During a working visit to India that began on October 19, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held discussions with India’s Minister of External Affairs, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Mumbai. The two officials examined the enduring friendly relationship between the UAE and India and explored ways to deepen cooperation under both the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Trade Volume Surpasses $100 Billion Following CEPA The UAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was signed in 2022, marking the first such accord for the UAE. Jaishankar announced that bilateral trade has exceeded $100 billion since the agreement’s signing. He also mentioned that two-way investments are increasing and that the economic partnership is setting new standards. Strategic cooperation in defence, energy, and technology is also expanding, he added. The relationship is further supported by a local currency settlement system and a bilateral investment treaty.
During discussions in Abu Dhabi on October 19, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron explored avenues to expand their countries’ strategic partnership. This dialogue coincided with Macron’s official visit to the UAE. The leaders emphasized cooperation across sectors such as the economy, investment, energy, advanced technology, and artificial intelligence, asserting that these areas underpin their shared goals for growth and prosperity.
Health
The World Health Organization has introduced a five-year plan aimed at bolstering worldwide outbreak detection capabilities. The initiative aspires for every nation to identify and comprehend emerging health dangers within 24 hours by 2030. The strategy was revealed during the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin, emphasizing that quicker detection can enable earlier public health responses before outbreaks spread across communities or borders. Establishing a 24-hour detection goal provides a definitive global standard for surveillance performance.
Travel
Air Arabia expands UAE-Jordan air links with a new Sharjah-Amman service. Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Flight G9 169 departs Sharjah at 8:00 a.m. and arrives in Amman at 10:30 a.m. local time. The return, flight G9 170, will leave Amman at 11:20 a.m. and reach Sharjah at 3:15 p.m. local time. Bookings for the new route are now available through Air Arabia’s website, call center, and travel agencies. This new service extends Air Arabia Group’s existing Jordan routes.
Technology
Samsung Electronics expands its memory and storage strategy for next-generation AI infrastructure. Samsung centered its strategy on enhancing speed, scalability, and data durability. The first pillar emphasizes high-performance memory, with the company showcasing customized high-bandwidth memory and HBM5, its eighth-generation HBM. The second pillar utilizes CXL technology to extend memory capacity beyond what standard servers typically support. The third focuses on data management and storage through cutting-edge enterprise SSDs and software solutions. Samsung asserts that these three elements work synergistically to improve the overall efficiency of AI systems. The company linked its strategy to the increasing demand for memory driven by AI inference workloads and larger models. As models grow in size, they generate more data during inference, necessitating greater memory capacity. Current server configurations often limit the amount of memory accessible to each processor. Samsung suggests that CXL can help overcome these restrictions without requiring a complete system redesign. The company also emphasized key-value cache optimization, which allows AI models to reuse data previously processed instead of recomputing it, thereby improving efficiency. Samsung and AMD Showcase CXL Memory Expansion Solutions At the summit, Samsung and AMD demonstrated a CXL-based memory expansion solution that enables processors to share memory resources and scale capacity flexibly across AI systems. Samsung confirmed that this technology has been validated in real-world system environments. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2026, focusing on next-generation AI memory and computing innovations. Additionally, AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su visited South Korea on October