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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) today, officially celebrated the start of trading of the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) flagship crude oil, Murban, as a Futures contract on the new ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (IFAD) commodities exchange. During a high-profile launch event at Abu Dhabi …

Sharjah Private Education Authority sets school hours during the blessed month of Ramadan according to the following: • Schooling hours should not start before 9 am. • Working hours should not be less than 3 hours and not more than 5 hours. • Taking into account the reduction of homeworks, …

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced the launch of the updated version of the e-refund system for service fees and transactions for federal entities. The updated version provides new features that facilitate and expedite the procedures of refunding fees for all federal entities. Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Under-Secretary …

Fujairah Emergency and Crisis Management team call on all society members to take all COVID-19 preventive measures and to avoid social and family gatherings to limit the spread of the virus. The team has allocated the number (09-2051218) to report any violations.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Monday that it conducted 167,309 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 …

More than 126.77 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,904,831 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising hopes the busy waterway will soon be reopened. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given was successfully re-floated at 4.30 am local time (0230 GMT) …

The United Arab Emirates has commended the efforts made by the Arab Republic of Egypt in regard to the ongoing incidental vessel blockage in Suez Canal. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), the UAE valued the diligent work being done by the …

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, have launched “Life Sciences and Vaccine Manufacturing in the UAE” – a joint project by the UAE’s Group 42 and China’s CNBG (Sinopharm), to initiate the first COVID-19 vaccine …

The organising committee of the “Fazza-Dubai Para Badminton International Championship for People of Determination” named its third edition the “Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum 3rd Fazza-Dubai Para Badminton International 2021.” The championship will begin on Tuesday at the Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Hall, Al Ahli Shabab Sports Club, …