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  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC), in its seventh session, held as part of the fourth regular session of the tenth legislative term at its headquarters in Sharjah, chaired by Ali Mehd Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Council, discussed the policy of the Sharjah Districts and Villages Affairs Department (DVAD). Sheikh Majid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Member ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time The American University in the Emirates (AUE) announced that it has accepted its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and the Schools Committee for Colleges, which is an institutional accreditation body for evaluating gatherings to ensure the quality and integrity of education. This came during a press conference held by the university at its ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that it has applied financial contributions to private sector companies for failing to achieve the Emiratisation targets stipulated for the year 2022. This is in line with the implementation of the UAE cabinet’s resolution to raise the Emiratisation levels of skilled jobs by 2 percent ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a message of condolences to His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan on the death of Dr. Abd al-Salam al-Majali, the former Prime Minister of Jordan. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A UAE plane carrying the second consignment of household generators has arrived in Warsaw, Poland, as part of the assistance sent by the Emirates for the Ukrainian civilians affected by the ongoing crisis. In December, the UAE announced that its sending 2,500 household generators to civilians affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine that has disrupted ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties (Aldar) in partnership with Diamond Developers has launched The Sustainable City – Yas Island, a sustainability-centric community offering a new way of life for residents in Abu Dhabi. The family friendly development, which builds on the strengths of The Sustainable City – Dubai, is a walkable community in the surrounds of open green spaces, ...

  Dubai / WAM The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s $2 billion retrofit programme has been deployed on Friday on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003. The retrofit work was done on A6-EVM, the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, said, “Customers will notice ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has been crowned with the Global Excellence Assembly awards 2022, based in the US, in the “Organisational Achievements” category. This is in recognition of Dewa’s global achievements in total quality and excellence. Dewa is the only entity worldwide to win this category in the second round of the award this ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties (‘Aldar’) in partnership with Diamond Developers has launched The Sustainable City – Yas Island, a sustainability-centric community offering a new way of life for residents in Abu Dhabi. The family friendly development, which builds on the strengths of The Sustainable City – Dubai, is a walkable community in the surrounds of open green spaces, ...

  Sharjah / WAM The 11th edition of Pink Caravan Ride (PCR), a breast cancer awareness initiative of UAE-based non-profit, Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), will commence its annual ride around the seven emirates on February 4, coinciding with World Cancer Day, and marking the internationally recognised day with a unique awareness programme on all forms of cancer. The Pink ...