The Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA), the voice of the chemical industry in the Arabian Gulf region, Thursday announced the election of a new Board of Directors and a Vice Chairman at the 2021 Annual General Assembly Meeting held (...)
The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre at the Department of Culture and Tourism —Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced the launch of 'Emirati Treasures', an education initiative that forms part of the UAE's 50th anniversary celebrations.
The (...)
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the voice of the chemical industry in the Arabian Gulf, will host the 12th GPCA Supply Chain Conference in a virtual format on May 26-27, 2021.
The conference which will take place under the (...)
A 21-year-old Asian woman has died in a suspected suicide bid in Sharjah's Muwailih area last week, Khaleed Times, reported on Monday.
The woman jumped from the fifth floor of her family's apartment building in a final attempt to escape a forced (...)
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance research collaboration and knowledge sharing in technology, manufacturing, and education (...)
The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has partnered with Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE's National Rail Network, to collaborate on the issuance of safety permits for Stage Two of the UAE's national rail project.
The agreement (...)
The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is supporting the clinical trial of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia.
The vaccine is the world's first registered (...)
Air Arabia has announced the resumption of directs flights between Sharjah and Doha, Qatar's capital, starting Jan.18, 2021 (Monday).
Customers can now book their direct flights between Sharjah and Doha by visiting Air Arabia's website, by calling (...)
The Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world's first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence university, has officially welcomed its first student cohort at an event with students from across the (...)
The upscaling of digital technologies presents a host of opportunities for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to diversify their economies, upscale manufacturing, gain greater access to global value chains, improve disaster preparedness, and (...)
The riders and staff of the Tour de France 2020 winning team UAE Team Emirates have taken the UAE Ministry of Health & Prevention approved COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm CNBG following the success of the #4Humanity trials facilitated by G42 (...)
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler's representative in Al Dhafra Region, inaugurated track-laying works across Al Dhafrah Region in Package A of Stage Two of the UAE's national railway, during his visit to Etihad Rail's railhead in Al (...)
Al Ain Film Festival has announced the launch of its third edition, under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan member of the executive council, which will take place in Al Ain city, between Jan.23-27, 2021, under the slogan "Future (...)
To be held under the aegis of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president, prime minister of the UAE, ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defense the Dubai Airshow is set to return for its 17th edition on Nov. 14-18, 2021.
One of the most (...)
Being the top record-breaking nation in the MENA region by a large margin did not stop the UAE from hunting for more. On the contrary, it proved to increase the appetite for more with 5 different Guinness World Records attempts happening during the (...)
Ruler of Sharjah Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi has issued a new directive to exempt all publishing houses exhibiting at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2020) from paying stand rental fees in a move that helps mitigate (...)
American writer and founding father of Arab-American literature Ameen Rihani authored the book "The Modern History of Najd," he dedicated in the preface of the book a special tribute to King Abdul Aziz. In it he referred to the King saying: "His (...)
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will organize the 22nd Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and the 5th Dubai Solar Show virtually from Oct. 26-28 2020. The two exhibitions will provide a new experience for (...)
Maraya Art Centre, an organization that strives to support emerging artists and designers, on Sunday, hosted the opening of an exhibition titled "Colour Bar: Colour, Space, and Bits per Pixel." The show, which will run until Nov. 30, is curated by (...)
Maraya Art Centre, a non-profit creative organization that strives to support emerging artists and designers in the region, which is under Sharjah Investment and Development Authority — (Shurooq), will present an exhibition consisting of photographs (...)
Every year we witness new organizational experiments for the reception of Haj pilgrims. The Kingdom has benefited from these experiments over the years.
In my discussion with an Arab deputy elected for a French political party in the French National (...)
The United States Navy on Wednesday displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet it said it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week, saying the mines bore a striking resemblance to Iranian ones.
The United (...)
The United States Navy on Wednesday displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week, saying the mines bore a striking resemblance to Iranian ones.
"The limpet mine that was used (...)
ثم أغلق موظف الفندق خط الهاتف في وجه صديقتي بلباقة مصطنعة معتذرا أنه لا يتحدث العربية، وأن عليها أن تتكلم معه بالإنجليزية حتى يتسنى له فهمها وتلبية طلبها بعد ذلك، صديقتي كانت حانقة وهي تروي لي تلك القصة، لفتت انتباهي فجأة إلى معضلة متكررة لدى (...)
A fire has struck another high-rise tower in the Dubai Marina, just days after a blaze struck one of the world's tallest residential towers in the same neighborhood.
Witnesses said firefighters had already begun spraying water inside of the Tiger (...)