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The International Monetary Fund, IMF, board approved on Friday a three-year financing package to support Ethiopia’s ‘Homegrown Economic Reform Plan’ to maintain macroeconomic stability and improve living standards. The approved three-year arrangement — under an extended credit facility, ECF, and an extended fund facility, EFF — is valued at about …

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that the smart response initiative for technical notifications has saved up to 300 million gallons of water and more than AED 17 million. The customer happiness with the service has also reached 91% since its launch in July 2019. The Smart Response Service …

According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), there will be a significant drop in temperature beginning December 22. The minimum temperature will average between 13°C-16°C in the interior, 16°C-20°C along the coast and it will be the coldest in the mountain region, including Jebel Jais, as the mercury drops …

Um Al Quwain Police arrested a driver aged in the second decade after three hours of a European woman hit and run accident who was riding a bicycle on Al Ittihad Street towards Ajman. Colonel Saeed Obaid bin Aran – Director of Traffic and Patrols Department in Umm al-Quwain stated …

Dubai Public Prosecution referred an Asian worker to the criminal court after he admitted stealing AED 500 from an employee’s wallet, while the witnesses confirmed that similar amounts were stolen from them.The incident was discovered after one of the employees deliberately turned on the laptop camera while the cleaner was …

According to the National Center of Meteorology, the weather is expected to be partly cloudy with chance of rainfall over scattered areas. It will also be windy, causing blowing dust and sad with poor visibility. The temperature dipped to as low as 4.5°C at Mebreh Mountain in Ras Al Khaimah on …

Tech giant Google has issued warning of data breach for users in India after fixing the Chrome 79 bug, urging them to immediately change their passwords on websites that have been affected. Alert pop-ups began emerging on laptops, desktops and mobile screens on Thursday, leaving several Indian users including a …

The Federal Customs Authority, FCA, has warned the public about certain fraudulent activities using the authority’s name and logo, as well as those of other well-known local authorities, to deceive the public both within the UAE, Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and Arab countries. In a statement, the authority noted that …

The central bank warns customers against scam phone calls and WhatsApp messages under the name and logo of the central bank and to not open any links. The bank does not require customers to disclose their financial information and does not use social media to contact individuals or companies. The …

The first deputy prosecutor of the Dubai Narcotics Department, Saleh Al Shehhi reveals that an addict has dragged his wife to drug abuse so that she would not demand for divorce, leave him, or report him to police. Noting that the drug abuser harms the closest people to him even …