Major Dubai road project 75% complete, says RTA

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Corridor Improvement Project is now 75 percent complete. The project extends 8 kilometres (km) along Ras Al Khor Road from the intersection of Dubai – Al Ain Road to the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. Works include constructing bridges extending ...

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Suez Canal records highest daily traffic rate

  Dubai / WAM A record of 89 ships carrying a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tonnes passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal in both directions, the highest daily traffic rate in the international waterway’s history, stated Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie. 44 ships passed through the canal from the north with a net tonnage of three million ...

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EDB approves AED2.4b in finance during H1 2022

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Development Bank (EDB) held its board meeting to review results of the first half of 2022 and monitor the progress of its new strategy which was launched in April 2021 to support the UAE’s industrial development, accelerate the adoption of advanced technologies, and empower the growth of SMEs. The board meeting was held for ...

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Jawaher Al Qasimi issues directive to establish ‘Kanaf’ higher committee

  Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), has issued a directive to establish a higher committee to steer “Kanaf”, a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary, multi-agency child protection centre that provides prompt legal, psychological, and social support to child victims of abuse. The ...

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Dubai Chamber establishes digital assets business group

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has announced the formation of the Dubai Digital Assets Business Group (D2A2), which aims to strengthen the digital asset industry’s role in the economic development of the UAE and the wider Middle East region, enhance digital business infrastructure and support ...

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UAE announces 980 new recoveries from Covid-19

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 191,532 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. MoHAP also noted that an additional 980 individuals had fully recovered from Covid-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 977,608. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue ...

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UAE condoles with Cuba over oil tanker fire victims

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of Cuba over the victims of the oil tankers fire caused by a lightning strike at Matanzas, west of Cuba, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) expressed its sincere ...

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RTA: 75% of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Corridor Project complete

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Corridor Improvement Project is now 75 percent complete. The project extends 8 kilometres (km) along Ras Al Khor Road from the intersection of Dubai – Al Ain Road to the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. Works include constructing bridges extending ...

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China’s backlash shows neighbourhood who it is

When someone shows you who they are, believe them. China’s Asian neighbours are getting a lesson in the advice from the late US author and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, with Beijing firing missiles over Taiwan and landing five in Japan’s exclusive economic zone — something even North Korea tends to shy away from. Japan, of course, has little power ...

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Monkeypox now a health emergency in US

As monkeypox cases in the US climbed to more than 7,100, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the outbreak a public health emergency. It’s long past time. The formality came almost two weeks after the World Health Organization had officially deemed it an emergency — and days after individual states, including California, Illinois, and New York, had made ...

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