Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended on Wednesday a banquet hosted in his honour by Ali Abdullah Al Sha’far at his residence in Umm Suqeim district 1, Dubai. HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has highlighted Sharjah’s efforts to preserve the environment and bio-diversity by the conservation of many endangered plants and animals. He added that 3 to 4 million trees can be planted every year from available seed stock. During his visit to the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday offered his heartfelt condolences to the families of martyrs Rashid Ali Mohammed Al Duhoori and Obaid Jawahar Obaid Al Mazrouie. Al Duhoori was killed while carrying out his national duty as part ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) announced winners for the January edition of the monthly Instagram Photo contest, ‘Teaching’. HIPA received submissions under the hashtag #HIPAContest_Teaching, through its official Instagram account. The six winners hail from Indonesia, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Winners will receive their respective ‘HIPA ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Pavilion at the 31st Al Janadriyah, the National Festival for Heritage and Culture Festival in Saudi Arabia, witnessed a huge turnout with festival goers keen to experience its distinguished cultural and historical heritage. The pavilion, supervised by Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture (TCA), unveiled artistic performances and other entertainment activities that witnessed ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) world’s largest district cooling services provider, won the 2016 Marketing, PR and Communications Award presented by the Corporate Vision Magazine, a British publication specialising in business and corporate sectors. Empower won the award in Designing and Marketing, the Most Innovative Brand category, for its campaign “Saving Starts At 24C.” The campaign ...

  Goma / DPA In the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Congo, the world’s largest lava lake cooks restlessly above the city of Goma, occasionally emitting 1,100-degree-Celsius bursts in what experts warn can precede a cataclysmic eruption. Hundreds of thousands of people who built homes in the immediate path of any new lava flow are acutely endangered. Yet ...

  LOS ANGELES / DPA In the exclusive Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles sits a new monument to opulence, a $250 million mega-mansion that’s now the most expensive home listed in the United States. The four-level, 38,000-square-foot mansion comes with a seven-member staff, a $30 million car collection and an infinity pool complete with a swim-up bar, 270-degree views ...

  Ankara / Emirates Business The 9th Ministerial meeting of the Joint Economic Committee between the UAE and Turkey was in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The session was chaired by HE Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, and Mehmet Simsek, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey. Also present were Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai South on Wednesday announced the completion of the first phase of its Aerospace Supply Chain Facility at Aviation City. The new facility is in line with the focus of the Dubai Industrial Strategy, launched last June by Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which aims to ...