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Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) inaugurated the world’s first mosque to receive the platinum rating for green buildings by the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED v4) from the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC) with 83 points. The mosque in Hatta can accommodate more than 600 worshippers on an area of 1,050 square metres according ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Saturday announced that it has been awarded the Best Regional SMS Service Provider at the fifth annual Carrier Community (CC) Global Awards ceremony in Berlin. The CC Global Awards, which are independently judged by a panel of telecom analysts and experts, recognise innovations and achievements among telecom wholesale operators and ecosystem partners around ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 335,439 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...

Dubai / WAM Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is intending to launch a new route for public buses in Dubai and improve the services of three other bus routes starting this September 9. The move aims to expand the internal bus network and step up the integration of mass transit means in the emirate. The new route, which is named ...

Sharjah / WAM With the aim of qualifying job seekers in the media field from university and college graduates registered with the Human Resources Department of the Government of Sharjah, the Sharjah Media Training Centre (SMTC), affiliated to Sharjah Broadcasting Authority has launched the “I Can” initiative in its second edition, which will run until December 30. The initiative includes ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Women in Falconry is one of the main topics of the conference “The Future of Falconry”, which will be hosted in the next edition of Adihex in cooperation with Unesco and organised by Emirates Falconers’ Club and the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) which currently has 110 associations from 90 ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), the investment promotion agency of Dubai Economy, has welcomed the announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) of its plans to open data centres in the UAE in the first half of 2022. The new AWS Middle East (UAE) Region will consist of three Availability Zones and become AWS’s second region ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the supervision of the Higher Committee of Digital Government in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Department of Government Support (DGS) represented by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA) has announced the official internet top level domain name for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, “.abudhabi”, which represents the digital identity of the emirate in the ...

Bloomberg Oil slipped ahead of an Opec+ meeting that should see further output added to a market that the group sees as needing extra supply. West Texas Intermediate falls by 1.3% after losing more than 7% in August, the biggest monthly decline this year. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies including Russia are expected to ratify ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist Houthi militias’ attempts to attack civilians and civilian objects in Najran, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a ballistic missile, which was intercepted by Coalition Forces. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the UAE reiterated that these systematic terror attacks by the Houthis reflect ...