The United Arab Emirates and holding company Masdar entered into an agreement that provides for the development of sustainable initiatives in food production.
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Works are due for completion by the beginning of 2019. The new facilities will increase capacity to 10 million passengers per year, up from a current 6 million.
The emirate of Sharjah is the guest of honor of the São Paulo International Book Biennial. It will present dozens of works translated from Arabic into Portuguese during the event. There will also be cultural events and conversations with writers from the region.
One of the country’s major contemporary art exhibitions is accepting submissions from Brazilians and foreigners interested in exhibiting their works in the 2019 edition. Prizes reach up to BRL 100,000 (USD 27,910).
The award is given to individuals or institutions that have contributed to the spread of the Arab culture. Submissions by Brazilians must be forwarded to Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) until August 15.
The consortium led by the pulp and paper industry was the sole bidder in the auction held this Friday at the São Paulo Stock Exchange.
The Home & Construction workshop will be held on August 1 at the organization’s headquarters. Intended for industry businesses, the event is free of charge and registrations are open.
Spending by international tourists in the country totaled USD 3.24 billion in the year’s first six months. Number of visitors rose 8%.
Brazil’s main port complex loaded and unloaded 64.5 million tons of cargo in the first half of the year, up 5.6% over the same period of last year.
Airlines carried 4.5 million passengers in the year’s first six months. The figure accounts to 30% of international air traffic in Brazil.
Wadi Wurayah, in the emirate of Fujairah, has been named a Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Five tracts of land for charcoal mining in Rio Grande do Sul and one for copper, lead and zinc in Tocantins are set to go on auction in December.
The Saudi and Food & Drug Authority announced plans to launch a halal products and services center, aiming for it to become a standard in the area worldwide.
The country harvested 2.3 tons of wheat and barley per hectare on average during the 2017/2018 season, an all-time high.
