Geneva / WAM The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a report issued jointly with the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The estimate is based on losses caused by the pandemic’s direct impact on tourism and ...

Dubai / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, on Wednesday released the first global images of Mars in the far-ultraviolet, providing new insights into the discrete aurora phenomenon in Mars’ nightside atmosphere. The images have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the interactions between solar radiation, Mars’ magnetic fields and the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Israel-UAE bilateral trade has reached over AED2.48 billion ($675.22 million), within ten months of signing the Abraham Accords in September 2020, according to Israel’s top diplomat. In an exclusive interview with Emirates News Agency (WAM), Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said, “It is estimated that the bilateral trade potential will multiply many times over in the ...