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A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources will likely fail without radical action, UN biodiversity experts said on Monday. Speaking in Paris at the launch of the Global …

A private jet crashed in northern Mexico after leaving Las Vegas on Sunday, killing all 13 people on board, authorities said. The government of Mexico’s Coahuila state said, in a statement, that the wreckage of the crashed jet, identified as a Challenger 601, was later found in a remote mountainous …

Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, will dig 10 water wells in 10 countries, as part of the UAE Water Aid, Suqia campaign. These wells will be dug in Indonesia, Kosovo, Senegal, Niger, Nepal, Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, India and Mali, according to Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board …

UAE has released a Qatari military boat that entered the country’s territorial water on April 30. The boat was carrying four military personnel, two of whom are Qataris, in addition to a Palestinian and an Indian.

Dubai welcomed 4.75 million international overnight visitors in the first quarter of 2019, posting an over two percent increase in tourism volumes compared to the same period last year according to the latest data released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. Steadily picking up from a stable 2018 …

A Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning, but Russia’s national carrier said only that it returned to the airport for technical reasons. Two children are among the dead. The jet had …

The world is better when we act together: that’s the unifying message being passed, volleyed and headed around the world by Expo 2020 global ambassador Lionel Messi and shared in a new video-led campaign. The 60-second film shows the world-famous footballer and people around the planet connecting through the universal …

Fujairah Court of Appeals received the case of two workers, one in a bakery and the other in a restaurant, on charges of assault after they sent inappropriate material to an Arab girl through WhatsApp. The girl had contacted the bakery through WhatsApp to order a cake but was surprised …

Four defendants are on trial for a case of an Asian ‘Emirates Post’ employee who stole 100 national identity cards and sold them to the second defendant, who in turn sold them to the third after being convinced by the fourth accused. The accused admitted embezzlement of identities while working …

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Justice has announced that the moon sighting committee confirmed Sunday as the last day of Sha’ban and that tomorrow is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in the United Arab Emirates.