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Dubai / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) advises the users to be aware of the updated version of the ransomware ‘Petya’, which started spreading globally on Tuesday and breached thousands of computers and servers around the world. “The breach disabled, encrypted, and locked users from accessing their computers without paying a sum of Bitcoin, and that’s when a group ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), is urging consumers to limit their use of electrical appliances during peak-load hours from 12 noon to 18:00 every day during the summer months. The appeal comes as part of DEWA’s annual campaign dubbed, “Let’s Make this Summer Green”, which aims to boost awareness about importance of adopting sustainable practices and ...

Cairo / WAM A total of 900,000 children and elderly people across Egyptian villages have been offered free medical treatment through more than 55 medical caravans as part of the Zayed Giving Initiative, bringing to over six million the number of children and old people who have benefited from the scheme across the world. The mobile hospitals, which are fully ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Airbus and Al Bayt Mitwahid Association on Wednesday announced the names of seven UAE students, selected to be part of the inaugural Future Scientists programme launched with the support of the Ministry of Education and Abu Dhabi Education Council. The seven students, selected to represent the UAE’s seven emirates, are: Suhail Raeesi, Saoud Morad, Fatmah Al ...

RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM A delegation from RAK International Corporate Centre (RAKICC), a premium corporate registry for International Business Companies (IBCs), has travelled to Cyprus this week. Led by RAKICC CEO, Joe Moynihan, the delegation held meetings with potential partners and industry advisors to discuss the benefits of international businesses incorporating in RAKICC. While in Cyprus, Moynihan also spoke at ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Xpress Money has recorded a 12% increase in remittances in the first two weeks of Ramadan as compared to the same period last year. The increase is reflected in outward remittances to South Asia, the Levant and other parts of the MENA region. “Ramadan is the month of giving, and we traditionally witness that remittances back ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The amended executive regulations of this year’s Federal Traffic Law No. 21 will be implemented from July 1, as per Ministerial Resolutions 177 and 178 (2017) regarding traffic control rules and procedures. Brigadier Ali Khalfan Al Dhaheri, Director-General of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police, called on drivers to follow traffic rules and laws while confirming ...

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has contributed AED 1 million as ‘Edeya’, or Eid gift, Dar Al Ber Society’s orphans on the auspicious occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. Khalfan Khalifa Al Mazrouie, Chairman of Dar Al ...

Sharjah / WAM Over 2,300 officials are participating this year in the Rationalisation Hour initiative launched two years ago by the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA), and approved by HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Accordingly, 2.30pm to 3.30pm the peak hour of electricity usage is observed as Rationalisation Hour ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A total of 34,250 children have benefited from the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), Eid clothes project worth about AED 3 million within the UAE, and in 60 countries around the world. The value of the ERC’s Eid clothes donations within the country reached AED1.4 million, which benefitted 2,500 orphaned children and children in need. The value ...