United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Municipality launched the 'Promoting Healthy Eating in Educational Institutions' initiative to help institutions change their approach to meals by offering appropriate food options in canteens and cafeterias to over 300.000 students

The Dubai Street Naming Committee announced a new mechanism to find distinctive names for streets, incorporating elements of the emirate's heritage, identity and futuristic aspirations, with combinations of names and numbers to identify internal streets

The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi has discovered eight new species of invertebrates beloning to the same family of wasps in four reserves located in different areas in the emirate

The Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi announced its success in planting of 44 million mangrove trees in the emirate since 2020, as part of the UAE's efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050

The United Arab Emirates announced the launch of the Women in Nuclear Middle East Chapter, a non-profit organisation for women working professionally in the nuclear energy and technology sector

Growth in the size and quality of Dubai's private education sector has more than doubled since Knowledge and Human Development Authority was established in 2007; annual student enrolment figures showed a 12% growth over the previous academic year

Over 35.000 amateur cyclists and cycling enthusiasts took to the streets for the 2023 Dubai Ride; people of all ages and abilities collectively cycled over 546.000 km

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation has officially certified Fujairah as a sustainable tourism destination, awarding the Fujairah Adventures Centre a membership certificate confirming its status as an affiliate member of the UNWTO

Abu Dhabi International Airport's Terminal A will go into operation on 1 November; Etihad Airways will conduct a ceremonial flight today 31 October, prior to the official opening to the public

Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi, president of the Big Heart Foundation, ordered the organisation to provide aid worth AED 30 million ($8,1 million) to Palestinians in Gaza

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has commissioned the second 200-megawatt unit of the parabolic trough complex of the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

Dubai is about to introduce the world's first floating mosque with an underwater prayer area, at an estimated cost of around Dh55 million (€14 million); the unique religious tourism project that is scheduled for 2024