The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UNESCO have signed an agreement on the operation of the the Sharjah-based Regional Centre for Educational Planning (RCEP).
The agreement was signed Saturday between UAE’s Education Minister and RECP chairman Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami, and Chairman of the RCEP and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, Wednesday launched its inaugural flight to the Netherlands' capital Amsterdam.
UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova inspected two of the three biosphere reserves in Nicaragua to get a firsthand look at their condition, first lady Rosario Murillo said.
Novel coronavirus (NCoV), a newly discovered and potentially deadly virus, related to one that causes the common cold, has struck another victim, this time in France, CNN reported Thursday.
US President Barack Obama promised Friday an in-depth investigation into the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, and said if that proves to be the case, it will change his "calculus" about how to deal with the crisis in the Middle Eastern country.
