Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s MeznSat, a national project in partnership between UAE Space Agency, American University of Ras Al Khaimah (Aurak), and Khalifa University (KU) lifted off aboard a Soyuz-2b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. MeznSat aims to enrich scientific research and organise space-related activities while studying the greenhouse gas and red tide phenomenon in the ...

Bloomberg Oil has wavered on growing doubts over demand prospects with more potential lockdown measures on the way to combat the virus. The market was earlier buoyed by the dollar’s biggest slide in almost four weeks, which made commodities priced in greenback more attractive, as well as a bounceback in equities. Futures in London as much as 1.2% before paring ...

Dubai / WAM The Beit Al Khair Society spent over AED6 million on the treatment of patients at the end of September 2020, as part of the “Elaj Project.” The project is one of the society’s key community initiatives that aim to help low income people without medical insurance, benefitting 446 individuals. Abdeen Taher Al Awadhi, Director-General of the Society, ...