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DUBAI/WAM The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) has announced that Sunday,  September 15 2024, will be an official holiday for service centres handling the correction of violators’ statuses, in observance of the Prophet’s Birthday. This decision aligns with the Cabinet’s approved agenda for official holidays for the public and private sectors in 2024. The Directorate ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The United Arab Emirates has achieved a new milestone in the field of cybersecurity, as the International Telecommunication Union ranked it in the top global category (Pioneering Model) according to the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index. The UAE, represented by the Cybersecurity Council, met all 80 criteria of the index, achieving a 100% success rate. This ranking reflects the ...

DUBAI/WAM Dubai Taxi Company today announced that it had been awarded 300 new plates at the latest Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) auction, solidifying its position as Dubai’s largest taxi operator. The award increases DTC’s taxi fleet to almost 6,000 vehicles, increasing its taxi market share to 46% and demonstrating its commitment to serving the growing demand for sustainable ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The Ministry of Economy has announced that VeraViews will be incorporated in the UAE under the NextGen FDI initiative. VeraViews is a pioneering new digital advertising platform that uses distributed ledger technology to verify advertising views, eliminate the dissemination of harmful content and prevent bad actors from using the media supply chain to fund ad scams and extremist ...

GENEVA/WAM The World Health Organisation said on Friday it had cleared Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine, the first such shot to be approved by the agency for containing the spread of the disease in badly hit African countries, Reuters reported. The approval, known as a pre-qualification, comes as a new type of the virus spreads from the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Falconers’ Club, the 22nd Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) will take place from  August 30 to September 7, 2025 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi. The upcoming edition is expected ...

ABU DHABI/WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the UAE’s Participation in COP29, has stressed the importance of following up on the implementation of the historic UAE Consensus to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. This came as Sheikh Abdullah chaired the committee’s ...

ABU DHABI/WAM In a groundbreaking move towards a sustainable future, the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport has announced the launch of its cutting-edge Green bus service starting on Thursday. These buses are powered by clean hydrogen and electric energy. The initiative marks a significant milestone in the Green Bus Programme, developed by ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE PureHealth has marked the graduation of the second cohort of its Emirati Development Centre (EDC), in a ceremony that celebrated their achievements. The event commemorated the graduation of 121 Emirati talent from across PureHealth who participated in the EDC programme, a dedicated initiative by PureHealth aimed at developing highly skilled Emirati workforce, in line with the ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, on Thursday discussed various aspects of cooperation and joint efforts to enhance and expand the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries. During the talks at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, ...