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The UAE has approved the booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines for all adults aged 18 and above.

Parking will be free across most public spaces in Dubai during the Commemoration Day and National Day holidays.

Details of the UAE's 50th National Day celebrations in Hatta have been unveiled by the organising committee.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 870 prisoners ahead of the country's 50th National Day.

Housing projects worth AED 3.8 billion have been approved for UAE nationals in Dubai.

Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, with more nations imposing restrictions on travel from southern Africa.

The new Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with two cases detected in Australia, even as more countries tried to seal themselves off by imposing travel restrictions.

Bahrain has banned entry to travellers from four more African states, increasing the number of banned countries on its red list to 10, due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19.

Britain announced new measures to try to slow the spread of the newly identified Omicron coronavirus variant and a top health official said there was a "reasonable chance" that vaccines could be less effective against it.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior has halted flights from and to Malawi, Zambia, Madagascar, Angola, Seychelles, Mauritius and the Comoros Islands.

Ticket prices for flights from India to Dubai could cost lesser after mid-December, according to an aviation expert.

China amended its tobacco monopoly law on Friday to include e-cigarettes, stepping up regulation of the fast-growing vaping industry in the world's largest tobacco market.

Tech giants like Meta's Facebook and world leaders needed to do "much more" to stamp out violent extremism and radicalisation online, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday.

The Dubai National Air Travel Agency (DNATA) will oversee the operations of Zanzibar International Airport's newly-built terminal (T3).

The UAE has announced it will establish a US$10 billion investment fund in Turkey.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp praised Diogo Jota after he scored twice in Saturday's 4-0 win over Southampton, describing the Portugal forward as the "perfect signing".

Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased into the quarter-finals with a win over Colombia.

The National Day Endurance Cup was launched today at the Emirates International Endurance Village of Al Wathba, over a distance of 120 km, in four stages.

Italian finance police have searched the offices of Serie A club Juventus in Turin and Milan, seeking documents relating to player trading between 2019 and 2021, a prosecutor said.

Arsenal is yet to see whether club-record signing Nicolas Pepe will live up to their expectations, but the north London club will not entertain offers for the out-of-favour forward.

Organisers of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 have unveiled an irresistible offer for families.

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday.

Alicia Keys will be the first international artist to perform as part of Expo 2020 Dubai's Infinite Nights series, performing from the heart of Al Wasl Plaza.

When K-Pop sensation BTS announced that their first in-person concerts since the start of the pandemic would be in the United States, Kim Ji-eun immediately booked a flight and hotel, praying that COVID rules would let her attend all four shows.

Abu Dhabi has unveiled a stellar lineup of performances and events to mark the 50th UAE National Day from December 1 to December 3.

A patch of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland sold for a record $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrency, said the buyer crypto investor Tokens.com and Decentraland.

A Beijing bakery has introduced a Squid Game-themed confection-making challenge in its store as it seeks to cash in on the massive popularity of the South Korean Netflix show.

With climate change threatening traditional coffee farming, Finnish scientists say they have produced coffee from cell cultures with an aroma and taste resembling the real thing.

A rare copy of the Holy Quran translation, once owned by Thomas Jefferson, a former US President, is displayed in the United States’ pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai.

Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency is monitoring a rare blue hole located in the Al Dhafra region.