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Sharjah Private Education Authority confirms the readiness of schools and educational institutions to receive the students in the emirate’s private schools on January 3, as part of its plan for the second term of the academic year 2020/2021. Parents are free to choose between “direct”, “hybrid” or “remote” education models …

Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy has many successes to its credit in its remarkable journey towards expanding the base of women who practice sports under the slogan “Moving forward”. Preparations for the New Year have begun on the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy’s agenda after a year of …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Wednesday it conducted 150,244 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 cases …

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus, Reuters reported. Matt Hancock, UK Secretary of State for Health and Social …

The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) in Abu Dhabi has announced that it will offer “Park & Ride” service for the public starting from 2nd January, 2021. The service allows individuals to park their vehicles in dedicated parking spaces in the suburbs of …

Ajman Police announces the extension of the 50% traffic fines discount scheme, cancellation of the vehicle impoundment, and traffic points until January 15, 2021, for the violations committed before November 23, 2020. This scheme excludes violations for driving a vehicle in a way that endangers the lives of the road …

More than 81.5 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,781,355​ have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Wednesday. With 334,933 deaths and over 19.3 million confirmed cases, the United States tops the list of twenty countries with the highest recorded …

The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee, in coordination with Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, has approved remote learning for the first two weeks of the new school term, starting 3 January 2021. The decision applies to all students at both public and private schools in the …

The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, today inspected the operations room, set up to secure the New Year’s eve celebrations at the Burj Khalifa and on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard in Downtown Dubai. The inspection visit was held in the presence of Brigadier Saif …

Mohammed bin Rashid: Today, the UAE has handed over its national pledges and commitments in the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, in which we commit to reducing carbon emissions by a quarter before 2030. Climate change will be humanity’s most prominent battle in the coming decades to preserve the planet …