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Launching a tool to help businesses access sustainable finance

Launching a tool to help businesses access sustainable...

London [UK], October 5: The British Embassy in Hanoi announced on October 4 that the first handbook on implementing and...

Business cannot 'sit on hands' as Gaza aid needs remain

Business cannot 'sit on hands' as Gaza aid...

Gaza [Palestine], October 5: Aid for Gaza cannot stop just because a new frontline has opened in Lebanon, and one...

Flooding and landslides kill 18 in Bosnia

Flooding and landslides kill 18 in Bosnia

Sarajevo [Bosnia], October 5: At least 18 people have died in flooding and landslides in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a police...

UAE takes part in 122nd Meeting of Financial & Economic Cooperation Committee of GCC

UAE takes part in 122nd Meeting of Financial...

Doha [Qatar], October 5: Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, has led the UAE delegation...

UAE Ministry of Investment drives Emirati investment in Egypt's Ras El Hekma Development

UAE Ministry of Investment drives Emirati investment in...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 5: The UAE Ministry of Investment (MoI) announced today its support and key role in the...

UAE confirms targeted attack by Sudanese Army on ambassador's residence in Khartoum

UAE confirms targeted attack by Sudanese Army on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 5: Salem Al Jaberi, Assistant Minister for Security and Military Affairs, has confirmed that the attack...

Dubai Health adopts comprehensive framework to enhance patient safety

Dubai Health adopts comprehensive framework to enhance patient...

Dubai [UAE], October 5: Dubai Health has adopted the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative (PSFHI), reaffirming a comprehensive patient safety...

Future Food Forum lays roadmap for food cluster strategy, Emiratisation in F&B sector

Future Food Forum lays roadmap for food cluster...

Dubai [UAE], October 5: The sixth Future Food Forum concluded with a strong call for further collaboration between the public...

Brazil suffers historic drought

Brazil suffers historic drought

Brasilia [Brazil], October 4:Brazil's disaster monitoring center Cemaden said the country is suffering its worst drought since 1950.

Former British Prime Minister discovers listening device in toilet after Israeli Prime Minister uses it

Former British Prime Minister discovers listening device in...

London [UK], October 4: Security forces discovered a listening device in the toilet of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Israel continues airstrikes on Lebanese capital

Israel continues airstrikes on Lebanese capital

Beirut [Lebanon], October 4: Israel has carried out air strikes on central Beirut after suffering its deadliest day on the...

New challenge for Mr. Trump

New challenge for Mr. Trump

Washington [US], October 4: As the United States enters the climax of the presidential election month, prosecutors have decided to...

North Korean leader warns he could use nuclear weapons if attacked

North Korean leader warns he could use nuclear...

Pyongyang [North Korea], October 4: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country will resolutely respond, including the use...

2 Lebanese soldiers killed in first army deaths since offensive began

2 Lebanese soldiers killed in first army deaths...

Beirut [Lebanon], October 4: A Lebanese soldier was killed in the southern town of Taybeh in an Israeli attack on...

Hamas claims responsibility for Tel Aviv attack; Israel hits Gaza

Hamas claims responsibility for Tel Aviv attack; Israel...

Gaza [Palestine], October 4: Hamas on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack in Tel Aviv a day ago which left...

Ship with more than 450 passengers sinks in Congo, rescue ongoing

Ship with more than 450 passengers sinks in...

Kinshasa [DR Congo], October 4: Rescue operations are ongoing after a ship carrying more than 450 passengers sank in Lake...

Man jailed in UK case over plot to commit female genital mutilation

Man jailed in UK case over plot to...

London [UK], October 4: A former PhD student has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after he became the...

Ukraine drones attack Russian air base in Voronezh

Ukraine drones attack Russian air base in Voronezh

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 4: Ukrainian aerial drones attacked the Borisoglebsk air base in Russia's Voronezh region in the early hours...

Mexican soldiers fire on migrants, killing 6

Mexican soldiers fire on migrants, killing 6

Mexico City [Mexico], October 4: Mexican soldiers on Wednesday opened fire on a group of migrants travelling with suspected smugglers...

NZ's Dunedin endures wettest day in 100 years

NZ's Dunedin endures wettest day in 100 years

Wellington [New Zealand], October 4: More than two months' worth of rain in one day has brought flooding and a...

Environment ministers summoned over bird flu threat

Environment ministers summoned over bird flu threat

Sydney [Australia], October 4: Environment ministers have been summoned to a special meeting on the looming bird flu threat as...

Russia 'intercepts Ukraine drone' near nuclear plant

Russia 'intercepts Ukraine drone' near nuclear plant

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 4: Russian forces have intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Russian town of Kurchatov but there was...

US retailers back-up shipping plans amid ports strike

US retailers back-up shipping plans amid ports strike

Washington [US], October 4: Major retailers from Levi Strauss to Costco are preparing alternative shipping plans to ensure goods arrive...

8 states to vote on noncitizen ban

8 states to vote on noncitizen ban

Washington [US], October 4: Eight U.S. states are asking to ban noncitizens from voting even though it is already illegal,...

Hurricane Helen death toll rises to 200

Hurricane Helen death toll rises to 200

Washington [US], October 4: The death toll from Hurricane "Helen," which swept through several states in the southeastern United States,...

At least 78 dead as boat capsizes in eastern DR Congo

At least 78 dead as boat capsizes in...

Kinshasa [DR Congo], October 4: At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern...

Nature reserves not parks or pastures: Sharjah Ruler

Nature reserves not parks or pastures: Sharjah Ruler

Sharjah [UAE], October 4: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, stressed...