DUBAI / WAM Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that reading, and the spread of knowledge, are key to the development and progress of nations. His Highness also praised the role played by media outlets in promoting reading habits and turning it into a social culture ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business More than 300 high-level government representatives from 100 countries – the largest number ever represented at an IRENA Council meeting – gathered on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi to attend the 12th Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). At the outset of the meeting, IRENA’s Director-General Adnan Z. Amin, presented the annual report ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE got its first-ever children’s speciality hospital with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurating the Al Jalila Children’s hospital on Tuesday. The 200-bed, state-of-the-art hospital will provide tertiary and, eventually, quaternary paediatric healthcare services. The establishment of the medical facility was ...