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The United Arab Emirates today sent an aid plane containing 12 metric tonnes of medical supplies, testing kits and ventilators to Jordan. The aid will assist approximately 12,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. Ahmed Ali Al Balushi, UAE Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, said: …

An estimated 618,700 people had coronavirus in community settings in England last week, the Office for National Statistics, ONS, has said as quoted by Sky News. The total equates to around one in 90 people or 1.13 percent of the population for the week between 25 and 31 October. The …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a cable of condolences to President Nguyn Phú Trong of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on victims of the recent floods. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness …

UAE Team Emirates’ Jasper Philipsen earned biggest career win on the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España ahead of Pascal Ackermann (Bora – Hansgrohe) and Jannik Steimle (Deceuninck – Quick Step). The longest stage of this Vuelta, 230.8 km from Mos to Puebla de Sanabria, saw UAE Team Emirates …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Thursday that it conducted 137,606 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 …

According to the National Center of Meteorology, the skies will be clear to partly cloudy at times. Light to moderate winds, freshening at times causing blowing dust and sand with a speed of 15 – 25, reaching 35 km/hr.”Relative humidity is expected to increase by night and Saturday morning, especially …

Dubai Media City has celebrated its 20th anniversary as region’s largest business community dedicated to media and content creation. On his official account, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai tweeted: “Today, Dubai Media City completes 20 years since we established …

H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has launched the first eight volumes of “Arabic Language Historical Dictionary”, the biggest Arabic linguistic knowledge and information project that documents the history of Arabic language lexicons and their usage transformations over the last 17 …

Ali Ahmed Al Badawi, member of the UAE Football Association, UAEFA, participated today in the second virtual meeting of the Asian Football Confederation, AFC, Referees Committee. In a virtual meeting, chaired by Du Zhaocai, the AFC Referees Committee hailed the successful implementation of the Video Assistant Referee, VAR, system, which …

WhatsApp is introducing a new disappearing messages option this month. The feature will allow WhatsApp users to enable disappearing messages on chat conversations between friends, to automatically delete messages after seven days. Anyone can enable the option in individual chats, and group admins will be able to enable disappearing messages …