Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the best places to live in the Middle East, according to an international survey of more than 200 cities.
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The UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research met with a US Anti-Defamation League delegation. They discussed the need for cultivating cross-cultural cooperation, fraternity and understanding.
From a U.S. national security standpoint, the U.S.-U.A.E. 123 Agreement is good for the United States. It is also good for the international nonproliferation regime, write the former US senators.
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City connected its first major solar power plant to the emirate’s power grid, a major step forward in the emirate’s development of renewable energy.
New Cabinet guidelines provide detailed expectations for workers' housing, from protection against environmental pollution and noise to providing markets and playgrounds.
The UAE completed ratification of the statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the first country to do so. The UAE also created an endowment fund of up to US$50 million annually solely to help IRENA carry out renewable energy development projects.
TIME highlights Dubai’s growing fine art and commercial design scene and the unofficial development of a “creative district,” to foster local talent.
The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation recently signed agreements with UNICEF to support children in Afghanistan through a number of humanitarian and development initiatives, this is KBZF’s second such agreement. KBZF is also partnering with Virgin Unite, of the UK, to work on joint education and health initiati
American Science and Engineering Inc. received a $8.6 million order from Abu Dhabi Customs for X-ray screening systems, to boost border security.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Saratoga, New York to inaugurate construction on the 4.2 billion dollar GlobalFoundries chip manufacturing facility. Once completed, the fab is anticipated to create over 5,000 jobs in Saratoga County.