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CAIRO / WAM Adel bin AbdulRahman Alasoomi, President of the Arab Parliament (AP), has congratulated the UAE on the success of astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi’s space mission and his safe return to earth from the International Space Station (ISS), marking the longest Arab space mission in history, which lasted all of six months. Alasoomi commended what AlNeyadi and UAE work teams ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has rolled out the “Back to School” and “My School Bag” initiatives in collaboration with Madinat Zayed Municipality Centre. These initiatives underpin the municipality’s dedication to fostering cooperative relationships across various sectors. With partnerships from Al Ittihad Private School, Sharjah American School, and Rabdan School, the “Back to School” initiative welcomed ...

DUBAI / WAM Medlab Middle East will return to the Dubai World Trade Centre from February 5-8 with a host of new features, including a new zone, Next Gen Medicine, which will focus on the transformative potential of early disease detection and preventive medicine. This year’s edition of the show follows a record-breaking year in 2023, where Informa Markets, the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support (SIARA) has opened nominations for its 8th annual edition, calling on humanitarian changemakers in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and beyond to participate in one of the world’s leading honours presented to NGOs whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of refugees and internally displaced people. Nominations ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Al Dahra, an Abu Dhabi-based global company in the agricultural sector, has signed a partnership agreement with Al Marzoom Reserve, a unique wildlife reserve that covers an area of 923 square kilometres in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, to enhance the conservation of local species of flora and fauna, like the desert rabbit, antelopes, Houbara Bustards ...

NAIROBI / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, the President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto, and African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat, have affirmed their commitment to work towards realising ambitious climate action in the Global Stocktake year. In a joint statement, they said that both Africa Climate Summit ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre will organise the Children’s Literature Workshop at the Cultural Foundation from September 12 to  November 14, as part of its Qalam Creative Writing Programme, which aims to nurture Emirati talent and encourage authors to share their creative projects. Taking place over 10 sessions, the workshop will be supervised by Dr ...

ANKARA / WAM Saeed Thani Al Dhaheri, UAE ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye, attended the launch of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival in the capital, Ankara, an event considered the largest of its kind. Al Dhaheri met with Selçuk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baykar, the organisers of the event, in addition to several officials ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE Cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi, in the presence of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court; HH Sheikh Maktoum bin ...

ABU DHABI/WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent a message of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on the passing of Prince Jalawi bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai ...