Sharjah / Emirates Business In an effort to enhance media content in the UAE, Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC) conducted a number of introductory meetings with universities in Sharjah to introduce students to its recently launched Abdee’ Award. The initiative saw a delegation from SMC meet representatives from Sharjah universities to shed more light on the Abdee’ Award, a scheme ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The Child Safety Campaign (CSC), an initiative of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), graduated a group of exceptional students recently who had successfully completed a three-week, intensive ‘Cyber Safety Skills’ summer camp. Organised by CSC with the aim of providing young people a safe environment to access the Internet, the camp developed the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, which is responsible for Etihad Museum’s management and daily operations, has announced that the Museum has already received more than 1000 students since it opened to the public last January. The museum is expected to continue receiving students over ...

  HADRAMAUT / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) on launched on Saturday a project for drilling of artesian wells at Ramah Directorate in Yemen. The project aims to drill 18 wells in Hadramaut Governorate to benefit people living in the desert facing frequent water shortage. Hamdan Al Menhali, Supervisor of ERC at Hadramaut valley and desert, said that the implementation of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, will mark the fourth edition of Dubai Art Season with a citywide showcase of art and cultural events, held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of Dubai Culture. Running ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Tadweer (The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) announced the kick-off of a 3-month awareness campaign in Abu Dhabi main island Western Zone in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Municipality and Averda, the Municipal waste services contractor for the Western Zone of Abu Dhabi main island. Eng. Nayel Rashed Al Shamsi, Project Manager, Tadweer ...

  Bloomberg The White House sent conflicting signals about how it would address an appeals court ruling that halted President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S. entry by citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations, and Trump said he may issue an entirely new immigration order to revise the ban. A White House aide first said late Friday that the administration would ...

  JOHANNESBURG / AP A South Sudanese general has resigned while telling President Salva Kiir “you have disgraced yourself” by subjecting the civil war-torn country to ethnic bias and “unacceptable cycles of violence.” The resignation letter, dated Saturday and seen by The Associated Press, comes from Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the deputy chief of general staff for logistics. Government ...

  RIO DE JANEIRO / AP The government of Brazil’s southeastern state of Espirito Santo and military police have reached an agreement to end a strike that had paralyzed several cities and led to an uptick in violence. The agreement reached late Friday came after a week of strikes led by family members of the officers. Wives and other relatives ...

  ISLAMABAD / AP Seven Pakistani fishermen who remained jailed in Yemen for over a decade have been returned home. Najum Abbasi, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said on Saturday that the fishermen who hail from coastal areas in the provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh, had crossed international water boundaries 10 years ago and were ...