DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that “private companies operating in the UAE in space industries have qualitative contributions and achievements that contribute to enhancing the country’s position as the leading and most advanced center in the space sector in the region.” ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM With the UAE’s support, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) dispatched a humanitarian relief convoy to villages in Al Wazeiyah District, Taiz Governorate, suffering from scarce water resources and the low income of local residents due to growing unemployment caused by the war started by the Houthi militias. Under this framework, the ERC provided 25 tonnes of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Hussein reviewed the prospects of advancing cooperation between the two friendly countries. This came in a phone call, wherein the two top diplomats agreed to meet shortly and to form joint working teams to ...

DUBAI / WAM Field inspectors from the Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) Sector in Dubai Economy shut down a service centre in Al Twar after an opening ceremony at the facility caused overcrowding, which is considered a violation of the physical distancing guidelines specified as part of the precautionary measures against Covid-19. Dubai Economy has directed all businesses in ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has set up virtual seminars and workshops for suppliers and owners of SMEs during the 22nd Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex), and the 5th Dubai Solar Show (DSS). Dewa organises this annually under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon announces the postponement of the 2020 Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on December 11. Following lengthy discussions with the organiser, Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) and race title sponsor Adnoc, the third edition of the Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon will now take place in 2021, due to ...

Vladimir Putin has long sought to portray himself as strong statesman and guarantor of stability, at home and abroad. Now the Russian president is grappling with successive crises among his country’s neighbours. It’s an unwelcome test of Moscow’s role as regional watchman. From Belarus to the Caucasus, the Kremlin cannot leave the outcomes of these flare-ups to chance. Yet the ...

Apple Inc has been in the spotlight lately, between antitrust scrutiny of its mobile operating system and the legal battle it’s waging with Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc over its App Store. Those developments pale, however, in comparison to the company’s main event next week: the unveiling of its latest iPhones. For all the talk about Apple’s shift to services ...

Unless you learned Latin and Greek or went to medical school, words such as “sequelae,” “encephalopathy” or “anosmia” probably mean nothing to you. That may be about to change, at least if you try to keep up with the literature about Covid-19. And if you’re like me, the more you learn, the more you’ll worry. Sequelae are the aftereffects of ...

With less than a month remaining in the presidential campaign, the country faces the specter of a chaotic Election Day. President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to “go in to the polls and watch very carefully” — a suggestion that can be interpreted as a call for greater participation in the long-established practice of election observing, or as an ...