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The Dubai Police have arrested a reckless man, accompanied by two men, for driving a vehicle without plate number in the wrong direction on Jabel Ali-Lehbab Road, failing to comply with the instructions of police officers, hitting a police patrol, and endangering the lives of other road users. According to …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, represented by the Fujairah Medical Zone, has announced the inauguration of a coronavirus, COVID-19, testing centre in Mirbah, which will perform free tests for all UAE citizens and residents, upon the directives of H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member …

The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary mission undertaken by an Arab nation, today announced the successful completion of TCM1 – its first trajectory correction manoeuvre and a major milestone for the mission as the Mars Hope probe continues its 7-month journey to Mars. The manoeuvre marks the first …

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, ADX, on Monday announced that Chimera Capital LLC’s Exchange Traded Fund, ETF, has listed on the Exchange. The ETF has been designed to replicate the S&P UAE Domestic Shariah Liquid 35/20 Capped Index. The index is provided by S&P and tracks the performance of UAE-based Shariah …

More than 21.65 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 767,630​ have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Monday. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), today’s skies will be looking clear to partly cloudy. There is also going to be an increase in temperatures, which are expected to be in the low to high 40s on average. A chance of convective clouds forming in the afternoon eastwards …

In coordination with Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Committee for the Covid-19 Pandemic, Abu Dhabi DED issues precautionary measures for resumption of operations for cinemas inside shopping malls across Abu Dhabi.  These measures include: cinema halls should not exceed 30% of their capacity, applying physical distancing between visitors inside …

The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship extends the exemption of “The entry permit law and expats residency violators” from all fines for another three months, provided that they should leave the country after the grace period.

His Excellency Hussain Al Hammadi, Minister of Education: Due to the current circumstances, we have decided distance learning model for university students while limiting the physical attendance in campus to few number of cadres and students for practical and research laboratories, clinical training, and examinations.

The New Islamic Year holiday for banking sector in the country shall be on Sunday, August 23, and official work will resume on Monday, August 24.