Year of the 50th: UAE leaders post inspiring messages
Web Report/Dubai Filed on March 16, 2021
UAE s first 50 years were full of goodness, says Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. Everyone in the UAE has the chance to reach their full potential, says Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
The UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had announced earlier that the theme celebrates the UAE s 50 years of founding. It officially starts on April 6, 2021, and lasts until March 31, 2022.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the country s first 50 years saw the fastest pace of nation building in history.
Syria s Kurds: Ten years on, what of autonomy?
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Syria s Kurds: Ten years on, what of autonomy?
AFP / Mar 9, 2021, 09:28 IST
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Syrian refugees walk through a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village of Kafr Aruq, in Idlib province, Syria. (File photo)
BEIRUT: Syria s decade-long war has seen the country s Kurdish minority make strides towards autonomy while becoming a key ally of the West against jihadists.
But with the conflict winding down and the so-called Islamic State (IS) group ousted from its last scrap of land two years ago, what s next?
Syria s Kurds had been marginalised for decades when war broke out.
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The College of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) recently held a Virtual Graduate Studies Information Session for future students, both from Qatar and further afield. Interested students were able to engage with Dr Susan L. Karamanian, Dean of the College of Law, and faculty members, to learn about the curriculum and research-intensive graduate programmes, which all have a strong international and comparative law focus. Highlighting the pathways to develop their legal skills and gain professional experience both in and outside the classroom, faculty members gave an overview of the Juris Doctor (JD) degree, the first-of-its-kind graduate law degree in the MENA region, and the college s two LLM programmes in International Economic and Business Law and International Law and Foreign Affairs. Participants were given the opportunity to connect with the HBKU admissions team to better understand essential application requirements. The virtual event was an ex
(MENAFN - Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ABU DHABI, 20th February, 2021 (WAM) Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat) and Northrop Grumman today announced DhabiSat , the second CubeSat designed and developed by Khalifa University students with support from partners, lifted off aboard the Cygnus NG-15 spacecraft on the Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, US.
The launch of DhabiSat marks another milestone event for the UAE, the Khalifa University community, as well as for collaboration partners Yahsat and Northrop Grumman. DhabiSat will be deployed from the resupply spacecraft Cygnus NG-15, following its departure from the ISS in approximately three months.
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat) and Northrop Grumman today announced ‘DhabiSat , the second CubeSat designed and developed by Khalifa University students with support from partners, lifted off aboard the Cygnus NG-15 spacecraft on the Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Wall