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The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA-Dubai) has launched a new fast-track passport control service that uses face and iris-recognition technologies. Director General of GDRFA-Dubai Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Deputy CEO of Dubai Airports Jamal Al Hay, Chief Operating Officer of Emirates Airline Adel …

The National Center of Meteorology forecasts that tomorrow’s weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a probability of light rainfall by night over some coastal areas and islands.Humid by night and Wednesday morning, with a chance of mist formation over some internal areas.

Official delegations representing the United Arab Emirates and the State of Qatar met in the brotherly State of Kuwait today, Monday, February 22, 2021, in the first meeting between the two sides to follow up on the Al-Ula Declaration. The two sides discussed joint mechanisms and procedures to implement the …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 3,451 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 5,557,793 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 56.19 doses per 100 people. The vaccination drive is …

As audio social platform Clubhouse continues to gain momentum, Twitter is working to quickly evolve and roll-out its own version of the same, with Twitter Spaces gradually trickling out to more users, and getting new feature upgrades in line with user response. Over the past week, Twitter has previewed a …

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced on Monday that its Thamama Centre of Excellence (Thamama) has generated $1.1 billion (AED4.04 billion) in business value since its inception in 2017. The announcement was made at ADNOC’s Innovation Week, which is taking place virtually from 21st -25th February. Named after …

Upon the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Monday that it conducted 156,430 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 …

H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, approved an amount of AED500 million for the establishment of a sanitation network and an integrated sanitation network in the Muwailih area. Commenting on this, Eng. Ali Bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, member of the Sharjah …

Mohammed bin Zayed: It is a pleasure to announce the start of IDEX 2021. IDEX is an important defense platform shaping the global defense industry and also helping to forge new partnerships between countries.