much as 0.1 per cent to $1,945.67 an ounce, the highest since November 9
Inbound passengers from all other countries will be subject to a PCR test upon arrival at Kuwait International Airport
The agreement, which runs more than 400 pages with an additional 800 pages of annexes, will be put to a vote in the UK parliament on Dec 30
More than 40 countries are restricting flights and effectively isolating the UK
Oman will receive a consignment of 15,600 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week
Emirates has suspended flights to the kingdom until December 27, while flights to Kuwait and Oman have been halted from December 22-28
The mutation comes as vaccines are being rolled out in several countries and as the US closes in on a stimulus plan
65 per cent of airlines flying in the beginning of 2020 are back to Dubai Airports
The UAE is also one of the 27 top investors in the UK
The UK regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, said the vaccine “met its strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness”
UK technology companies involved in smart city projects across the region share their experience of collaborating with developers in the Gulf
The import ban extends to the Netherlands, Germany, several regions in the UK and select areas in Russia
Emirates is expanding its services to the UK following the establishment of UK-UAE air corridor
The move is hoped to boost tourism from the UK to the Emirates
The UAE is the first Middle Eastern country to endorse the target
The new signings build on the 15 hotel signings which were announced in Q2 2020
The GCC states have launched agritech programmes and are working to facilitate global agribusiness trade and diversify international food sources
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Google reportedly pays approximately $1.5bn every year to Apple to remain as its default search engine in mobile Safari in the UK alone