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ABU DHABI/WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) announced Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Paediatric Cardiac Surgery (PCS). SKMC will provide babies and children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) and related complications with comprehensive medical care, not only within the local community but also across the region and globally. SKMC’s team ...

DUBAI/WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) ‘s virtual employee “Rammas”, which uses generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), enriches the customer experience thanks to its superior ability to interact with users, better understand their needs, and respond promptly in both Arabic and English, while ensuring a safe and practical experience. DEWA is the first utility globally and UAE government entity to ...

DUBAI/WAM The Seventh Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) Ministerial Consultation will start in Dubai on Saturday, 10th February, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit, bringing together ministers of labour and human resources, along with senior officials, from member states. Abu Dhabi Dialogue is a voluntary consultative mechanism that aims to provide a platform for dialogue on best practices between ...

DUBAI/WAM Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has held a meeting with UAE entrepreneurs and founders of local businesses operating across diverse sectors. The session showcased the chamber’s numerous bespoke programmes aimed at supporting the global expansion of UAE businesses and enhancing their competitiveness in international markets. The meeting, which was ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA) Research Centre successfully hosted its groundbreaking three-day conference last month, ‘Quant for Quants’ (Q4Q), that aims at tackling questions on the impact of quantum computing in finance by gathering leading experts from finance, quantum technology firms and academia. Through this event, strategic partners ADIA Lab, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University ...

DUBAI/WAM The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, today released a series of unique new observations drawn from the first measurements of Mars’ atmosphere across a full Martian year (two full Earth years). The release celebrates the third year of science data gathering around Mars by the Hope probe and marks the accomplishment ...

RIYADH/WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the Arab consultative ministerial meeting on Gaza, which was held in Riyadh, at the invitation of H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participating in the meeting were Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, ...

AL ARISH/ WAM The UAE has set sail a fully integrated maritime hospital for Al Arish, Egypt, to provide necessary medical support to the Palestinian people. This initiative aligns with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide all forms of support and assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip, as part of ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM S&P Global Ratings, the world’s leading credit rating agency, expects the UAE’s real GDP to grow by 5.3 percent in 2024, compared to 3.4 percent in 2023. In a new report released today, the credit rating agency said that UAE banks reported exceptional profits for the full year 2023 due to lower provisioning requirements and higher interest ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has visited the General Women’s Union in Abu Dhabi. He was briefed on the union’s ongoing efforts under the guidance of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme ...