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The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $86.54 a barrel on Monday, 17th January, compared with $85.46 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Zafiro (Equatorial …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Tuesday that it conducted 487,749, additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus …

Expo 2020 Dubai visitor numbers continue to rise, reaching 10,188,769 visits as of 18th January, while Expo 2020 Dubai’s virtual visitation passed the 65 million mark. The visitors were attracted by the first Global Goals Week to be held outside of New York and a star-studded K-pop concert – all …

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has been named the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year for the second time in a row. Lewandowski – who claimed the 2020 award after becoming the first player to win and top score in each of the Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and DFB Cup, …

At approximately 10:00 AM this morning, an incident occurred at our Mussafah Fuel Depot in Abu Dhabi which resulted in the outbreak of a fire. Emergency response teams, including civil defence, fire and ambulance responders as well as an ADNOC emergency response team quickly attended the scene, and the fire …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued Federal law No 13 of 2021 on amending some provisions of the Federal Law No 7 of 2008 on the National Archives. According to the Law’s Article 1, the “National Archives” shall be replaced with “National Archives & Library. As per …

We condemn the Houthi militia’s targeting of civilian areas and facilities on UAE soil today. We reiterate that those responsible for this unlawful targeting of our country will be held accountable.” In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation stated that the UAE reserves the right to …

The National Center of Meteorology forecasts that tomorrow’s weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times accompanied with some convective clouds with a chance of rainfall especially by afternoon over some Northern, Eastern and some coastal areas. Moderate to fresh Southeasterly winds, becoming Northwesterly winds by evening and strong …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2022 Zayed Sustainability Prize today. The Prize’s Awards Ceremony coincided with the start of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). The ceremony was also attended …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 17,892 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 23,108,541 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 233.65 doses per 100 people. The vaccination drive …