ABU DHABI – The Vatican’s Foundation Gravissimum Educationis has granted the ‘Man of Humanity’ Award to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The Award was received by Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, on […]
Summit reflects Dubai’s role as a bridge between cultures and a facilitator of global dialogue and knowledge exchange Registration for the Summit, to be held from 12–14 December 2021 at Knowledge and Learning Week at Expo 2020, is now open Key stakeholders including governments, youth representatives, education shapers and business leaders from around the world […]
City welcomes 3.7 million overseas overnight visitors in July 2020 – May 2021 period Overall hotel occupancy of 58 percent recorded in July 2020 – May 2021 period World-leading health & safety standards have made Dubai one of the globe’s safest destination Dubai – As Dubai marks a year since reopening its borders to international […]
WASHINGTON, July 5 – Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark website. The demand was posted on a blog typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang, […]
Emirates has announced the launch of Emirates Pay, a new account-based payment method for purchasing air tickets. Emirates Pay is now available for Emirates customers in Germany and the UK who are purchasing tickets via emirates.com. Emirates is the world’s first airline to launch this payment alternative powered by a white-label solution jointly developed by […]
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates leads the world, with enough vaccinations to cover 72.1 percent of its population and has overtaken Seychelles to become the world’s most vaccinated nation, according to Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker. The UAE has so far administered 15.5 million doses, enough to cover 72.1 percent of its population based on a […]
ABU DHABI – Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis, and Disasters Committee has updated travel procedures for citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi returning from travel abroad, effective from Monday, 5 July 2021. Vaccinated travelers arriving from green list destinations must take a PCR test on arrival without the need to quarantine, and take a PCR test […]
Football legend Lionel Messi hits the target as he kicks off our three-month countdown until Expo 2020 Dubai, the biggest event the Arab world has ever seen. With only three months to go until Expo 2020 Dubai opens its doors to the world, details of three ticket tiers have been announced, with excitement going through […]
ABU DHABI – In yet another global milestone, Etisalat announced its foray into the next generation of the mobile network with considerable efforts towards 6G realisation, conducting research and developing international standards, the main building blocks for the 6G ecosystem. Haitham Abdulazzak, Chief Technology Officer at Etisalat, shared these insights during his address at the […]
DUBAI – The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, today released the first global images of Mars in the far-ultraviolet, providing new insights into the discrete aurora phenomenon in Mars’ nightside atmosphere. The images have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the interactions between solar radiation, Mars’ magnetic fields […]
GENEVA – Unilabs, the leading European diagnostic services provider, has created a new PCR test that can specifically identify the new, more infectious Delta variant, and is working with health authorities to optimise public health measures accordingly. “With the Delta variant spreading fast, and well on its way to becoming the dominant strain of Covid-19 […]
