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DUBAI/WAM Professor Yacine Aït-Sahalia, Professor of Finance and Economics at Princeton University, winner of the Great Arab Minds Award in Economics for 2024, stated that this award is an excellent initiative that showcases success stories in the sciences and the arts and provides role models for young people in the region to emulate. He said that winning the award and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, presided over the meeting of the Ministerial Development Council held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The meeting reviewed several policies and updates on the implementation of national agendas and programmes aimed at supporting the government system and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The  (MoHESR) has signed two strategic partnership agreements with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai to support scholarship students and streamline the accreditation of higher education institutions in the emirate. This move aligns with the UAE’s commitment to enhancing higher education quality to keep pace with global trends and labour market requirements. The first agreement ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM), in collaboration with the Bulgarian Institute of Polar Research, participated in its first joint scientific expedition to the South Pole, a unique achievement that reflects the UAE’s firm commitment to leading global scientific research and enhancing international partnerships in the fields of meteorology and climate science, emphasising its pivotal role in addressing ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced a significant milestone in its national surveys project, with a 95% completion rate for the National Health Survey and 78% for the National Nutrition Survey, marking a significant step toward building a robust health database. The national surveys project is set to enhance the UAE’s health system’s readiness ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, has successfully launched its Thuraya 4 (T4) telecommunications satellite into orbit. The launch represents a significant milestone in Space42’s journey as a provider of premium geospatial data, geospatial analytics AI platforms and services, non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and secure connectivity solutions. The satellite was launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to King Abdullah II of Jordan, over the passing of Princess Majda Ra’ad. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has launched Abu Dhabi Registration and Licensing Authority (ADRA) to further enhance and regulate the business sector across the emirate. The launch follows the Abu Dhabi Executive Council’s resolution to establish ADRA to oversee the registration of businesses in the emirate and its non-financial economic free zones and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Under the patronage of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) will take place from January 12 to 18 in Abu Dhabi, bringing together global leaders to accelerate sustainable development and advance socioeconomic progress. As the first major event in the global sustainability calendar, ADSW 2025, ...

DUBAI/WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the implementation of a series of housing projects worth AED5.4 billion to benefit citizens across different areas of Dubai. The projects will see 3,004 new homes being built for Emirati citizens. Of these, 1,181 homes will come up in Latifa City ...