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ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted various areas in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and killed several innocent people and injured others. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation stressed that the UAE strongly condemns these criminal acts and fully rejects all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at destabilising ...

Bloomberg Oil held gains in New York after rising above $60 a barrel for the first time in a year as a deepening energy crisis in the US disrupted crude production and forced the shutdown of some of the nation’s biggest refineries. As much as 1.7 million barrels a day of oil output has halted and deliveries via pipeline suspended ...

N’DJAMENA / WAM Sheikh Shakhbut bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, has met with President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, on the sidelines of the two-day seventh regular session of Heads of State of the G5 Sahel summit in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed bilateral relations and ways to further develop ...

VIENNA / WAM The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a $20 million public sector loan agreement with Kenya to increase regional connectivity, enhance trade and improve the socio-economic welfare of about 1.6 million people. The loan will finance the upgrading of the 90 km Samatar – Wajir Road, a part of the North and North-Eastern Development Initiative ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology; and Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, and Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, co-chaired the ministerial meeting of the inaugural UAE-Maldives joint committee on Tuesday. During the meeting, both sides discussed a number of issues of interest ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has entered into a strategic partnership with Advanced Cure Diagnostic Centre (ACDC), following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Founded in 2007 as a comprehensive ambulatory care unit with over a dozen specialities, the ACDC is home to leading physicians across a variety of medical fields. The MoU promotes ties ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) to support its Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under the MoU, Etihad Cargo will aid the worldwide distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices, and other critical supplies to respond to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM EPI, the precision engineering backbone of the UAE’s aerospace and defence industry, on Tuesday announced that it is joining forces with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), home to the UAE National Space Programme, to manufacture key components for its new satellite project MBZ-SAT. The six-month-long project will see EPI producing 147 machined parts for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of Women’s Union (GWU), stressed that HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) the “Mother of the Nation,” is exerting all possible efforts to support and empower women around ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 193,163 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding scope of testing nationwide to facilitate early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out necessary treatment. As part ...