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Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of the road safety campaign, the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) urged pedestrians to respect road safety rules by only crossing at allocated places, as well as use bridges and tunnels and follow pedestrian light signals at crossroads that operate in conjunction with traffic lights. The ADP also warned about risks posed by crossing roads ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A new research finding on radiation will support the UAE’s ambitious project to build the first human settlement on Mars by 2117, a scientist told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “Radiation is one of the biggest roadblocks in planning long-term space missions, especially the project to establish a human presence on Mars [UAE’s Mars 2117 project],” said ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) sent a relief plane to Sudan to provide the necessary and urgent humanitarian needs to support those affected by floods in several Sudanese states. This came in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia cut pricing for oil sales in October, a sign the world’s biggest exporter sees fuel demand wavering amid more coronavirus flare-ups around the globe. The kingdom’s state producer, Saudi Aramco, reduced its key Arab Light grade of crude by a larger-than-expected amount for shipments to Asia, its main market. It also lowered pricing for US buyers. Aramco ...

RIYADH / WAM The G20 education ministers held a virtual extraordinary meeting to emphasise the central role of education in enabling people to seize the opportunities of the twenty-first century especially during the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The ministers expressed their support for individual and collective efforts to mitigate the unprecedented consequences of the novel coronavirus ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Steel has named Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) as its credit insurance partner to provide export credit protection to its global exports. Emirates Steel has signed with ECI for a comprehensive trade credit insurance package, which will protect Emirates Steel against commercial risks of its customers such as insolvency, payment default, and political risks. Under the agreement, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) on Sunday said it carried out over 87,336 additional Covid-19 tests in the country over the last 24 hours, uncovering 513 new cases. It also announced the recovery of an additional 2,443 individuals from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 66,095. No new deaths were recorded ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the new national airline of the United Arab Emirates celebrates the arrival of its first state-of-the-art new Airbus A321neo aircraft to Abu Dhabi International Airport. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the joint-venture established between ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies, and Wizz Air Holdings Plc, has recently received national carrier ...

New Delhi / WAM India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar has described the enhancement of relations with the UAE as one of the top foreign policy achievements of the Narendra Modi government in its first five years in office. “The sense of extended neighbourhood, the much greater interest in the Gulf, much closer linkages, these are big changes that ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant, which was inaugurated in Cuba last year, has received a capacity boost to 15 megawatts (MW). The grid-connected project, financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) currently supplies enough electricity for an estimated 10,000 homes. The funding is part of ADFD’s commitment of $350 million to support renewable energy uptake ...