UAE: Plastic, crude oil, laundry microfibers top causes of seabird deaths, study finds

Nearly 13 per cent of seabirds found along the country’s shores had ingested marine pollutants, including plastic debris, crude oil, tar balls, and even microfibers from laundry waste, a new study revealed. A recent study by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (Epaa) in Sharjah has shed light on the alarming impact of marine pollution […]

UAE President orders release of 963 prisoners ahead of Eid Al Adha

President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the release of 963 inmates from penal and correctional facilities who had been sentenced in various cases. He pledged to pay the financial obligations incurred in implementing these sentences, ahead of Eid Al Adha. The UAE President’s humanitarian initiative comes within the framework of his keenness to […]