February, 2017

• 13 February

  UAE envoy inks pact to fund four model villages in Sudan

    KHARTOUM / WAM Hamad Mohamed Humaid Al Junaibi, the UAE Ambassador to Sudan, signed a contract to build four model villages with 1,200 traditional ‘Qateya’ housing units in the Sudanese state of Kassala, which will benefit over 5,000 people. He signed the agreement on behalf of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Sudanese ...

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• 13 February

  DEWA, Tesla discuss cooperation prospects

    DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), discussed future cooperation opportunities with Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of Tesla, the American company specialised in electric vehicles and energy storage. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second day of the World Government Summit 2017. Al Tayer discussed ...

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• 13 February

  DarkMatter to exhibit cyber security defence tools at IDEX 2017

    ABU DHABI / WAM DarkMatter, the international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, will debut its capabilities targeting the defence sector at the upcoming International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017), in Abu Dhabi. Taking place from February 19-23 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, DarkMatter will launch its RF Jamming solutions, and Command, Control and Monitoring ...

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• 13 February

  Ministry of Education, Expo Center Sharjah to boost job opportunities

    SHARJAH / WAM The UAE Ministry of Education signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with Expo Center Sharjah on Monday, ahead of the 13th International Education Show, to be held from February 15-17. The event also coincides with the 19th National Career Exhibition. The MoU, signed by Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education for Academic ...

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• 13 February

  Education ‘key’ to country’s economic prosperity: WB

  

    Dubai / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has launched a global education platform that gathers annually during the World Government Summit, with the aim of supporting education worldwide, and support children education among ...

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• 13 February

  VP, UN chief discuss peace, terrorism

  

    Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, received United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday with whom he discussed peace, terrorism and war. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

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• 13 February

  ‘Emirates Innovative Teacher’ honoured

    Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the winner of the “Emirates Innovative Teacher Award” on Monday. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of ...

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• 13 February

  Dubai Crown Prince receives Uber’s CEO, Snapchat’s CSO

    Dubai / WAM Crown Prince of Dubai HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received on Monday at Madinet Jumeirah, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. His Highness welcomed the move of the company to inaugurate its regional headquarter in Jebel Ali, Dubai. He also stressed the importance of providing all the facilities for the company to expand its operation ...

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• 13 February

  UNESCO chief underscores importance of inclusive, quality education to drive sustainable progress

    Dubai / WAM UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, gave a keynote address at the 5th World Government Summit (WGS) held in Dubai, where she underscored the importance of inclusive, quality education and new forms of international cooperation to drive progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The event took place on Monday in the presence of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler ...

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• 13 February

  Mohamed, UN chief discuss global peace and stability

  

    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 Monday received Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, UN, at Al Bahr Palace. The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince welcomed Guterres and congratulated him on assuming his post as the UN Secretary-General, wishing ...

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