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Crown Prince: All Dubai Police recruits to learn the art of jiu-jitsu

EDUCATION

Call for Emirati students to apply for US scholarship programme
Those coming to the UAE to work from February 4 will be required to obtain the "Good Conduct and Behaviour Certificate", as a main condition to receive a work visa.

UAE

How to get a 'good conduct certificate' for UAE work visas
Mangroves in Abu Dhabi. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment will plant 30,000 more mangrove trees across the country. Fatima Al Marzooqi/The National.

ENVIRONMENT

Tens of thousands of mangroves to be planted across the UAE
Illustration by Aneesh Grigary

UAE

The Sustainable Economy (a partner collaboration)
Sheikh Zayed Tunnel will close for a few hours every day until Saturday. Silvia Razgova / The National

TRANSPORT

Sheikh Zayed Tunnel to close for four days
Staff at the HealthPlus Fertility Centre. Courtesy United Eastern Medical Services

UAE

UAE medics see infertility rise driven by lifestyle diseases and late marriages
All residents seeking a new work visa from February 4 will need to secure a Good Conduct and Behaviour Certificate.. Pictured, people pass through security at Al Maktoum International airport in Dubai. Marwan Naamani / AFP

GOVERNMENT

New security checks for expats 'will ensure safer Emirates'
Mangroves in Abu Dhabi. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment will plant 30,000 more mangrove trees across the country. Fatima Al Marzooqi/The National.

ENVIRONMENT

Tens of thousands of mangroves to be planted across the UAE
Illustration by Aneesh Grigary

UAE

The Sustainable Economy (a partner collaboration)
Sheikh Zayed Tunnel will close for a few hours every day until Saturday. Silvia Razgova / The National

TRANSPORT

Sheikh Zayed Tunnel to close for four days
Staff at the HealthPlus Fertility Centre. Courtesy United Eastern Medical Services

UAE

UAE medics see infertility rise driven by lifestyle diseases and late marriages
All residents seeking a new work visa from February 4 will need to secure a Good Conduct and Behaviour Certificate.. Pictured, people pass through security at Al Maktoum International airport in Dubai. Marwan Naamani / AFP

GOVERNMENT

New security checks for expats 'will ensure safer Emirates'
The new bridge will connect DIFC and Al Khail road. RTA

UAE

New bridge connecting DIFC and Al Khail road ready to open
Cloud seeding operations in the UAE can boost rainfall from clouds by about a third. Courtesy National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology

ENVIRONMENT

Seeding flights in UAE 'boosting rainfall from clouds by a third'

UAE

UAE Friday sermon: how to achieve a good life
The Oman Sea is likely to be rough today. Pawan Singh / The National

ENVIRONMENT

UAE weather: Forecasters warn of rough sea conditions
Accidents and heavy congestion have led to delays in Abu Dhabi this morning. The National

UAE

UAE traffic: Crash causes tailbacks between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
The Year of Zayed icon is lit up by solar lanterns in Abu Dhabi. The Zayed Future Energy Prize achieved a Guinness world record for the largest environmental sustainability lesson. Zayed Future Energy Prize

GOVERNMENT

Sheikh Zayed's face illuminated with 2,500 solar lanterns
“In few years, the young ones will look at a car and go wow! I can't wait!”-- Mazin Al Khatib, CEO of Nostalgia Classic Cars. Christopher Pike / The National

UAE

End of the internal combustion engine, part 4: an affection for classic cars lives on
Amylyn Oihayon Hidung, a medical laboratory technologist, in the processing lab at Dubai Cord Blood and Research Centre at Latifa Hospital. Reem Mohammed / The National

UAE

Latifa Hospital, the birthplace of so many Dubai residents, set to double in size
The economy is expected to grow 3.9 per cent, thanks, in part, to VAT. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

UAE

PODCAST: UAE in a minute for January 10, 2018

UAE

Body of missing Emirati girl found in a drain
It was slow going for motorists in Abu Dhabi this morning. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

TRANSPORT

UAE traffic: Delays in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
Some areas of the UAE could see a cloudy day develop. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE

UAE weather: Cool conditions continue with a chance of rain
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, congratulates the graduating cadet officers. Wam

UAE

More than 100 cadet officers graduate from Dubai Police Academy
Surenderan K, a Keralite, working in a silver shop in Sharjah. A study is under way investigating the movement of Keralites to the Middle East for jobs has begun. Pawan Singh / The National

UAE

Largest study on Keralites overseas to map change in numbers
Yusuff Ali, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group International. Anindito Mukherjee / Bloomberg

UAE

From schools to hospitals, Kerala businessmen leave imprint on UAE
Alina Ahmed,11, is having her hair cut to be used for wigs for cancer patients who have lost their own hair after radiotherapy treatment. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE

Charity that makes wigs for cancer patients calls for hair donations

UAE

Three Emirati men killed driving back from Gulf Cup final
Nissan Leaf NISMO concept vehicle, on display at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on October 25, 2017. AFP

UAE

End of the internal combustion engine, part 3: the age of the electric vehicle begins
Speed limits will be reduced to 110kph on Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road in Dubai from Sunday

TRANSPORT

No changes for speed limits in Abu Dhabi, say police
The UAE is planning to send four Emirati astronauts into space by 2021. Courtesy Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future

UAE

Thousands in the running to become the UAE's first astronaut

EDITOR'S PICKS

Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will have to make the decision on the status of Syrians in the US by January 30. Shawn Thew / EPA

THE AMERICAS

6,900 Syrians in US face risk of deportation if Trump ends protection  
Copies of Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. AP

COMMENT

Explosive political biographies often fail to cause any lasting damage
A bride takes a selfie after taking her wedding vows during a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organisers, 111 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, at a mosque in Ahmedabad, India January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

WORLD

World in focus - best photos for January 11, 2018
Dubai-based couturier custom made a dress for Victoria Swarovski (left) that's estimated to have cost more than Dhs3 million.

FASHION

10 of Michael Cinco's most extravagant wedding dresses
Scott Huffman, Google Assistant vice president of engineering, speaks during an LG news conference at CES in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus / Reuters

TECHNOLOGY

Google Assistant and AR dominate at CES
Brian Eno is the latest to come out in support of Lorde after the young singer decided to cancel her Israel concert

MUSIC

Brian Eno pens letter in support of Lorde's Israel boycott