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President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the UAE’s Founding Fathers embraced sustainable development as a guiding methodology to build up a modern nation that derives its human, socio-economic, and cultural clout from robust constitutional, organisational and structural tenets. In a statement to the ‘Nation Shield’ – …

More than 262.21 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 5,468,697 have died, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in December 2019.

The General Women’s Union, in collaboration with the UN Women, has organised a panel discussion titled “Violence against women, its causes and ways to prevent it”, at the UN Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The panel discussion is held in conjunction with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence …

The UAE has risen to the top of Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Ranking, proving once more its mettle in ensuring the safety of its residents and managing crises. In an article published today, Bloomberg noted that the UAE outperformed Europe in terms of containing the pandemic, naming it as the best …

The National Center of Meteorology forecasts that tomorrow’s weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of rainfall over some areas.Humid by night and Thursday morning with a probability of fog or mist formation.Light to moderate winds, freshening at times.From Thursday to Saturday, it will be fair to partly cloudy …

World football’s governing body FIFA will test semi-automated offside technology at the Arab Cup 2021, which begins in Qatar today. The artificial intelligence (AI) technology tracks players’ limbs to detect if they’re in an offside position and sends an alert to the video assistant referee (VAR). FIFA officials hope it …

UAE Embassy in London: From today, arrivals in England will have to take a Day 2 PCR test even if fully vaccinated. Travellers must quarantine until they receive a negative result. If the test result is positive, travellers must self isolate for 10 days.

The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) has revealed new figures and statistical data that track the UAE’s progress over the past 50 years in key sectors, including population, healthcare, education, infrastructure, women, labour, food and water security, and telecommunication. The FCSC report sheds light on the UAE’s comprehensive development …

Bodour Al Qasimi, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA), has urged publishers, technology suppliers and other stakeholders in the book publishing supply chain to forge deeper ties to drive innovation and address the emerging challenges as content moves across different platforms and new business models evolve. Speaking at the …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Tuesday that it conducted 323,406, 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 …