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RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, today received at his palace at the Saqr bin Mohammed City, Alison Milton, Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the UAE. During the meeting, Sheikh Saud welcomed Milton and her delegation, and the two sides discussed ways to ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), Thursday announced the launch of the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) at Emirates Towers, AREA 2071. The new Centre aims to assist government entities in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, has attended the graduation ceremony of the 10th National Defence Course cohort (2022-2023), held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. His Highness congratulated graduates and wished them success in their mission ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Logistics and Services plc, a global energy maritime logistics leader, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a $975-million artificial island construction contract by Adnoc Offshore. As part of Adnoc’s In-Country Value programme, at least 75% of the total contract value for dredging, land reclamation and marine construction of an artificial island “G” for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Czech News Agency (CTK), aiming at strengthening and developing cooperation in news exchange. The MoU was signed virtually by Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director-General of WAM, and Jiri Majstr, CEO of CTK. The WAM-CTK collaboration is part of WAM’s efforts to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, has issued a law establishing the National Academy for Childhood Development, to be headquartered in Abu Dhabi as part of the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority. The academy aims to offer education, training and lifelong learning programmes related ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that Unit 4, the fourth and final unit at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, has begun its operational readiness preparations. The operations team at Barakah have now commenced the operational readiness testing required to demonstrate the unit is ready to receive the Operating License from ...

DUBAI / WAM  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued Decree No (22) of 2023 on the Board of Directors of the Dubai Real Estate Corporation. As per the Decree, the Corporation’s Board is chaired by HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, witnessed the honouring of a number of companies leading in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in recognition of their important role in consolidating sustainability practices. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed stressed the importance of strengthening and organising Corporate Social ...

LIMA / PERU / WAM The UAE and the Republic of Peru signed an air services agreement, with Mohammed Abdullah Al Shamsi, UAE ambassador to the Republic of Peru, signing on behalf of the UAE and Gervasi Díaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, representing Peru. This agreement will open new horizons for cooperation between the two countries and promote intra-trade. Al ...