ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) announced the results of the fourth cycle of its Research Grants Programme, which aims to encourage researchers in various fields related to the Arabic language and provide support for quality rese…
GENEVA: COVID-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Thursday, urging those most at risk to continue receiving vaccinations against the virus.
At a press conference, WHO Director-Gene…
ABU DHABI: Burjeel Holdings has achieved a significant milestone by receiving institutional accreditation from the National Institute for Health Specialties (NIHS), a prestigious accreditation programme in the UAE. Burjeel Holdings is the first privat…
BEIJING: China’s foreign trade reached a new high in the first half (H1) of this year, providing more momentum for the economic recovery, Xinhua News Agency said on Friday.
The goods trade volume expanded 6.1 percent year-on-year to 21.17 trillion yu…
ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), represented by UAEV, and Emirates Transport will cooperate in installing and operating EV charging stations at Emirates Transport buildings.
The move aligns with UAEV’s mission of supportin…
BEIJING: China has seen another year with a bumper summer grain harvest in 2024, official data showed Friday.
Xinhua News Agency quoted a survey made by the National Bureau of Statistics as saying that the country’s summer grain output totalled 149.7…
MOSCOW: The Archipelago 2024 project, an educational intensive currently underway in Sakhalin, Russia until 21st July, aims to highlight new markets, industries, and technological initiatives emerging in the country.
According to TV BRICS, the intern…
ABU DHABI: The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) announced that monetary deposits increased by over 1.74 percent or AED13.1 billion in April, reaching AED764 billion, compared to AED750.9 billion in March.
According to CBUAE’s statisti…
DUBAI: The Ministry of Finance has wrapped up its Government Financial Management Awareness Programme for the first half of the year, after offering nine courses attended by over 1,000 employees from 48 federal entities.
The programme provided compre…
VIENNA: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecasts Austria’s GDP growth to recover to 0.2 percent in 2024 and 1.5 percent in 2025 as domestic demand improves, after the contraction of 0.7 percent last year, the latest O…
GENEVA: With exports of creative economy products – audiovisual products, design, media, music, performing arts, publishing and visual arts – growing strongly in recent years, robust regulatory frameworks are necessary to ensure technologies like arti…
ABU DHABI: The total investments by banks operating in the country continued to rise steadily, reaching AED 666.2 billion at the end of April 2024, registering growth of 0.3% on a monthly basis, and 5% since the beginning of the year, according to ban…
