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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has again invited Dubai’s citizens and residents to benefit from the Shams Dubai smart initiative, following the outstanding success and the great adoption rate the initiative has achieved since its launch. Shams Dubai encourages DEWA customers to install solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs …

UAE has won the bid to host the International Conference of Space Operations (SpaceOps 2022). The conference will bring together leading space agencies, scientists & researchers in Dubai. SpaceOps 2022 will be the second global space conference after IAC 2020 to be hosted by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, announced the opening of Phase II of the Parallel Roads Improvement Project at the Business Bay on 8th June. Works under this Phase included improvements to the Western part …

Starting1 July 2018, citizens of UAE will be exempt from pre-entry visa to Barbados, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between UAE and Barbados in the United States which provides for exempting UAE passport holders travelling to Barbados …

As the first Arab to go through such a breathtaking experience, Emirati adventurer Saeed Al Maamari, Director-General of Fujairah Centre for Adventures, announced today his plan to climb K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountain Range, to raise the UAE flag and the Dubai Expo 2020 logo …

Brazil exempts UAE nationals with regular passports from obtaining pre-entry visa. Emiratis holding regular passports can now travel to Brazil without having to issue a visit visa prior to travelling, the decision is effective as of Saturday June 2nd, 2018. Emirati holders of diplomatic, special, official and service passports have …

Abu Dhabi police arrested a reckless school bus driver after he put the lives of a child and a school bus supervisor in danger. The bus was close to run-over the child in front of his house while he was getting off from his bus and crossing the road. The …

A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting “good progress” in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear …

Ajman Municipality announced a ban on selling tobacco of all kinds yesterday morning for 24 hours at ADNOC, ENOC and EPCO fuel stations and a number of retail outlets on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” 2018. Eng. Abdul Razzaq Al Tamimi, Acting Director of the Public Health Department, …

Abu Dhabi Criminal Court convicted two suspects on Monday, the first being a GCC national and the second a foreign national, on charges of leaking information about tenders organized by a gas company, in addition to requesting and receiving a bribe of 300,000 Dhs for leaking information. The two men were sentenced …