Within 8 hours only… Sharjah Police have arrested an Arab driver who ran over a woman crossing Al Taawun Street from a non-designated area for pedestrian crossing, leading to her immediate death and her child’s injury. The driver had fled the scene, yet the traffic tracking systems contributed to identifying …
Read More »Mansoor bin Mohammad attends inaugural Dubai Padel Cup finale
H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, attended the grand finale of the inaugural Dubai Padel Cup, joining hundreds of enthusiastic padel tennis fans to celebrate the end of the three-day exhibition match series contested by the world’s leading male players. H.H. Sheikh Mansoor …
Read More »World food prices reach highest level in more than a decade:FAO
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks the international prices of a basket of food commodities, is up 3.9 percent from September, rising for a …
Read More »Sheikh Zayed Road transformed into a giant cycling track for second edition of Dubai Ride
This morning, the UAE’s busiest road was transformed into a giant cycling track for families and fitness enthusiasts for the second edition of Dubai Ride. A total of 32,750 cyclists took to their bikes on the 14km Sheikh Zayed Road route and 4km family route to participate in the free, …
Read More »The latest developments on COVID-19 in the UAE
The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Friday that it conducted 203,988, 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 …
Read More »Mohammed bin Rashid visits Alif – The Mobility Pavilion and Hungary Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today visited Alif – The Mobility Pavilion and the Hungary Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. His Highness was accompanied during the visit by H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid …
Read More »Official 50th UAE National Day Celebration to take place in Hatta on December 2
The UAE’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations Committee announced that the official ceremony celebrating the 50th UAE National Day on December 2, will take place in Dubai’s Hatta. People around the UAE will be able to watch the show live on December 2nd at 5:30pm on the UAE National Day official website …
Read More »Moving from a pandemic to an endemic disease
World Health Organisation’s (WHO) deputy director-general Sowmya Viswanathan had hinted at the fact earlier this year that COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 would transform from being a pandemic into an endemic disease, commented the English language daily ‘Gulf Today’. Other medical experts, especially from Western countries, are talking about it now. As …
Read More »Mohamed bin Zayed congratulates all those celebrating Diwali
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has extended Diwali greetings to those celebrating in the UAE and around the world. His Highness wrote on Twitter: “Our nation congratulates all those celebrating Diwali, the festival …
Read More »UAE Analog Mission#1 begins in Moscow
Following intensive preparations, the UAE Analog Mission#1, part of the Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS-21), began with the crew entering the NEK ground-based analogue facility in Moscow, Russia, today for the 8-month long project. From the UAE, analog astronaut Saleh AlAmeri joined the primary crew which included …
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