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The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, announced today that it will delay the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi. Originally acquired by DCT Abu Dhabi in November 2017 at auction from Christie’s in New York, the painting was scheduled to be on display …

A Seven-month old Emirati baby lost his life yesterday in a fire that broke out in one of the rooms of his family’s house due to the air conditioner, in Al Faisal area of Fujairah. Colonel Dr. Saeed Al Hassani, Head of Public Relations and Media Dept. of Fujairah Police …

During his tour of the school, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, was accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin …

A Belfast man has been bitten by a shark as he tried to pull it from the water during a fishing trip. He suffered a serious injury to his lower arm during a deep-sea angling expedition off the coast of Cork. It is believed he was bitten by a blue …

The Dubai Fitness Challenge, DFC, the flagship fitness initiative launched last year by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, will return with a wider public programme in 2018. The 30-day festival will run from 19th …

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has launched Green Dubai, which includes three initiatives that will help make Dubai the smartest, happiest and most sustainable city in the world. The move supports DEWA’s efforts to empower customers to make sustainable decisions that contribute to protecting the environment and natural resources. …

KhalifaSat, set to be launched on 29th October from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan, will catapult the Arab region into a new era of space industry outlining the outstanding capabilities UAE youth have acquired in space technologies, an editorial in a local English language daily has said. As pointed …

A man of an Arab nationality died yesterday evening in Fujairah after he drowned in the sea, according to Col. Dr. Saeed Al Hassani, Head of Public Relations and Media Dept. at Fujairah Police, the operations room received a report at 7:00 PM that a man drowned in the sea …

Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that it has succeeded in achieving a qualitative leap in terms of improving the level of government services provided to its customers, especially in regards to the facilitating of the procedures, the satisfying of the customers, and the continuous development of these procedures through the …

Abu Dhabi police succeeded in convincing an Asian man in his 20s to stop a suicide attempt as he tried to jump off an Etisalat tower on Hameem road due to his problems. The negotiations lasted for short time. Brigadier General Musallam Mohammed Al Ameri, director of the police directorate …