SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Charity International (SCI) revealed that the number of orphans it has sponsored for the first half of 2022 has reached 27,055. SCI allocated AED31.6 million to sponsor the orphans in more than 21 countries around the world, in addition to sponsoring orphans inside the country in cooperation with the Sharjah Social Services Department. Mohammed Rashid ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Information & Communication Technology Sector Development Fund (ICT Fund) has announced that scholarships granted by the “Be’tha” programme have reached 1,876 since the launch of the programme back in 2010. The scholarships focused on developing national human cadres in ICT-related disciplines such as Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, ...

Japan observed the end of World War II on Monday, an anniversary that even 77 years later remains a source of contention both domestically and overseas. Statements by the country’s leaders are routinely examined for whether their level of contrition matches expectations. In the not-too-distant past, it was often a day for prime ministers to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, the ...