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  Abu Dhabi / WAM AD Ports Group has launched Kizad Communities Development and Services Company, a project that aims to champion the staff wellbeing across the full value chain. Kizad Communities will provide integrated solutions for staff residential communities, including new developments, new services, and property management solutions. The new project will take on the operations of the existing ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM BBC Travel, a designated BBC portal for travel stories, has praised on Thursday the UAE’s “resilience” during the Covid-19 global pandemic. “Even as the Omicron variant has parts of Europe on lockdown again, the UAE has managed, so far, to stay open to most travellers while keeping infections low,” said the report headlined “Why is ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Central Region Department of the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) implemented a number of development projects during 2021. As many as 80 projects have been implemented for network modifications and the installation of approximately 50 transformers in the central region. Cables have been extended to implement these projects with up to 197,624 km ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 405,418 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 necessary treatment. ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has honoured three teams of young aspiring entrepreneurs for their unique and outstanding business ideas for new edition of Rising Stars Competition during a ceremony at the Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park. The announcement came after 126 high school students aged 13-18 from 21 schools, had pitched their innovative ideas ...

  New York / WAM The United States has condemned the Houthi militia’s hijacking of the UAE-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Hodeidah, which took place on January 2. “The Houthis’ flagrant transgression is a threat to the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and compromises international trade and regional security,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price said ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has discussed with Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, the strategic bilateral relations between the UAE and US. In a phone call, the two sides also reviewed a number of regional and international issues of common interest and the efforts ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 469,028 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 necessary treatment. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), the overarching entity mandated to shape Abu Dhabi’s advanced technology R & D ecosystem, on Wednesday announced the launch of VentureOne, a new commercialisation arm to bring innovative research solutions to market at speed, and monetise all IP being generated at TII’s centres and beyond. Three specialised advanced ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) won two main international and regional awards in three                 sub-categories of Human Resources and Development in 2021. RTA won Gold Stevie International Award for Qiyadi Programme and Bronze Award for Future Leaders Programme. Additionally, RTA won the GCC Gov HR Awards – Organisation ...