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ADU students win EGA grant to build AI-powered drones, robots

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has awarded an AED150,000 grant to three proposals put forth by Abu Dhabi University (ADU) Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering students. The grant will support the winning proposals to build drones and robots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), in preparation for EGA’s third edition of the AI Robot competition, according to the ...

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Ministry provides over 1m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Abu Dhabi / WAM In line with the plan of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) to provide the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to all residents and help them acquire the required immunity, reduce the rate of infection, and contain the spread of the virus, the ministry on Sunday announced that it has bypassed the milestone of one million doses ...

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Sharjah’s Quran Academy showcases Islam’s beauty, says Sheikha Jawaher

Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), reiterated the contributions of the Holy Quran to the development of human civilisation for thousands of years while affirming that its teachings have paved the way for key milestones and human achievements in the ...

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Nakheel Malls embarks on data transformation journey

DUBAI / WAM Nakheel Malls, the retail arm of master developer Nakheel, has launched its data transformation initiative as part of a customer-centric strategy to benefit retailers and customers across Nakheel Malls’ assets. Using machine-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence-enabled data products, the fully governed, advanced platform provides key insights to more than 3,000 tenants by studying retail habits, purchases and ...

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UAE a key economic partner of South Korea: Kita chairman

ABU DHABI / WAM Kim Young-ju, Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (Kita), stated that the UAE and South Korea have had solid bilateral relations since the start of their diplomatic ties in the early 1980s, adding that the two friendly countries established a strategic partnership in 2018 during the official visit of Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, ...

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Dubai South welcomed 650 new companies in 2020

DUBAI / WAM Dubai South announced that its Business Park succeeded in attracting 650 new companies as well as leasing of 945,488 square feet of space in 2020 despite the challenging times. In light of the impact of Covid-19 on the business landscape last year, Dubai South realigned its offerings and rolled out an array of stimulus packages to support ...

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South Sudan’s major power provider closes

Bloomberg South Sudan’s main electricity provider will stop supplying power to the national grid after the government failed to allocate the foreign exchange it needs for operations. The Ezra Construction and Development Group supplies 33 megawatts to the Juba Electric Distribution, for which it is paid in foreign exchange. The government is contractually obliged to allocate Jedco hard currency as ...

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World shouldn’t laugh at America too soon

In much of the world, the sight of a mob storming the United States Capitol to keep their leader in office was met not just with horror but with, let’s face it, schadenfreude. Finally! The US, which has for decades lectured other democracies about their imperfections and failures, had an anti-democratic moment of its own. Some in India responded in ...

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London, Paris have a lot in common

The British and the French form “un couple infernal.” The two nations coexist in close geographical proximity and are bound together by a long history of affection and aversion. The aversion part is more widely noticed than the mutual respect. A 1980s TV sketch, featuring the comic Rowan Atkinson, showed him wearing a black beret and striped Maillot top and ...

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