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China has provided over 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world to support the global fight against COVID-19, an official with the commerce ministry said. The country has offered over 300 billion masks, 3.7 billion protective suits and 4.8 billion testing kits to more than 200 countries and …

Yousef Al-Matrooshi, the Emirati swimming champion, raised the UAE during the opening ceremony of the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo, which was held today. The 2020 Olympics is attended by 83,911 athletes competing in 33 sports divided by 339 competitions held in 48 sports venues. The ceremony was held in …

Drowning is now a leading cause of death for children aged under five in many countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday. Around 2.5 million people died by drowning in the decade to 2019, the WHO said, as it set out a series of simple measures to help reduce …

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received a phone call from Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, during which they discussed ways of strengthening relations of cooperation between the two countries. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Friday that it conducted 152,302 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 …

Instagram is adding a new option to automatically translate text in story posts, the company announced today. Now, when the service detects a foreign language in a post, it will display a “See Translation” option on the top left of the screen, which users can tap to see a translation …

More than 192.5 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 4,298,526​ have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

The 32nd Summer Olympics Games in Tokyo, Japan, will be officially inaugurated tomorrow and conclude on 8th August, 2021, with the participation of over 11,000 athletes competing in 33 sports, with 339 competitions being held in 48 sporting facilities. The launch will take place tomorrow at 19:00 Japan time (14:00 …

Two passenger jets from low-cost carrier FlyDubai and Bahrain-based Gulf Air collided with each other on the taxiway at Dubai International Airport (DXB) early Thursday morning. The collision damaged a wingtip on one of the aircraft and the tail of the other. No injuries in the incident were reported. A …

In the first half of 2021, the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) Traffic and Patrols Directorate registered 4,138 violations involving not giving way to pedestrians, stressing that it will intensify its efforts with its partners to ensure safe traffic for pedestrians. The directorate urged motorists to pay attention to pedestrians on …