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  Dubai / WAM Dubai International (DXB) has won the ‘Airport of the Year’ award at the Aviation Business Awards 2022. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, received the award at a ceremony held in Dubai. DXB was chosen as the winner in the category based on its “unrivalled performance” over the past 12 months. The airport welcomed 28 million ...

  Dubai / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship free zone and government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has announced the launch of the DMCC Gaming Centre in support of the increasingly growing global and regional video games industry. Currently standing at $1.8 billion, revenues generated by the gaming industry in the Mena region are expected ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to Ibrahim Traoré, the President of the transitional period and President of Republic of Burkina Faso, on the occasion of his country’s Republic Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler ...

  Dubai / WAM The Museum of the Future received a global award recognising its commitment to diversity, accessibility, inclusion, and equity, reflecting its vision for a brighter future that is designed with everyone in mind. The museum won a Roy L Shafer Leading Edge Award, also known as an ‘Edgie’, which is presented by the Association of Science and ...

  Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates launched its latest space mission, Rashid Rover, as part of the Emirates Lunar Mission, representing a pioneering national endeavour in the space sector and a historic moment that, if successful, will be the first Emirati and Arab mission to land on the surface of the moon. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid ...

  Dubai / WAM Dr Mohammed Al Zarooni, Chairman of the World Free Zones Organisation (World FZO), headed a delegation from the World FZO on an official visit to the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Cuba to outline trends and factors to advance the future growth of free zones, in addition to identifying bilateral cooperation mechanisms to support the ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that more than four million insurance claims have been processed in the past eight months only through “Riayati”, the digital healthcare platform for the National Unified Medical Record (NUMR) programme, with an average of 28,000 transactions a day. The ministry also announced that since the launch of ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has completed 93% of the 829 megawatts (MW) 4th phase of the H-Station power plant in Al Aweer with investments totalling AED 1.1 billion. This phase will increase Al Aweer Power Station Complex total capacity to 2,825MW under climate conditions of 50 degrees celsius and 30% relative humidity. Key testing ...

  Dubai / WAM The Museum of the Future (MOTF) has received a global award recognising its commitment to diversity, accessibility, inclusion, and equity, reflecting its vision for a brighter future that is designed with everyone in mind. The museum won a Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award, also known as an ‘Edgie’, which is presented by the Association of ...

Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and in association with the Ministry of Community Development, the 21st cycle of the nationwide campaign, the “Clean UAE” reached its 4th stop – the emirate of Dubai. Armed with the successes achieved in the previous stops in Ajman, Fujairah and Sharjah, Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) ...