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  Agencies China saw a steady increase in its natural gas output in April, official data showed. The country’s natural gas output was 17.7 billion cubic meters in April, up 4.7% from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In the first four months of this year, China reported a total of 74.7 billion cubic meters of ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Expo Centre Sharjah announced that it has decided to postpone the 3rd edition of the Jewels of Emirates Show due to the country’s 40-day mourning period following the passing of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The event, which was originally set for June 2nd to 5th, has been rescheduled to June 30 to July ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council, has affirmed that the Palestinian cause has always been at the heart of the foreign policy priorities of the UAE since its establishment, and that the UAE, politically and diplomatically, stood shoulder to shoulder with sisterly countries against all Israeli measures and decisions that have aimed to ...

  Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), has hailed the emirate’s pioneering efforts in safeguarding and protecting the environment in line with national and global sustainable development principles and practices. HH Sheikha Jawaher noted that the ongoing long-term investments in ...

  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 ...