ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Ministry of  Culture and Youth and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has announced a fund to support world heritage, document conservation and capacity building initiatives at a number of sites across Africa. The fund will be launched in collaboration with the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE and Republic of Albania have discussed ways to develop bilateral collaboration in government development during an official visit by a UAE government delegation to Tirana, as part of the UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme. This comes within the efforts of the two sides to activate the collaboration agreement in government development, signed in the presence ...

DUBAI / WAM  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai approved the “Dubai Master Plan for Public Beaches” that aims to increase the total length of public beaches in the emirate by 400 percent. The plan, which forms part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, features ...

ABU DHABI / WAM  Chaired by His Highness Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, the Ministerial Development Council held its meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, addressing a number of legislations, policies and initiatives to further advance the government work ecosystem. The council discussed the National Sports Strategy ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) has announced that the production of desalinated water using low-carbon intensive reverse osmosis (RO) technology from the Taweelah RO facility has surpassed 90 percent capacity, producing 183 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD), equivalent to 831,935 cubic metres per day, of desalinated water. This makes Taweelah RO the world’s largest ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched a community awareness campaign highlighting the risks of excessive salt consumption and advocating for healthier lifestyle choices. The campaign aims to encourage the public to follow a diet rich in wholesome foods and low in salt and to protect the community from health complications such as high blood ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Expo Centre Sharjah has stressed the critical need to foster economic and trade ties among Arab nations by strengthening the exhibition and conference industry across Arab nations, enhancing its performance, and ensuring its sustainable growth. While receiving ambassador Mohammedi Ahmadi Al Ni, Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Economic Unity at the centre, Saif Mohammed Al ...

BLOOMBERG Chinese stocks in Hong Kong plunged as a weakening currency, disappointing earnings and worries over the US debt-ceiling deadlock saw traders trim positions ahead of a long weekend. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed 2.2% lower on Thursday, capping its worst seek since March before markets close on Friday for a holiday. XPeng Inc fell the most following ...

BLOOMBERG Nasdaq futures rallied and chipmakers soared as a bullish sales forecast from Nvidia Corp ignited gains in companies linked to the frenzy for artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia shares soared 23% in US premarket trading after its forecast for surging revenue surprised even the most optimistic analysts on Wall Street, propelling the company to the cusp of a $1 trillion ...

ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received here today Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The meeting addressed the bilateral relations between the UAE and the Vatican in addition to a number of issues of interest, including ways to consolidate peaceful co-existence and tolerance among peoples of ...