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  ABU DHABI / WAM NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) research scientist Dimitra Atri has produced the world’s first ever Mars Atlas in Arabic. The atlas uses data exclusively created from the UAE’s Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), also known as Hope or Al-Amal, in an aim to make the Hope probe’s findings more accessible to both the UAE’s Arabic-speaking population and ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), announced that Dewa has plans to invest AED40 billion on capital expenditure in the next five years including the expansion of renewable and clean energy projects. He noted that Dewa plans to invest about AED16 billion to strengthen and expand electricity and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways announced that it has become the country’s first airline to join the In-Country Value (ICV) Programme. The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) is expanding the programme’s scope to include new sectors like aviation as part of the national industrial strategy to sustain economic growth and raise the efficiency and competitiveness of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar on Wednesday announced that 23 graduates successfully completed its annual Women in Sustainability, Environment, and Renewable Energy (WiSER) Pioneers Programme, which empowers women aged 25 to 35 to lead sustainable change in their communities and careers. Now in its fourth year, more than 70 young women representing 17 nationalities have graduated from the WiSER ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) has announced awarding AED1.2 million in funding across five significant research projects related to Early Childhood Development (ECD). The projects will be conducted by researchers and academics coming from local and international higher education institutions. The move comes within the ECA’s efforts to develop and implement an effective ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber members’ exports and re-exports surged to AED129.4 billion during H1 2022, marking a 17.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The number of certificates of origin issued also rose 8.9 percent year-on-year to exceed 357,000. The growth momentum reflects the Chamber’s ongoing efforts to expand and improve its services that are ...

  PARIS / WAM The Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Government of France have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to maximise the social and economic benefits of climate action and raise ambition for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, as well as support for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and TotalEnergies signed a strategic partnership agreement to deepen their long-standing partnership and explore new opportunities for growth across the energy value chain. The agreement was signed by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Adnoc Managing Director and group CEO, and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain on the death of Shaikha Mathayel bint Ali bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai issued 45,653 new business licences in the first half (H1) of 2022, registering a growth of 25% compared to same period last year. The numbers reaffirm the success of the government’s innovative new strategic approaches and policy amendments that have revitalised the economy and stimulated a strong flow of local and foreign investment, enabling the ...