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NAIROBI / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, the President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto, and African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat, have affirmed their commitment to work towards realising ambitious climate action in the Global Stocktake year. In a joint statement, they said that both Africa Climate Summit ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre will organise the Children’s Literature Workshop at the Cultural Foundation from September 12 to  November 14, as part of its Qalam Creative Writing Programme, which aims to nurture Emirati talent and encourage authors to share their creative projects. Taking place over 10 sessions, the workshop will be supervised by Dr ...

ANKARA / WAM Saeed Thani Al Dhaheri, UAE ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye, attended the launch of the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival in the capital, Ankara, an event considered the largest of its kind. Al Dhaheri met with Selçuk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baykar, the organisers of the event, in addition to several officials ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE Cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi, in the presence of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court; HH Sheikh Maktoum bin ...

ABU DHABI/WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent a message of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on the passing of Prince Jalawi bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, approved 25 new scholarships for postgraduate studies at the University  of Sharjah (UOS) for Sharjah citizens, who were accepted to enroll in the university’s various programmes for the academic year 2023/2024. The third batch of postgraduate scholarships comprises 3 doctoral scholarships, 21 ...

NAIROBI / WAM The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) and the African Union Development Agency (Auda-Nepad) have signed an agreement aimed at supporting African countries in their efforts to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. The agreement was signed on ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Jamil Kawar, Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) at ICEYE, an international satellite manufacturing company, said the success of astronaut  Sultan Al Neyadi’s mission had enhanced the UAE’s leadership in space sciences and its track record as a leader in the global space industry. In his statement to the Emirates News Agency ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates NBD has announced it invested in Komgo, a leading software development and technology services company transforming the trade finance industry. The strategic equity investment was made by Emirates NBD’s Innovation Fund, the bank’s corporate venture fund. Emirates NBD’s corporate venture capital arm will enable the group to invest in tech start-ups and companies supporting its digital ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is inviting Chinese tourists and residents to experience Golden Week, a national holiday celebrated annually during October. Guests visiting the emirate, especially those who are experiencing it for the first time, will get to explore a wide variety of experiences to mark the occasion and ...