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Dubai: Dubai Taxi Company PJSC, in collaboration with Baidu Inc. through its autonomous ride-hailing platform Apollo Go, has initiated driverless commercial ride-hailing taxi services in Dubai via the Apollo Go app. This venture signifies the platform…

Abu dhabi: Creative Lab, the youth talent development arm of Abu Dhabi’s Creative Media Authority (CMA), hosted a series of online creative media workshops during the spring break which introduced young students aged 9-12 to storytelling, scriptwritin…

Sharjah: H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Chairman of the Department of Petroleum, and Chairman of the Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC), inaugurated the 3rd edition of the Health, Safety and Environmen…

Dubai: In a landmark step in Dubai’s digital transformation journey, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, announced that the emirate has entered a new era in which the city is managed autonomously through data …

Dubai: Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director-General of the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai (GDRFA Dubai), conducted inspection visits to Dubai International Airport (DXB), Hatta Border Crossing, and the V…

Abu dhabi: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE), has announced that faculty members at medic…

Vienna: Austria’s inflation rate rose by 0.9% to 3.1% in March, while energy prices increased by 6.1% year-on-year. Statistics Austria attributed the main reason for the rise in inflation to higher fuel and heating oil prices.

According to Emirates …

Fiji: An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck the Fiji islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific Ocean.

According to Emirates News Agency, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quake occurred at a depth of 576 kilometres.