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NASA is planning to take the “next giant leap in deep space exploration” as it looks to send astronauts to the moon who are able to stay there. The space agency’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine, called for American firms to help develop human lunar landers – “reusable systems for astronauts to …

Filipinos are still ‘ecstatic’ about the visit of Pope Francis to the UAE earlier this week, according to a report in the UAE-based ‘The Filipino Times’. The publication quoted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Hjayceelyn Quintana, as thanking the Pope for ‘reinvigorating’ the Catholic faithful, noting that his presence …

An Emirati doctor, Abdullah Rawah, a consultant in cardiothoracic surgery in the United Kingdom, vice president of Lugano University in Switzerland and director of the London Coroner Cardiac Surgery Program, generously stated that he will perform 100 free surgeries for poor children in order to thank Pope Francis for his …

The world’s richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the owner of a US gossip magazine of trying to blackmail him over lewd pictures. He said the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc (AMI), wanted him to stop investigating how they had obtained his private messages. Mr Bezos …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued the first two laws of 2019. Law No.1 is on the establishment of an Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and Law No.2 on regulating partnerships between public and private sectors. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office will be responsible for …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the official logo for the ‘Year of Tolerance’. The logo, which is inspired by the Ghaf, the UAE’s national tree, is set to be used by government, private and media entities in …

A baby ended up riding solo on a train in the US after its father left the carriage to smoke a cigarette. The father didn’t make it back before the train departed from the Cleveland, Ohio station. They were reunited by train staff when they realised what had happened. Watch …

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, today initiated a three-year countdown for implementing the Dubai Paperless Strategy. H.H. also announced the first two fully digital and paperless customer journeys on the DubaiNow application during a …

As per the directives of UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and in line with the Year of Tolerance, the Dubai Police have launched an initiative for traffic fines settlement in Dubai through which drivers can get up …

Dubai Police has announced the launch of “Settling traffic fines” initiative as part of the year of Tolerance. As of today there will be a 100% discount on accumulated traffic fines if the driver didn’t commit traffic offense for one year and 75% if the driver didn’t commit offense for nine months, …