Joint UAE-Israel food and water security conference announced

Could Israel’s success story of “making the desert bloom” boost food security in the UAE?

Revealed: World’s best and worst passports for travel

The UAE ranks 16th on the 2021 Henley Passport Index

Dubai's virtual asset

Sheikh Hamdan announces Dhs315m economic stimulus package for Dubai

The total stimulus provided to the emirate’s economy since the start of the pandemic has risen to Dhs7.1bn

Oil steady near $50 after surging on Saudi output cut

The kingdom’s pledge comes amid more stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions to rein in a surge of infections

The SME Story: Daniel Domingues and Tariq Said, co-founders, Sirius Energy

Sirius Energy is batting for the implementation of sustainable clean energy initiatives in the UAE

Umrah pilgrims advised to take Covid-19 vaccine

The kingdom’s minister of Hajj and Umrah received the Covid-19 vaccine in Jeddah

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Covid-19: UAE vaccinates 8% of its population, aims to inoculate 50% during Q1 2021

As many as 826,301 doses of the Covid 19 virus vaccine have been administered to date

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Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange traded 12.73 million contracts in 2020

It represented a nearly 45 per cent decrease year-on-year

Gulf Arab states agree to restore Qatar ties, end three-year rift

Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani landed in the kingdom to a warm embrace from the Saudi Crown Prince

Dubai UAE Residents

UAE residents who have stayed outside of the country for over 180 days can now return

Those with valid visas issued in Dubai must get an approval from the GDRFA before they return

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Dubai: New Covid-19 quarantine rules introduced

Close contacts of Covid-19 patients in Dubai must undergo a mandatory ten days of home quarantine

GCC leaders convene in Saudi Arabia for summit, sign statement

The GCC summit began with a keynote address by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

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Sale: Abu Dhabi’s Etihad offers two-for-one tickets

The sale covers return fares inclusive of taxes and surcharges

Digital art gallery Infinity des Lumières to open at Dubai Mall

Gallery to spread over 2,700 sq. metres and feature works by Van Gogh among others

Abu-Dhabi

Covid-19: UAE government employees to undertake paid PCR test every 14 days

An exemption will be made for those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine

Shuaa Capital invests in music streaming service Anghami

Anghami was founded in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2012

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Digitising the supply chain key to post-Covid economic recovery

Webb Fontaine using AI to streamline port and customs operations

Iran seizes ship, ramps up nuclear enrichment

The guard corps took the ship to Bandar Abbas port in Iran

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Kuwait makes three oil and gas discoveries

The discoveries were made in the largely unexplored western and northwestern areas of the country

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Dubai’s DMCC registered 2,025 companies in 2020

There was a nearly 20 percent increase year-on-year in Chinese companies joining the freezone in 2020

pensions of UAE Nationals working in the emirate’s public schools to 80%

UAE: Ministry of Education sets exam dates for students from grades 4-12

The exams will be held from January 10-14

Abu Dhabi launches free Covid-19 vaccination campaign

The free Covid-19 vaccine is available for all UAE residents and nationals

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia reopens airspace, land and sea borders to Qatar

It ends a blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia that began in 2017

Three Emirati referees, assistant refs to officiate at FIFA World Club Cup in February

FIFA also named female referees to officiate at World Club Cup matches

Tony Douglas, Etihad's Group CEO, receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Etihad CEO Tony Douglas receives Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi

All Etihad employees and their dependants (over the age of 18) can receive the vaccine for free at the Etihad Airways Medical Centre

Dubai Airports and GMR-Hyderabad form logistics corridor for distribution of Covid-19 vaccines

The vaccine corridor connects major vaccine manufacturers in India with worldwide markets via Dubai’s cargo hub

Covid-19 update: UAE reports 1,501 cases, 1,746 recoveries and 3 deaths

The death toll in the UAE has risen to 682

BMW distributor AGMC opens new showroom in Dubai’s Motor City

The 300,000 sq ft facility is the first automotive dealership in the motor-themed Dubai neighborhood

Dubai’s Emirates relaunches its signature My Emirates Pass

All Emirates customers flying to and through Dubai from January 1 until September 30, 2021, can take advantage of the offer

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Sharjah National Oil Corporation begins gas production at Mahani

Production begins a year after the discovery of gas in the field, touted as the first new onshore find in Sharjah in nearly four decades