May 08 2024
DUBAI: More than 120 permanent buildings across Expo 2020 Dubai have been certified by the US Green Building Council in a major sustainability milestone, not only for the mega-event itself but for its legacy project District 2020, the human-centric sustainable […]
DUBAI: Singapore’s envious reputation as a garden city is about to get much greener, with ambitious plans to introduce more edible gardens to lessen the island state’s reliance on imported food, a World Majlis event on natural cities expressed at […]
DUBAI: More than 5.8 million people – including farmers, traders, students, teachers, doctors, patients, and people of determination – have benefitted from the work of 140 social entrepreneurs supported under Expo 2020 Dubai’s global innovation and partnership programme Expo Live. […]
DUBAI: Having sustained indigenous communities for centuries, ancestral teachings and practices have a unique role in preserving Mother Earth today, believes Grandmother Mona Polacca, a senior tribal leader and a founding member of a worldwide coalition of indigenous women. “The council is […]
DUBAI: Launching on World Cities Day, Expo’s Urban and Rural Development Week will explore how we must transform the way we move, build, consume and live in the habitats of the future. Expo 2020 Dubai was built with a new […]
DUBAI: Dubai Miracle Garden, the largest natural flower garden in the world, is returning for its tenth season, a milestone in the award-winning garden’s journey. To mark the opening of the new season, the garden has been decked up with […]
According to new research, widespread ivory hunting in Mozambique has resulted in the evolution of tuskless elephants. In Gorongosa National Park, a previously unusual genetic trait grew increasingly widespread as ivory poaching to fund a civil war pushed the elephant […]
ABU DHABI: Half a century of effective partnerships between the UAE and the United Nations was crowned by the country’s election for membership in the Security Council for the 2022-2023 term and the Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term. […]
ABU DHABI: The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) will cancel Mawaqif’s paper violation notices and replace them with electronic fines, sent via SMS, starting October 24. Inspectors will issue public parking tickets related to violations in the emirate and send them electronically […]
DUBAI: Nissan is moving towards sustainable mobility in the Middle East and globally, with the debut of its stunning all-electric Ariya crossover car that is targeted towards the mass market. The Japanese company unveiled its all-new electric vehicle recently at […]
A man found one of the world’s most venomous spiders under his bed and it was the ‘size of his hand’. Photographer Gil Wizen noticed tiny spiders appearing in his bedroom and decided to take a look under his bed […]
