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DUBAI / WAM  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai approved the “Dubai Master Plan for Public Beaches” that aims to increase the total length of public beaches in the emirate by 400 percent. The plan, which forms part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, features ...

ABU DHABI / WAM  Chaired by His Highness Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, the Ministerial Development Council held its meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, addressing a number of legislations, policies and initiatives to further advance the government work ecosystem. The council discussed the National Sports Strategy ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) has announced that the production of desalinated water using low-carbon intensive reverse osmosis (RO) technology from the Taweelah RO facility has surpassed 90 percent capacity, producing 183 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD), equivalent to 831,935 cubic metres per day, of desalinated water. This makes Taweelah RO the world’s largest ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched a community awareness campaign highlighting the risks of excessive salt consumption and advocating for healthier lifestyle choices. The campaign aims to encourage the public to follow a diet rich in wholesome foods and low in salt and to protect the community from health complications such as high blood ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Expo Centre Sharjah has stressed the critical need to foster economic and trade ties among Arab nations by strengthening the exhibition and conference industry across Arab nations, enhancing its performance, and ensuring its sustainable growth. While receiving ambassador Mohammedi Ahmadi Al Ni, Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Economic Unity at the centre, Saif Mohammed Al ...

ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received here today Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The meeting addressed the bilateral relations between the UAE and the Vatican in addition to a number of issues of interest, including ways to consolidate peaceful co-existence and tolerance among peoples of ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, on Wednesday received Heidi Finamore, Ambassador of Australia to the UAE. During the meeting, Sheikh Saud welcomed Finamore and her delegation, and the two sides discussed the cooperation between the UAE and Australia. Sheikh Saud lauded the deep-rooted relations between the two ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has started receiving applications from exhibitors and companies from around the world to participate in the 25th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS). The exhibition is organised by Dewa under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has joined global partners such as the US, Japan, and South Korea to commit up to $275 million towards nuclear energy in Romania. The announcement, made by US President Joseph R Biden at the G7 Summit in Japan, is the first major nuclear energy initiative to be supported under the Partnership for Accelerating Clean ...

PARIS / WAM Sébastien Chenu, the Vice-President of the French National Assembly (Parliament), expressed his full confidence in the UAE’s success in hosting COP28 in November this year, emphasising the importance of continued coordination between the two countries to achieve the goals of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, given that Paris had hosted the same event before. Describing ...