Ayman Gamaludien, Regional Manager – Egypt & Africa, FAMA Technologies. Strategic partnerships, integrated technology solutions and stronger local service capabilities underpin the company’s regional expansion ambitions FAMA Technologies aims to strengthen its presence in Egypt and build a platform for further expansion across Africa, focusing on strategic partnerships, local implementation capabilities and ongoing customer support. Established in 2009 as part of FAMA Holding Group, the company serves retail, hospitality, food and beverage, industrial and enterprise customers across the Middle East and India. Its portfolio brings together customer-facing technologies, including drive-thru systems, digital signage and self-ordering kiosks, with IT infrastructure, security…
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BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told Israel to stop its “forced establishment” of settlements in the West Bank and reverse its actions, his office said. China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, Wang told Herzog during a meeting in Azerbaijan, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday. The “Palestinian question” is “the greatest historical injustice of this century”, Wang told Israeli President Isaac Herzog in a face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Azerbaijan. Herzog said in a post on X that…
DUBAI, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders 2026 staged “Unknown Tomorrow”, a series of foresight simulations that placed participants inside unfolding crises and tested how they responded when a second shock compounded the first. The sessions explored how shocks cascade into one another, and how leaders could act quickly and decisively before individual disruptions escalate into wider crises. The scenarios spanned planetary, geopolitical and technological shocks, from a global water emergency to a lunar war. Participants examined responses across four levels: government leaders; government entities and teams; the business sector; and affected communities, weighing…
SINGAPORE, 16th October, 2026 (WAM) — The dollar headed for its first weekly fall in five weeks on Friday, lifting the euro from a 17-month low as wobbles in AI investment and a drop in US yields put the brakes on recent gains. Moves in the Asia morning were slight, leaving the dollar down 0.2 percent this week at 158.13 yen and shedding about 0.1 percent to $1.1210 per euro. The dollar index, which measures the US currency against six major peers, was at 102.07, set for a 0.14 percent drop in the week. Sterling was steady at $1.3270 for…
Would you pay an extra Dh2,500 just to get your hands on Apple’s first foldable iPhone on day one? Some UAE buyers are ready to pay that premium as pre-orders for the iPhone Duo begin at 4pm on Friday. The phone, which starts at Dh8,499, will be available in Star White and Night Sky. It will reach stores on October 23. But traders in Deira’s phone market said that the interest is already strong, especially from Apple fans who have waited for the company to enter the foldable-phone market. Moideeen Mustafa, from Phone Line in Deira market, said demand is…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the forthcoming execution of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 colleagues in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will not be live-streamed, upending a controversial plan that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled last week. Trump had previously said he approved of livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad, while Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether it would happen and said he would not watch it. Trump’s decision to cancel the livestream came after widespread criticism in the US and globally. On Thursday,…
Arvind Nithrakashyap, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Rubrik. Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, recently announced Rubrik MCP (Model Context Protocol), giving an organisation’s AI agents a secure, programmable path to Rubrik’s data, identity, and application intelligence. Support for MCP expands Rubrik AI, which is now trusted by one-third of its global customers, and unites Anthropic’s frontier models with Rubrik’s domain expertise and security guardrails—to deliver a multi-step reasoning agent engineered for critical incident response. “We are seeing rapid growth with AI, and the addition of Rubrik MCP transforms security operations by seamlessly connecting customer AI agents directly…
BRUSSELS, 16th October, 2026 (WAM) — The European Union is aiming to give speedy antitrust approval to a satellite venture seen as the bloc’s answer to SpaceX after intense talks with its partners Leonardo SpA, Airbus SE and Thales SA, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Discussions over the past year have homed in on flagging — and ironing out — any potential competition concerns over the project before it is formally notified for approval. While the companies have yet to file, EU officials expect them to do so in the coming weeks, the person added. The…
DUBAI — Iran has said a “violating” oil tanker is on fire near the eastern section of the Strait of Hormuz in the second such incident in the area in 24 hours.. An army statement claimed the “rogue tanker” disabled its tracking systems and was attempting to pass through the restricted zone in the Gulf of Oman. The incident follows new images of a ship reportedly carrying over 2,500 containers sinking after it hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Iran’s navy said monitoring teams patrolling the eastern sector of the Strait of Hormuz detected the tanker…
SHARJAH, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — The ninth Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF 2026) examined opportunities to strengthen investment ties between Brazil and the UAE on Thursday, focusing on Sharjah’s potential as a regional base for Brazilian companies seeking to expand their operations. During the session ‘Beyond Trade: Unlocking the Brazil–UAE Investment Corridor’, Ana Beatriz Fernandes, Head of InvestSP’s Middle East, North Africa and India Office; Lubna Chahine, Partner at Solari Dubai; and Mariana Ricardo, Founder and CEO of WhatsNxt, discussed the growth of bilateral investment, opportunities for cooperation between Sharjah and São Paulo, and the importance of local business relationships…