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ABU DHABI/WAM EDGE Group entity Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has announced that it will integrate the MANSUP surface-to-surface missile on its Fast Attack Vessel, which will be launched at NAVDEX 2025. The vessel will be designed and built in the UAE by ADSB as a First of Class and will showcase several EDGE products related to the maritime sector ...

​ DUBAI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Office of Development and Martyrs Families Affairs at the Presidential Court, has visited the Dubai Airshow 2023 and toured the stands of exhibitors showcasing the latest innovative products from the defence, civil aviation and aerospace industries. His Highness visited the stands of a number of exhibiting ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM On its third and final day, the second edition of the Global Media Congress (GMC), held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, witnessed the honouring of the winners of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) competition for the best ...

NEW YORK / GULF TIME The United Arab Emirates today welcomed the adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 2712, which calls for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip sufficient for the unhindered delivery of full, rapid and safe humanitarian aid. The resolution also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, especially ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, the Sheikh Zayed Festival will begin tomorrow and run until 9th March 2024. This year’s edition will see substantial participation from ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Caroline Faraj, Vice President CNN Arabic, said that the United Arab Emirates has become a leading hub for major regional and international media entities, given its incentive environment that attract and encourage creators and innovators. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines of her participation in the Global Media Congress, ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, on Thursday received Bogdan Octavian Badica, Ambassador of Romania to the UAE, at the Saqr bin Mohammed City. Sheikh Saud and the Romanian ambassador reviewed a number of issues of mutual interest and ways to boost the distinguished ties ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), and its partners Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), EDF Renewables and JinkoPower, together with procurer Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), have inaugurated the world’s largest single-site solar power plant ahead of the UAE hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). The 2 GigaWatt Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic Independent Power Project was ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Tabreed, the world’s leading district cooling company, reported its financial results for the nine-month period ending on September 30. During the first nine months of the year, Tabreed sustained positive momentum, recording a robust top line of AED1.8 billion, a 10 percent increase year-on-year, compared to AED1.7 billion in the same period last year. Attributed to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) will host 38 ecosystem players, technology providers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups at its pavilion and the Startup Village during COP28. Located at the Technology and Innovation Hub, the MoIAT pavilion aims to bring together local and international entities in the industry and advanced technology sectors ...