Sharjah: A dialogue session titled “Writing a City: Geography as a Story”, organised by the Ministry of Culture at its pavilion at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair, in cooperation with the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, explored the story of cities through contemporary travel literature. According to Emirates News Agency, the session drew upon ancient … Read more
Sharjah: The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) will hold on Monday its third session, as part of its work for the third regular session of the eleventh legislative term. The session will be held at the Council’s headquarters in Sharjah, chaired by Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Council. According to Emirates News Agency, … Read more
Beijing: China’s Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter has captured images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during its close approach to the Red Planet, contributing to global scientific efforts to study the rare interstellar interloper. According to Emirates News Agency, 3I/ATLAS is only the third object confirmed to have entered the solar system from another planetary system, following … Read more
Manila: Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the largest storm to hit the Philippines this year, began impacting the country’s northeastern coast on Sunday, causing power outages, displacing nearly a million residents, and prompting urgent evacuation warnings from the defense chief for those in high-risk areas. According to Emirates News Agency, the typhoon, with its substantial rain and … Read more
Jiuquan: China on Sunday launched the Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket, carrying two technical experiment satellites. The launch took place at 11:32 am Beijing Time from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone, located near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. According to Emirates News Agency, the rocket successfully delivered the satellites into their … Read more
Belem: World leaders participating in a climate summit in Brazil have agreed to establish a fund aimed at conserving tropical forests. The two-day summit, which began on Thursday in Belem on the Amazon River delta, brought together leaders from around 40 countries and regions ahead of the COP30 UN Climate Conference. According to Emirates News … Read more
Rafah: The Emirati field hospital in Rafah welcomed a delegation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as part of a visit to review the UAE’s humanitarian and medical initiatives under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, aimed at enhancing cooperation to bolster the healthcare sector in Gaza. According to Emirates News Agency, during the visit, the delegation … Read more
New delhi: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) continues its efforts to support refugees by focusing on projects that enhance livelihoods and ensure food security. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, organized a two-day visit to New Delhi in collaboration with MBRGI to evaluate the conditions of Afghan, Rohingya, and Chin refugees. The visit … Read more