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  Dubai / WAM The Museum of the Future is connecting with people from around the world through its online store, which offers memorabilia inspired by the museum’s design and exhibits, and also gives a glimpse into its rich experiences. The new store, which comprises six unique collections, represents a window for visitors to recall their experience in the form ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has delivered an inspiring audio message to students as the new academic year begins in UAE schools. In his speech, which was broadcast in classrooms across the country this morning, His Highness welcomed students and teachers to the start of what he hoped would be a ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has selected its latest cohort of tech startups from a large number of applicants worldwide that chose to setup and scale from the UAE’s capital. For the next two years, the new cohort will participate in Hub71’s Incentive Programme, benefiting from equity-free incentives worth up to AED500,000 and access ...

  Sharjah / WAM “Museums Express” initiative, launched by the Sharjah Museums Authority in early 2019, attracted more than 11,817,000 students from the emirate’s public schools, after resuming its tours that were halted due to the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic in November 2021, and is the first initiative of its kind, at the level of the region and the ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has announced it is all set to organise “Al Maleh and Fishing” festival in cooperation with the Dibba Al Hisn Municipality and Municipal Council. The SCCI added that all preparations are in place, and the festival is scheduled to kick off on September 8, in Dibba Al Hisn ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the launch of third Edition of Tamkeen (Empowerment) programme designed to attract fresh Emirati graduates from local and international universities and colleges in various academic specialisations. The programme will enable graduates who have been unemployed for the past three years to pick up the skills needed to be ...

  MOGADISHU / WAM Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship at the port of Mogadishu, Emirati charity organisations, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and other authorities responsible for distributing relief aid, have begun distributing aid to residents in areas affected by drought in parts of Mahas and Mataban in Hiran Governorate, Hirshabelle State. Mohammed Ahmed ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar City, the regional home of technology innovation and R&D in Abu Dhabi, has announced the opening of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute’s first Middle East headquarters. The opening was attended by the Institute’s global CEO, Jarad Daniels, who was visiting the region as part of a five-day tour, accompanied by the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Defence – represented by the Joint Operations Command – has begun operating an air bridge to transport humanitarian aid provided by the UAE to Pakistan. The relief aid includes shelter materials, humanitarian needs, food and medical parcels for those affected by torrential rains and floods, with the aim of contributing to supporting ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirati women have invested AED34.6 billion at the Abu Dhabi bourse since the beginning of the year until mid-August, figures by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) have revealed. This represents a 74.7 percent growth over the corresponding period last year, when their trading value was around AED19.8 bn, ADX said in a statement marking ...