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CAIRO / WAM Under the theme “Innovate for Health”, the Ministry of Health and Prevention’s (MoHAP’s), Training & Development Centre in Sharjah launched a two-month marketing awareness campaign on innovation in the health sector. The campaign comes in line with the UAE Government trends to enhance the awareness about innovation and to make the culture of innovation an integral part ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), announced that it set a new record by handling more than 10 million containers representing a milestone achievement for Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT1). The record number was achieved serving the MV MSC Alexandra, a vessel belonging to ADT’s long-term partner and customer (MSC) and deployed on the 2M DRAGON/AE20 service. The ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Denis Manturov, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, co-chaired the 9th meeting of the UAE-Russia Joint Committee, which held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Addressing the meeting, HH Sheikh Abdullah stated that the meeting is complementing the works of previous ...

Aden / WAM The UAE is continuing to support Yemenis, under the framework of its humanitarian mission to ease their suffering and improve their living conditions, through reinforcing service sectors in the country’s liberated governorates, especially the education sector. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), inaugurated Has-Hasa Elementary School in Al Saeed District, Shabwa, with the attendance of Ali Naasan, Director ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi, stated that the visit of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, to the UAE is taking place during a historic period when the bilateral ties between the UAE and Russia have witnessed significant progress. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs on Sunday launched the World Logistics Passport, as part of the first phase of the Dubai Silk Road strategy, to help boost the role of the Dubai Silk Road and expand demand for Dubai’s products, services and integrated transportation systems. The unique initiative will also further augment the growing role played by Dubai Customs in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Obaid Rashid Al Hassan Al Shamsi, Director-General of the National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), stated that the UAE is playing a key role in providing aid and supporting victims of humanitarian crises. In his speech marking the International Day of Disaster Reduction on 13th October, Al Shamsi said that the UAE’s humanitarian ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), launched a platform to issue interactive digital judgments, the first-of-its-kind in the world to use the latest technology in judicial systems, allowing interactive judgments to be issued with special characteristics and advantages that help litigants understand and proceed with judgments, and will be translated into five languages. Yousef Saeed Al-Abri, ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Cabinet has approved a policy to enhance the country’s position as a global hub for gold and jewelry trade, along with initiatives and tools to support its implementation. The aim of the new policy is to enhance the competitiveness of the UAE in the gold markets regionally and globally while maintaining its position on the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sixty percent of the work on the Razeen Labour Cities External Road and Infrastructure Construction Project at Al Wathba South has been completed, and work is progressing according to plan, according to the Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada). The ZonesCorp project, being constructed at a cost of approximately AED314.25mn, employs some 946 workers across 13 ...