- DUBAI, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — Emaar Development shareholders approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to distribute a dividend of AED2.7 billion (US$740 million), representing 68 percent of the share capital. The announcement came during the Emaar Annual General Meeting, where the Board of Directors reviewed the company’s financial performance for 2024 and discussed its […]
- BRUSSELS/MADRID, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — UAE Team Emirates-XRG‘s Sebastian Molano took the biggest one-day victory of his career in Belgium, clinching victory in a photo finish with Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) at the end of the 195.6-kilometre Classic Brugge-De Panne.The Emirati team were active throughout the day with Antonio Morgado stretching his legs ahead of […]
- SEOUL, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — Wind-fuelled wildfires that ravaged the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang in Korea have killed at least 26 and injured another 30, as the nation is battling the worst-ever forest fires, Yonhap News Agency reported.Some 36,000 hectares of woodland had been burned, officials said. It is nearly 13,000 hectares more […]
- ABU DHABI, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Archer Aviation to deploy the first fleet of its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft globally, starting this year.This initiative is part of Archer's global "Launch Edition", which was launched from Abu […]
- XICHANG, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday.People's Daily Online said that the Tianlian II-04 satellite was launched at 23:55 pm (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit.Tianlian […]
- DUBAI, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) is organising social and recreational events for workers during the Eid Al Fitr holiday under the slogan “Our Workers, the Pulse of Our Business” in 10 different locations across the UAE. The events are held in collaboration with the ministry’s partners, […]
- ABU DHABI, 27th March, 2025 (WAM) — President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, spoke by phone to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, with a focus on the economy, trade, investment, renewable energy, infrastructure, and other key development […]
- CAIRO, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — Egypt strongly condemned on Wednesday the Israeli incursion into Syrian territory and the bombing of the town of Kouya as a continuation of Israel’s approach to strengthening its positions and expanding its control over the territories it has occupied in Syria.In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed […]
- ABU DHABI, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, received the winners of the Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Agricultural Excellence Award during a Ramadan Iftar gathering held at Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.H.H. Sheikh Mansour congratulated the […]
- ABU DHABI, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region, has attended a Ramadan iftar banquet hosted in his honour by Saeed Eid Al Ghafli at his home in the Rabdan area in Abu Dhabi.Saeed Eid Al Ghafli and his family welcomed H.H. Sheikh Hazza […]
- DUBAI, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — La Liga, the Spanish Football League, has unveiled its plans and initiatives to discover football talent in the UAE, selecting eight promising players – equally split between boys and girls – for an intensive development and training programme in Madrid.The selected participants will visit clubs in the Spanish capital […]
- ISLAMABAD, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, offered his condolences to General Asim Munir, Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan, on the passing of his mother, on behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Sheikh Nahyan emphasised the deep fraternal ties […]
- NEW YORK, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the discussions and commitments reached in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine.In a statement issued by UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, the Secretary-General highlighted the importance of progress on securing freedom of navigation in the Black […]
- DUBAI, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — The Electoral Committee of the UAE National Olympic Committee (NOC) has announced the election of H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as President of the NOC for the 2024–2028 Olympic term.Sheikh Mansoor secured the presidential seat in accordance with the NOC’s statutes and electoral regulations, approved […]
- GAZA, 26th March, 2025 (WAM) — Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has stated that Israel is effectively blocking access to water in the Gaza Strip by cutting electricity and fuel supplies.The organisation called for the immediate facilitation of humanitarian aid to Palestinians to prevent further loss of life.Paula Navarro, MSF’s Water and Sanitation Coordinator […]
