ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Astronaut Programme is embarking on a new journey of achievements with the return of astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi from the International Space Station (ISS), following the successful completion of the longest space mission in Arab history, which lasted six months. Launched in 2017, the UAE Astronaut Programme prepares Emirati astronauts for manned missions to ...

DUBAI / WAM The governments of the UAE and the Federative Republic of Brazil have launched a partnership to exchange knowledge and expertise in the economic fields, in a first-of-its-kind initiative within the Government Experience Exchange Programme, which focuses on partnerships and enhancing cooperation with governments in sharing knowledge and expertise in the fields of modernisation, development and government. The ...

AMDJARASS / WAM The UAE humanitarian team present in Amdjarass, Chad, continued distributing food parcels to Sudanese refugees and the local community in the village of Herakaia and its environs, with the follow-up of the UAE’s Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA). The UAE humanitarian team in Chad comprises representatives from the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the Zayed ...