Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ has identified new observations, in addition to its nominal set of observations, about Mars’ atmosphere in its fourth batch of scientific data. Collected by the Hope Probe’s instruments during its mission in Mars’ orbit from December 2021 to February 2022, the latest data demonstrate the capabilities of the instruments, ...
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UAE announces 1,940 new recoveries from Covid-19
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 300,076 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Friday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the ...
Read More »EHS wins international ‘excellence award’
DUBAI / WAM Emirates Health Services (EHS) announced that it has won the Smart Government Awards 2022 for Digital Government Content, announced by the International Excellence Foundation, which works to advance e-government and smart government websites from its base in Florida, USA. The win was announced at an awards ceremony held on 29th June at M?venpick Grand Al Bustan ...
Read More »Etihad ‘Sustainable 50’ A350 makes inaugural flight to New York
Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways celebrated the arrival of its new Airbus A350-1000 in the United States following the inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 30. The aircraft, which accommodates 371 passengers, is one of five new Airbus A350s to join Etihad’s fleet this ...
Read More »Seha, Jaheziya partner to boost education, research
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaheziya, the UAE’s largest and most comprehensive training initiative established on December 19, 2020. The agreement was signed at Seha’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi with the goal of fostering cooperation between the two entities to develop educational ...
Read More »EDB approves trade finance facility for JLW to execute data centre in Masdar
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Development Bank (EDB), the key financial engine of the UAE’s economic diversification and industrial transformation agenda, has announced the approval of a trade finance facility to JLW Middle East, to design, build and handover a 60 megawatts (MW) data centre (with a day 1 capacity of 31.8MW) located in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. ...
Read More »Dubai, Japan to enhance ties in real estate sector
DUBAI / WAM Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director-General of Dubai Land Department (DLD), received Noboru Sekiguchi, Consul-General of Japan in Dubai, to witness DLD’s pioneering position in the real estate sector, especially in the real estate registration field, and strengthen methods of cooperation between Dubai Land Department and the authorities concerned with real estate registration in Japan. During the ...
Read More »Dubai’s Yiwu Market opens doors to public
DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Yiwu Market, a hybrid shopping complex that will empower regional and global supply chains, held its official opening ceremony on Thursday, reinforcing Dubai’s status as a global trade hub connecting the East with the West A partnership between DP World and China Commodity City Group (CCC), the AED600 million Yiwu Market is the first phase ...
Read More »Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum opens new store of ‘Carter & White’
Dubai / Gulf Time Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum inaugurated the third store of the UAE brand “Carter & Whiteâ€, a company specialised in designing and manufacturing clothing, in City Centre Mirdif in Dubai. Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum had a tour at the new store, which is the largest in terms of size and department stores, ...
Read More »Etihad Airways returns to Beijing
Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has announced that it resumed passenger flights between Abu Dhabi and Beijing. Etihad Airways inaugural flight EY888 landed in Beijing on Thursday morning at 05:25 (local time), becoming the first regular direct international passenger service to return to Beijing under the latest mandate of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State ...
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