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The UAE Public Prosecution has explained the penalties for threatening others using weapons or models and structures simulating weapons. In a post on its social media accounts today, the Public Prosecution said that, according to Article 57 of Federal Decree-Law No. (17) of 2019 Concerning Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives, Military Hardware …

The UAE announces the suspension of inbound flights  from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, as of Friday, June 11, 2021. Transit flights coming to the UAE from other destinations and heading to these countries are excluded from the decision.

Dubai Sports Council, in cooperation with the “Dubai Economy”, issued a decision to close a sports facility for a full month and cancel a sport event organized by it for not complying with the COVID-19 precautionary measures.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Wednesday that it conducted 254,412 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus …

In its June 2021 volume (4:686), the legend scientific periodic, Communications Biology issued by the globally renowned “Nature Foundation”, published a scientific paper on the success achieved by UAE in proving the excellence of K9 Unit in detecting the COVID-19 free individuals, which supports and complements the PCR testing technique. …

Dubai Civil Defense have put out a fire that broke in an apartment on the 14th floor today at Al Saqr Tower in Al-Raqqa area.The operations room had received the report at 09:01 AM and immediately evacuated the building for the firefighting operations.The fire was extinguished at 9:40 AM without …

Reflecting an increased trend in saving behaviour among Emiratis and residents alike, the saving accounts in UAE national banks drew AED9.77 bn during the first four months of 2021, statistics by the Central Bank of the UAE have revealed. The new liquidity brings to AED199 bn the cumulative balance of …

Global credit rating agency Fitch has affirmed Ras Al Khaimah (RAK’s) Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a Stable Outlook, continuing the level of rating held by the emirate for 13 consecutive years. The report cited that the rating was supported by the benefits of RAK’s membership …

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), has launched the largest coral reef rehabilitation project in the region, including more than one million colonies of coral reef through a …

Dr. Taher Al-Amiri, the official spokesman for the NCEMA: • 84.66% of the total eligible group aged above 16 have been vaccinated, while 95.27% of the elderly group who are above 60 years have received the vaccine. • Due to the importance of vaccines and their effective role in controlling …