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UAE, Serbia keen to boost cooperation in education

BELGRADE / WAM Branko Ruzic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia, received Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education. Ruzic welcomed Al Hammadi, lauding the distinguished bilateral relations between the two countries and the continuous keenness to promote them for the benefit of the two peoples. Al Hammadi highlighted the Ministry ...

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EGA completes Al Taweelah smelter expansion

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Sunday announced the completion of an expansion to the company’s Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi. The expansion added 66 new reduction cells in total to three potlines at Al Taweelah, boosting production capacity by some 78,000 tonnes of hot metal per year at one of the largest aluminium smelters in ...

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Johnson can’t duck Tory sleaze row as UK criticism mounts

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing growing criticism over his party’s conduct, as a former Conservative prime minister and opposition members speak out against him following a lobbying scandal. Johnson is “trashing the reputation of our democracy,” opposition leader Keir Starmer said in a BBC interview, after the prime minister outlined plans to overhaul rules on politicians’ behavior ...

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COP26: UAE’s joint initiatives to boost public-private alliances

GLASGOW / WAM The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) launched two new initiatives, one in collaboration with Majid Al Futtaim and the other is in collaboration with the private sector at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The initiatives aim to increase the involvement of the private sector in the UAE’s efforts to reduce greenhouse ...

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UAE wellbeing indicator is in accelerated progress, says Hessa Buhumaid

DUBAI / WAM Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development and Chairwoman of Digital Wellbeing Council, emphasised that the UAE wellbeing indicator achieved accelerated progress in social, healthcare, educational and economic aspects supported by the UAE leadership and its future vision in light of the changes to enhance the new methodology of government action. Coinciding with the year of ...

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UAE condemns Houthi bid to target Jazan, Khamis Mushait

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has expressed its strong denunciation and condemnation of the attempts by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia to target civilians and civilian objects in a systematic and deliberate manner in Jazan and Khamis Mushait in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with two booby-trapped drones, which were intercepted by Coalition forces. In a statement issued ...

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UAE Infrastructure and Housing Council discusses future plans

Dubai / WAM The newly-established UAE Infrastructure and Housing Council held its first meeting to discuss the challenges, priorities, policies and legislation that serve the direction of the state and contribute to realising aspirations of the government for the welfare of the Emirati people. The council also reviewed the housing plans for the coming years and the provision of multiple ...

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Expo 2020 Dubai now home to 121 Leed-certified buildings

Dubai / WAM More than 120 permanent buildings across Expo 2020 Dubai have been certified by the US Green Building Council in a major sustainability milestone, not only for the mega-event itself, but for its legacy project District 2020, the human-centric sustainable smart city that will repurpose 80 percent of the Expo site. Seven buildings across the 4.38 sqkm location, ...

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Taiwan challenges UN exclusion on sidelines of COP26 summit

Bloomberg As the world’s powers wrestle over the future of the planet in Glasgow, another politically fractious issue will play out on the sidelines of the COP26 summit — Taiwan’s exclusion from international organisations. Two weeks after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for Taiwan to have a greater role at the United Nations, a delegation from Taipei, led ...

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