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UAE offers condolences over Brazil flood victims

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with Brazil over the victims of floods that have hit the Brazilian state of Bahia, killing scores of people, leaving tens of thousands displaced, and triggering widespread damage. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its sympathy with Brazilian government, sending condolences to ...

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Etihad, China’s CGO team up to create ‘Air Silk Road’

  ABU DHABI / Gulf Time Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and Henan Province Airport Group, the parent company of the Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport (CGO) — an important domestic aviation hub and the gateway to the central region of China — aim to establish a strategic partnership to strengthen aviation ties between the UAE and China. This ...

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Climate-driven extreme weather cost hundreds of billions in 2021

  Bloomberg Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study. Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummeled much of the eastern US with lashing rain in August, killed at least 95 people and cost the economy $65 billion. A month earlier, floods in Europe caused 240 deaths and ...

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