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SHARJAH / WAM Arada, a property development company in Sharjah, has announced that it has secured an AED250 million Islamic facility from Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) to finance general construction at its Aljada megaproject in the heart of New Sharjah. The credit facility is in addition to an initial AED300 million financing arrangement secured from the bank at the start ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM This month, young visitors to Kidzania’s outlets at The Dubai Mall and Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall, will learn how to easily grow healthy fruits and vegetables at home, through a unique interactive experience delivered by Masdar City-based start-up innovation, the HydroArtPod. As part of KidZania’s ‘Kids For A Greener World’ interactive workshop, kids will learn how ...

Bloomberg Violent protests in South Africa linked to the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma have spread to the nation’s economic hub in Johannesburg with another major road shuttered. That follows the closure of a key trade route in the country’s KwaZulu-Natal Province after trucks were torched before the weekend. Parts of the N3 Toll Route, which links the port ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has announced the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information Security Strategy. The strategy will serve as a framework that defines the important principles that guide the comprehensive approach to enhance Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector to securely and effectively mitigate cyber threats. DoH is the first entity in the region to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have announced the suspension of all inbound flights for national and international carriers coming from Indonesia and Afghanistan, effective 11:59 on Sunday, July 11. The travel suspension includes inbound transit passengers except transit flights coming to the UAE and ...

BISHKEK / WAM Ulugbek Maripov, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, said that the UAE is an inspiring model in empowering people of determination, especially with the support and efforts of its wise leadership to make the country a pioneer in this field. This came during his meeting in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, with Majid Al Osaimi, President of the Asian Paralympic ...

Dubai / WAM The huge potential of the UAE’s advanced agricultural technology sector to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was a key topic taking centre stage at the UAE National Food System Summit Dialogue, which was held virtually. Hosted by Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, the dialogue under the theme ‘Special Zones for Modern ...

Bloomberg The Taliban’s lightning-fast advance to control more territory in Afghanistan is raising alarms from Russia to China, as US President Joe Biden’s move to withdraw troops disrupts a balance of power in South Asia that has held steady for about two decades. At least 1,000 Afghan troops this week retreated into Tajikistan, prompting the country mobilise an extra 20,000 ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, stressed that the Expo 2020 Dubai will be a global platform for foreseeing a future full of opportunities for generations to come. The UAE, which has a unique international developmental legacy established by the late Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has completed 84.52 percent of the 829 megawatts (MW) 4th phase of the H-Station power plant in Al Aweer with investments totalling AED1.1 billion. This phase will increase the station’s total capacity to 2,825MW under climate conditions of up to 50 degrees Celsius. The project is expected to be operational by ...