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  Abu Dhabi / WAM The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) signed a partnership agreement with the UAE Space Agency, for research-based cooperation and knowledge-sharing in the space sector. A delegation from the university, consisting of Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim, its president, Professor Mousa Mohsen, dean of the School of Engineering and director of RAK Research and Innovation ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Youth Council held its first meeting of 2017 to discuss its achievements in 2016, as well as its annual plan for 2017. Thanks to the efforts made by its members, the council was able to identify the hopes and needs of the nation’s youth and carry out the 2016 work plan, backed by significant ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) announced that the food safety rating in the UAE has witnessed a 24 % increase in the last three years to reach 98% in 2016 compared to 74% in 2013. This came as a result of combined efforts between the Ministry and the local authorities in ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE has become a hub for equestrian endurance sports, and a factory producing champions who display the high stature of the UAE at global competitions, said Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This year, the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Festival attracted riders from across ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced a new phase in the construction of Units 3 and 4 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, with completion of these units now more than 50 percent complete. The recent progress significantly advances ENEC’s goal of delivering safe, clean, efficient and reliable nuclear energy to the ...

  Sharjah / WAM In presence and patronage of HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the 15th edition of the Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival will begin today. The festival will run until January 13 and will host a number of Emirati and Arab poets. The event will honour Moheieldeen Al Fateh from ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Thousands of male Emirati workers and university graduates on Saturday enlisted for national service, reporting for duty at four training camps across the UAE, as part of a seventh batch of recruits. Members of this intake will undergo military and physical training programmes, designed in line with the highest global standards reflecting the Armed Forces GHQ’s ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business With just ten days remaining in the run-up to the inauguration of the region’s much-anticipated international artistic platform for children – the fifth edition of the Sharjah Children Biennial (SCB) – a press conference to announce the details of the event will be held at Al Qasba’s Maraya Art Centre tomorrow. Held under the patronage ...

  Bloomberg India forecasts its growth will slow to a three-year low even before the effects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cash clampdown start to show. Gross domestic product will grow 7.1 percent in the year through March, the Statistics Ministry said in a statement. However, the numbers don’t consider data from November onward, when Modi shocked the nation by ...

  Bloomberg Southeast Asia’s worst-performing currency of 2016 is in for another tough year with President Rodrigo Duterte’s spending plans seen boosting imports just as rising US interest rates spur capital outflows. The peso is forecast to be collateral damage as an economy growing faster than 7 percent and the government’s infrastructure program drive demand for inward shipments. This year ...