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  Sharjah / WAM The University of Sharjah (UoS) is the first university in the Arab World to earn a Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (Stars) Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (Aashe) in Florida, United States. Stars, is a global rating system and a transparent, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has stressed that the UAE’s health system is fully prepared to handle the spread of monkeypox, adding it is proactively investigating and closely monitoring any suspect cases. Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa and is occasionally exported ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The 31st edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (Adibf, organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), begins on Monday under the theme’Inspire, Innovate, Enrich’. The Fair, running from May 23-29 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre ...

  Bloomberg Oil headed for a fourth straight weekly gain as optimism about the outlook for demand eclipsed concerns about tighter monetary policy and an economic slowdown that have combined to roil wider financial markets. West Texas Intermediate futures traded near $112 a barrel, and are heading for the best run of weekly increases since mid-February. Prices has been pushed ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Paul Biya of Cameroon on his country’s National Day, which is marked on May 20. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, also sent similar message to ...

  Dubai / WAM A total of 2,043 real estate transactions worth AED7.2 billion were conducted during the week ending May 20, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department. A total of 228 plots were sold for AED1.14 billion, 1,328 apartments and villas were sold for AED3.58 billion. The top three transactions were a land in Hadaeq Sheikh ...

  Dubai / WAM A delegation from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), led by Director-General Salem Al Marri, has visited Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to explore potential collaboration in research and the use of EGA’s UAE-made aluminium in space. Al Marri was received at EGA’s Jebel Ali site in Dubai by Chief Executive Officer Abdulnasser bin Kalban, and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Australia-UAE relations have witnessed tremendous growth since the country’s diplomatic mission was opened here in 2004, with Australian businesses growing sixfold and Australians living in the Emirates almost fourfold, Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Australia had a diplomatic presence in the UAE since 2004. Since then, until 2022, diplomatic relationship ...

  DUBAI / WAM DP World has won an important award from the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), recognising its work to plant new mangrove forests around the Guayaquil port in Ecuador. DP World Posorja, which operates the port, earned first place in the Climate and Energy category for its ‘Sembrando Vida’ mangrove project, competing alongside 237 schemes ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan would make the UAE a global technology leader, Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley told the Emirates News Agency (WAM), adding that “Australia would be part and parcel of that progress.” “I think the most important thing we will see in his (His Highness Sheikh Mohamed’s) term as ...