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Over 20,000 requirements to set up businesses in Abu Dhabi have been cancelled as part of the ongoing massive procedural overhaul led by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). Having grown to a total of 26 participating local and federal partner entities, the reductions exercise first unveiled in August …

Expo 2020 Dubai has recorded 10,836,389 visits as of 24th January, while the virtual visitation reached 72.5 million. The visitors were attracted by the new musical from Indian stars Shekhar Kapur and A.R. Rahman, plus a series of high-profile events as part of the first Global Goals Week to be …

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $87.98 a barrel on Monday, compared with $87.46 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 Guinea), Rabi …

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has achieved a new world record in electricity Customer Minutes Lost (CML) per year. Dubai recorded 1.43 minutes per customer in 2021, compared to around 15 minutes recorded by leading utility companies in the European Union. The achievement results from DEWA adopting the latest …

The head of the World Health Organisation said on Monday that the planet can end the Covid-19 emergency this year, although the virus last week killed someone every 12 seconds. “We can end Covid-19 as a global health emergency and we can do it this year,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told …

 Residents of the UAE are expected to experience varying weather conditions this week with a significant drop in temperatures forecast over western and coastal areas, according to the National Center of Meteorology. Weather is expected to be humid with a chance of fog or mist formations by morning over internal …

 More than 350.35 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, and 5,945,623 have died, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in December 2019.

 France has condemned the missile attacks carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia against the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In a statement issued today, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs expressed France’s strong condemnation of the Houthi-claimed missile attacks against Saudi Arabia and the UAE on 23rd and …

 Schools in the UAE resumed in-person learning today, after two weeks of using an online learning system as a precautionary measure, coinciding with the International Day of Education, which falls on 24th January. The country is implementing the gradual return to in-person schooling over two groups, with the first returning …

The UAE has strongly condemned the Houthi militia’s attempt to target civil areas and facilities in the UAE with two ballistic missiles, affirming that this violent act cannot go without a thorough and comprehensive response. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) said that the …