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The world’s first Phase III trials of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates have reached the 15,000 volunteers target in less than a month with individuals from 107 nationalities participating in the programme. Managed by G42 Healthcare in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Health and …

Federal Authority for Government Human Resources: The new Hijri Year holiday for the year 1442 in the federal government shall be on Sunday, August 23, and work shall resume on Monday, August 24.

20th Century Fox, one of the most-recognized names in entertainment history, is officially no more. Disney (DIS) announced on Monday it would be rebranding one of its TV studios, 20th Century Fox Television, as 20th Television. The new name cuts both the “Century” and the “Fox” from the studio’s name. …

 Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4 percent between April and June when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far, with a wave of job losses set to hit later in 2020, Reuters said. Official figures published on Wednesday also showed the …

Mohammed bin Rashid: Under the follow-up of my brother Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, the UAE has launched a health initiative today to provide remote specialized training in the medical and aid field to million people around the world, in partnership with 140 experts and 67 international training and academic institutions. …

Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received Kamal R Vaswani, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the UAE, to discuss ways of promoting bilateral ties between the UAE and Singapore. Al Bowardi welcomed the Singaporean Ambassador, wishing him success in carrying out his …

Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced its participation in a global research project with the J. Paul Getty Museum and 47 other institutions to investigate Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits, considered to be some of the most spectacular artworks from the ancient world. Launched in 2013 by the Getty Museum’s Department of Antiquities …

Dubai Police call on the society members to identify the owner of the photo, who died in a run over accident on Dubai Hatta Street in Lehbab district on July 25, 2020. The public is urged to call 901 for any information about him.

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the UAE has dispatched more aid to Lebanon to help emergency relief efforts in Beirut. Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) airlifted aid material worth USD1.4 million …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued Federal Decree No.112 of 2020 appointing Saeed Saif Salem Al Neyadi as the Executive Director of Presidential Protocols at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs with the grade of Assistant Undersecretary. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa also issued Federal Decree No.113 …