LONDON: This year will be the hottest in recorded history after an "extraordinary" November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row, Europe´s climate monitor said Wednesday, piling pressure on the COP28 talks to act on climate change. Last month smashed the previous November heat record,
Dubai: The UAE is to launch a new Moon mission after a spacecraft carrying its Rashid exploratory rover was thought to have crashed during an attempted lunar landing. Japanese company iSpace, which had been hoping to complete the first landing on the Moon’s surface by a
New York: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland announced a series of pledges to advance a systemic, responsive, and evidence-based approach to climate, peace and security on the United Nations Security Council. The 15 pledges, which cover a range of Council functions, serve
Abu Dhabi: The fight against global warming should not be at the expense of economic growth, the UAE oil chief who will lead this year’s UN climate talks said on Monday. Sultan Al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates’ special envoy for climate change and CEO of
New Delhi: The UAE and India are preparing to introduce bilateral transactions using local currencies.
Dubai: Afghan refugees and migrants living in limbo at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year since being evacuated from Afghanistan held protests this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process. Hundreds of Afghans carried banners and shouted
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred the Order of the Union medal on Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa “in recognition of his significant contributions to the promotion of bilateral ties”, the military’s media
Washington DC: The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors to the United Arab Emirates and Patriot missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in separate deals worth as much as $5.3 billion, the Pentagon said. The potential deals,
Washington: Five US lawmakers — two senators and three members of the US House of Representatives — have pressed President Joe Biden to raise Asim Ghafoor’s detention with the highest levels of the UAE government and advocate for his fair and humane treatment. Asim Ghafoor, a