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Syria to vaccinate health workers soon

DAMASCUS: Syria will start giving coronavirus vaccines to its vital healthcare workers across the war-ravaged country from next week, a government minister said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia's PIF plans to invest $3 billion in new tourism venture

The kingdom proposes to diversify its economy through tourism and wants the sector to contribute 10% of gross domestic product by 2030

Lulu's festival brings new food concepts

DUBAI: LuLu, the largest hypermarket chain in the region, has launched its annual food food extravaganza, ‘Lulu World Food 2021’, a two-week festival started on February 21, 2021. The festival that will run until March 9, 2021, features new and timeless food concepts, contests and celebrities.

Libya fails to hold war criminals accountable: HRW

Council members need to ensure that the court has sufficient means and political backing to do its vital work on behalf of victims of grave abuses, says official

Blinken to begin ‘trip' with virtual Mexico, Canada talks

‘Virtual travel prioritises the health and safety of everyone involved, while demonstrating the significance of our partnerships with our closest partners,’ says State Department

Our Dreams Will Be Bigger In The Next 50 Years: VP

Over the past 50 years, we started from the desert of our land to the desert of Mars, says Sheikh Mohammed; Mohamed Bin Zayed said, ‘We will preserve Mohammed Bin Rashid’s principle of always being number one. Our aim is to compete internationally.’

Chefs To Attend ‘Tuttofood' Event In Italy

DUBAI: Two chefs in Dubai who had hurdled the first-ever edition of the “Tutofood Pasta Challenge” in the UAE, are going to be among the representatives of the country to the “Tutofood” consumer food/trade fair/convention in Rho in Milan, Italy this October in 2021.

KHDA Changes Starting Age For School Children

UK schools in the UAE will now have the same cut-off date as schools in the UK, and international British schools

UAE Congratulates Kuwait On National Day, Liberation Day

The United Arab Emirates celebrates today the 60th National Day of Kuwait, which underscores the close ties and strong strategic partnership between the two countries

UAE's Key Projects For Next 50 Years Set In National Agenda

Second day of government retreat witnessed interactive sessions, discussions and brainstorming sessions

Next UAE 50 Years Will Be As Ambitious As Mars Plan: VP

VP, AD CP chair retreat, honour UAE Mars team; Mohamed Bin Zayed calls Hope Probe team ‘wealth of our nation... our young people made us proud, raised our country’s flag to deep space and engraved the name of our nation in history.’

Saif Bin Zayed Continues Tour Of Defence Exhibition

The European Naval Group is working to provide high-level opportunities for Emirati citizens in the defence and security industries sector

Sharjah Crown Prince Chairs SEC Meet

SHARJAH: Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), on Tuesday, chaired a meeting of the Council at the Sharjah Ruler’s office, in the presence of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Salem Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Deputy Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council.

UAE Honours Hope Probe Team In Special Reception

The reception was held in recognition of the team’s relentless efforts over the past six years to successfully build and launch the Hope Probe

UAE Shaping ‘A Better Future For Its People'

Dubai: Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, stated that the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and the monitoring of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is steadily and confidently progressing toward shaping a better future for its people over the next 50 years, and is continuing the process of comprehensive development started by the Founding Fathers some 50 years ago.

Algerians Hit Streets On Protest Anniversary

ALGIERS: Thousands of Algerians marched on Monday in the capital and other cities to mark the second anniversary of the North African nation’s anti-government “Hirak” protest movement, an eyewitness said.

Fast-Track Passport Control Service Launched In Dubai

New biometric systems, deployed at 122 smart gates at arrival and departure terminals in Dubai airports, enable passengers to complete passport control procedures swiftly

COVID-19: Pandemic Pushes Pinoys To Invest

Philippine Consulate General, with its Financial Literacy Programme for Filipinos in Dubai is hosting an online roadshow via Zoom to provide a clearer understanding of government bonds

Pakistanis Are The ‘Best Drivers' In UAE: Survey

The UAE roads became safer in 2020 and Pakistani drivers were declared to have been involved in the least number of accidents, revealed by the Yallacompare’s insurance comparison platform

UK Unveils Lockdown Exit Plan; US Struggles As Deaths Mount

Johnson says government’s plan would move the country ‘cautiously but irreversibly’ out of lockdown, adding that ‘we’re setting out on what I hope is a one-way road to freedom’

Britain Says All Adults To Get First Dose Of Vaccine By July 31

Boris meets senior ministers to finalise a ‘road map’ out of lockdown; Aussie PM gets virus vaccine in ‘massive step’ towards normal; Fauci says it is possible Americans will still be wearing masks in 2022

Fire Guts Pak Family's Sharjah Apartment

SHARJAH: Thirty-five-year-old Victoria Diamond and her mother lost a job and house within one year of COVID-19 hitting the world.

Islamabad Zoo Launches $7.5m Makeover Plan

Islamabad: A rundown Pakistan zoo once home to what was dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” and notorious for housing animals in cramped concrete enclosures has launched an ambitious $7.5 million makeover plan.

Kareena, Saif Blessed With Baby Boy

MUMBAI: Taimur Ali Khan has just turned elder brother as Bollywood star couple Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan welcomed their second baby boy on Sunday.

Philippine Defence Attache Office Opens

ABU DHABI: The Office of the Philippine Defence and Armed Forces Attache (OPHILDAFA) in the UAE, the first in the Gulf and the second in the whole of Middle East was inaugurated on Sunday at the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Younes strikes as Frankfurt stun Bayern, Mainz beat Gladbach

Frankfurt’s win gives hope to Bayern’s league rivals as second-placed RB Leipzig can cut Bayern’s lead to two points if they win at Hertha Berlin on Sunday

Fraternal relations between UAE, Bahrain grow stronger

King Hamad expressed delight at meeting Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Mohamed, reiterating the determination of the two nations to continue working for the best interests of their people

UAE official praises efforts of polio teams in Pakistan

The number of global polio infections decreased in 2020 to 140 cases, including 84 in Pakistan and 56 in Afghanistan

Kuwait allows non-citizens to enter country from today

Travellers arriving on direct flights from high risk countries will have to resort to institutional quarantine in one of the local hotels for 14 days

Development knows no religion, PM tells Keralites

Modi inaugurates a power highway, a solar power plant, water treatment plant and lays the foundation stone of a command and control centre through video conference