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Abu Dhabi / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, has affirmed during her meeting with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, that the UAE was one of the first countries to provide support to UNRWA. Moreover, the minister underscored that ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates airline and Airlink announced an interline agreement, widening Emirates’ reach into Southern Africa as countries begin opening their borders for travellers. Emirates’ agreement with Airlink will provide its customers enhanced connectivity via its gateways Johannesburg and Cape Town to more than 25 domestic destinations in South Africa and more than 20 regional destinations in Southern Africa. ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post, in collaboration with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and the UAE Space Agency, issued on Tuesday the distinctive commemorative stamp ‘Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe’ to celebrate the UAE’s historic first mission to the Mars and its broader space ambitions. The commemorative stamps feature four different images, two of which illustrates the design of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 112,196 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP announced 1,077 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 117,594. The ministry also noted an additional ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Islamic Bank launched the “Joud” prepaid card in cooperation with the Sharjah Charity International, which enjoys a list of qualitative benefits and added value aimed at digitizing the process of transferring funds and monthly financial aid from the association to about 1,300 needy families. The cards are aimed at making it easier for those in need ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved a Resolution to endorse the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement and full diplomatic relations between the UAE and the State of Israel. It also directed the initiation of constitutional procedures to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM ADQ, one of the region’s holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy, announced it entered into a non-binding agreement with Lulu International Holdings (LIHL) paving the way for an investment supporting LIHL’s expansion of operations in Egypt of up to $1 billion. The agreement was signed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM An Emirati delegation, led by Khadim Abdulla Aldarei, Co-Founder and the Vice Chairman of Al Dahra Holding, has visited Israel upon an invitation from Netafim, one of Israel’s leading companies in the field of innovative irrigation solutions and advanced agriculture, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel. During the visit, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Net international reserves in the UAE grew 1.1 percent during August this year to AED353.15 billion from AED349.25 billion in July, according to the statistics shown by the central bank of UAE. The balance of foreign securities, and other foreign assets increased to AED12.66 billion and AED32.43 billion, respectively during the same month. When a country ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71 and the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s (MCIT) Digital Innovation Centre struck a new strategic partnership to increase collaboration that drives digital innovation and tech entrepreneurship between the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The three-year agreement aims to foster international knowledge exchange and talent growth in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, in addition to ...