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ABS launches Trade Finance Registry to counter trade finance fraud

ABS launches Trade Finance Registry to counter trade...

Singapore, June 24: The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) on Friday launched an industry utility that will securely maintain...

Cambodian PM urges vigilance over rise in new HIV infections

Cambodian PM urges vigilance over rise in new...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 24: Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen on Saturday called for people to be vigilant over...

Mexico City holds mass celebrations for same-sex weddings, gender ID changes

Mexico City holds mass celebrations for same-sex weddings,...

Mexico City [Mexico], June 24: Hundreds of same-sex couples and transgender people in Mexico City celebrated weddings and the completion...

Russia accuses mercenary boss of mutiny after he says Moscow killed 2,000 of his men

Russia accuses mercenary boss of mutiny after he...

Moscow [Russia], June 24: Russia accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of calling for an armed mutiny on Friday after he...

Indian PM Modi wraps up Washington trip with appeal to tech CEOs

Indian PM Modi wraps up Washington trip with...

Washington [US], June 24: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with U.S. and Indian technology executives in Washington on the...

MoHAP organises workshop to coordinate early childhood development programmes

MoHAP organises workshop to coordinate early childhood development...

Dubai [UAE], June 24: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has organised a three-day national workshop to enhance and...

FIFA postpones Beach Soccer World Cup in UAE to February 2024

FIFA postpones Beach Soccer World Cup in UAE...

Dubai [UAE], June 24: The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) decided to organise the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup,...

Emirati Genome Programme launches new visual identity

Emirati Genome Programme launches new visual identity

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 24: The Emirati Genome Programme (EGP), one of the largest population genomic initiatives in the world,...

Al Sayegh meets Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to discuss bilateral cooperation

Al Sayegh meets Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 24: Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, has met with Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon,...

Urgent reform needed to shield women, children from violence during custody battles, UN human rights expert affirms

Urgent reform needed to shield women, children from...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 24: Family court systems worldwide are being impacted by "deeply embedded gender bias" which is leaving women...

Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk, return to ISS

Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk, return to ISS

Vladivostok [Russia], June 23: Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin have successfully returned to the International Space Station (ISS)...

UK marks 75th Windrush anniversary

UK marks 75th Windrush anniversary

London [UK], June 23: Commemorations and celebrations are taking place across the United Kingdom to mark what has been described...

UK minister rules himself out of contention to be NATO chief

UK minister rules himself out of contention to...

London [UK], June 23: British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has ruled himself out of contention to succeed the secretary general...

'Climate, poverty must be tackled hand-in-hand'

'Climate, poverty must be tackled hand-in-hand'

Paris [France], June 23: France's President Emmanuel Macron has called for the fight against the climate crisis and poverty to...

Ukrainian strike hits Crimea bridge

Ukrainian strike hits Crimea bridge

Moscow [Russia], June 23: A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects south Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a...

Musk, Zuck call out each other for cage fight

Musk, Zuck call out each other for cage...

Paris [France], June 23: Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt...

Iran FM rounds out Gulf tour with UAE visit

Iran FM rounds out Gulf tour with UAE...

Dubai [UAE], June 23: Iran's foreign minister on Thursday concluded a three-day tour of Gulf Arab neighbors with a visit...

Paris climate summit opens with call for 'finance shock'

Paris climate summit opens with call for 'finance...

Paris [France], June 23: The leaders of France and Barbados joined forces on Thursday to push for an overhaul of...

Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new...

Cairo [Egypt], June 23: Elsafi Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on June 1 near Sudan's...

Titanic sub suffered a 'catastrophic implosion,' all five aboard dead

Titanic sub suffered a 'catastrophic implosion,' all five...

Washington [US], June 23: The five people aboard a missing submersible died in a "catastrophic implosion," a U.S. Coast Guard...

Biden, Modi hail new era for India, US relations amid flurry of deals

Biden, Modi hail new era for India, US...

Washington [US], June 23: President Joe Biden hailed a new era in the U.S.-India relationship, after rolling out the White...

UAE President receives Turkish Vice President

UAE President receives Turkish Vice President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 23: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today met with Cevdet Yilmaz, Vice...

Mohammed Bin Rashid University celebrates graduation of Class of 2023

Mohammed Bin Rashid University celebrates graduation of Class...

Dubai [UAE], June 23: The Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) celebrated the graduation of the...

Dubai upskills over 170 government employees in generative AI

Dubai upskills over 170 government employees in generative...

Dubai [UAE], June 23: More than 170 government employees in Dubai have been trained to use generative artificial intelligence (AI)...

Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment holds 3rd National Dialogue for Food Security

Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment holds...

Dubai [UAE], June 23: The Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment held the third session of the "National Dialogue...

Lebanon to continue austerity policy at diplomatic missions amid financial crisis

Lebanon to continue austerity policy at diplomatic missions...

Beirut [Lebanon], June 21: Lebanon will continue an austerity policy at its overseas diplomatic missions for at least two more...

Finland's new government takes office

Finland's new government takes office

Helsinki [Finland], June 21: The new government of Finland, led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, took office on Tuesday.