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The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has completed replacing 4,096 speed control panels in Abu Dhabi roads in a record time. ADM has carried out the project with the support of Abu Dhabi Police. The project comes as part of the new law regarding canceling the speed buffer which was effective …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued Emiri Decree No. 02 of 2018 amending the UAE Cybercrimes Law. According to the Decree, Article Nos. 26, 28 and 42 of Federal Decree-Law No. 05 of 2012 on Combatting Cybercrimes will be replaced with updated provisions. Article No. 26 …

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) posted a scam warning on their official twitter account after a number of unauthorized individuals were using ENOC’s name recently for fraudery. The company added that fraudulent E-mails are asking customers to update their bank account details registered with the company for future payments. The …

A six-year-old Emirati boy was found dead after being electrocuted by an electric fuse box on Saturday afternoon. The six-year-old, Salem Ali Al Shehhi, was playing around his home in Seih area of Ras Al Khaimah, and then decided to go into a room with the electrical fuse box. The …

Staring at your mobile phone or laptop could speed up blindness, according to scientists. A new study by Toledo University in Ohio found that blue light from digital devices triggers the production of a toxic chemical that kills light-sensitive cells in our eyes. The resulting damage can speed up macular degeneration – …

A space probe that aims to be the first to “touch the sun” launched early Sunday morning, marking the next step in an effort that scientists say has been 60 years in the making. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on …

This is the dramatic moment a storm tore the roof off a train station and sent it crashing into the locomotives below. The huge storm rolled in to Mannheim in Germany about 3pm on Thursday and swept over the train marshalling yard with destructive effect. Witness Christian Schaufelberger said high winds first began to whip …

It never takes long for newcomers to Abu Dhabi to figure out that, when it comes to speed limits on the emirate’s long and temptingly straight roads, things aren’t always what they seem, said The National in an editorial on Sunday. “They quickly deduce that when the sign says the …

The Sharjah Criminal Court, receieved a case involving an Ethiopian maid, who stole money and gold jewelry from her employer and fled the house. According to the case details, the defendant was able to steal 10,000 Dhs and jewelry with a value of 4,000 Dhs from her employer’s house and …

UAE Cabinet has approved a one week Eid Al Adha holiday for ministries and federal bodies starting Sunday August 19 and the work to resume on following Sunday August 26.