ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee for the Covid-19 pandemic has approved the cancellation of Covid-19 testing entry requirements, effective Sunday, September 19, as part of the updated procedures to enter Abu Dhabi from within the UAE, announced on Saturday. The decision follows the announcement of a decreased Covid-19 infection rate in the emirate ...
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM The seventh World Green Economy Summit (WGES), being held on October 6-7 at Expo 2020 Dubai, is set to tackle some of the critical sustainable development pillars, one of which is global food security and its role in green growth. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) and the World Green Economy Organisation (WGEO) are organising ...
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Moscow / WAM The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has explored ways to advance cultural partnerships between Sharjah and Russian cities during its participation in Moscow’s 37th International Board on Books for Young People Congress (IBBY World Congress). The authority also organised two creative sessions on the occasion, bringing together an elite group of Emirati and Russian authors and artists to ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Financial Action Task Force (FATF) accredited Dr Mariam Butti Al Suwaidi, Deputy CEO of Securities and Commodities Authority, as the first UAE woman to be chosen as an accredited assessor expert in evaluating the systems of combating money laundering and terrorism financing and the effectiveness of these systems using the evaluation methodology issued in 2013 by ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 354,614 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business To support its planned ramp-up operations, Emirates has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees to join its Dubai hub over the next six months. These roles are Dubai-based positions and frontline customer-facing roles, and both jobs offer exciting opportunities for friendly, energetic, and service-oriented people to meet and ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Majid Al Futtaim the leading shopping malls, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia has announced the expansion of its people development programme that is set to create thousands of career opportunities for Emirati talent across multiple industries in the UAE and beyond in response the UAE government’s federal Nafis programme. ...
Read More »Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat offers best-ever lineup of iPhone and iPad, including innovative and elegant iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13, and iPhone 13 mini, highly capable and affordable iPad (9th generation) and iPad mini, with a new all-screen design. Redesigned inside and out, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max introduce the most advanced ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM As a sign of its commitment towards the vision of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) will be participating in the country’s largest expo ever – Expo 2020 Dubai. Based in the Sustainability Pavilion, EAD will be screening four of its prominent documentaries that reflect the hard work ...
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One of the Taliban’s first acts after they swept to power in Afghanistan a month ago was to force most working women out of their jobs and into their homes. That’s going to add to the risk of starvation facing the country after years of crop failures and the collapse of this year’s wheat harvest. In an aid-dependent economy already ...
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