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ABU DHABI / WAM Many stories have emerged that highlighted the UAE’s efforts to help those who have suffered since the start of novel coronavirus crisis. These efforts have written the UAE’s history in letters of light, through its honourable work, which has brought to the rest of the world its humanitarianism in times of crises. After a US citizen ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Monday sent an aid plane containing five metric tons of medical supplies to Botswana to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. The aid will assist approximately 5,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the virus. Commenting on the aid delivery, Mahash Saeed Al Hameli, UAE Ambassador ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), announced that the slogan, “Preparing for the next fifty years: Women are the support of the nation,” will be the slogan for Emirati Women’s Day. This ...

GENEVA / WAM The International Publishers Association (IPA) is offering financial support to African publishing entrepreneurs to overcome the staggering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in 2020 and beyond. Under a four-year $800,000 fund administered by the IPA in partnership with Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organisation, the grants for 2020 will be directed towards locally-owned, digital learning ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it is gearing up to help shape a post-pandemic world and create a better future for all after a two-thirds majority of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Member States voted in favour of postponing the next World Expo by one year. The event will now run from October 1, 2021 to ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation launched the unified National Call Center, Tawasul 171, within the framework of the initiatives approved by the Federal Government Services Continuity Committee. Tawasul 171, an initiative launched in the context of enhancing coordination and concerted efforts between the government and private sectors to support national efforts in facing the ...

Dubai / WAM The ‘Digital Knowledge Hub’ – a platform launched by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, MBRF, to promote the dissemination and production of knowledge – has devoted a special section to book summaries from MBRF’s ‘Book in Minutes’ initiative. The foundation had introduced the initiative more than six years ago to provide summaries of best-selling ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has developed and launched its new interactive chat platform ‘Saif’, a friendly deep learning chatbot powered by Artificial Intelligence, AI technology. ‘Saif’ is designed to enhance ADU’s website offerings and boost user’s experience in obtaining information. The newly launched chatbot was developed in-house by ADU’s expertise and is designed to self-learn and ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Directorate of Human Resources (SDHR) issued a study entitled “Effects of coronavirus pandemic on local business sectors and jobs,” to show the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on a number of sectors in the emirate. The SDHR’s study noted that businesses that were able to fully transform to online operations are the “winning” works where jobs ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs continues its recognisable role in facilitating legitimate trade, enhancing the national economy and supporting the national efforts against the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. In Q1 of 2020, around 24.314m tons of goods passed through Dubai Customs’ sea and air shipping centers despite the international economic downturn due to the pandemic crisis. Dubai Customs’ ...