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  Chernobyl / AFP The world’s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled on Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch — nearly as long as two football pitches and taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty — will edge into place over ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended on Sunday the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Sunday approved ‘Dubai Street Museum’ project, a new public art project that seeks to highlight Dubai’s unique identity, values and aspirations. Spearheaded by Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas signed on Sunday Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on Political Consultations and Visa Exemptions. HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and his counterpart the Honourable Frederick Mitchell, Bahamas’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration signed the two agreements here ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Eight new rural solar energy projects have been completed, and are now operational, across the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in western North Africa, doubling the UAE’s total contribution to the country’s clean energy capacity to 31.6 megawatts (MW). Delivered by Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, in collaboration with Mauritania’s national electricity provider, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts on Sunday announced that its #DPR NationalPride tickets sold out in less than two hours giving 27,000 guests the chance to experience LEGOLAND Dubai and Bollywood Parks Dubai at the National Day anniversary equivalent price of 45 AED. Last week, Dubai Parks and Resorts confirmed it will celebrate UAE National Day ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In a new survey by Bayt.com titled ‘Top Cities in the Middle East and North Africa’, both Abu Dhabi and Dubai ranked the highest for cities to live in. The ranking was based on several factors including economic, environmental, standard of living, socio-cultural, and entrepreneurship factors. The survey determined that the top 10 cities ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business World leaders and official government delegations attending the recently concluded 22nd session of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakech renewed their commitment to translating the outcomes of the Paris Climate Agreement into concrete steps and successful projects towards reducing the impact of global warming ...

  AFP Chinese household debt has risen at an “alarming” pace as property values have soared, analysts say, raising the risk that a real estate downturn could send shockwaves through the world’s second largest economy. Loose credit and changing habits have rapidly transformed the country’s famously loan-averse consumers into enthusiastic borrowers. Skyrocketing real estate prices in major Chinese cities in ...

  AFP Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock decision to scrap most of India’s curr- ency was hailed by some as a masterstroke against endemic corruption, but signs are emerging that it may hit the economy hard. The sweeping overnight abolition of all high-value notes was supposed to bring billions in so-called “black”, or undeclared, money back into the formal system. ...