The United Arab Emirates is looking to deflect criticism of its rights record ahead of this year's UN climate talks, a London-based group said Friday, after obtaining a leaked recording.
The UAE has delayed awarding a 41 billion dollar contract to build nuclear power plants saying that the decision between the three rival bidders was too close to call, an Abu Dhabi daily said Monday.
The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa during a landmark climate summit hosted by Kenya that is aimed at attracting funding for efforts to combat global warming.
The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission to the International Space Station, Dubai's ruler said Monday.
A powerful typhoon brought Hong Kong to a shutdown Thursday, with financial markets and businesses forced to close as it swept past before slamming into the Chinese island of Hainan.
A powerful typhoon smashed into Japan on Wednesday and headed towards the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, where workers raced to secure buildings to stop radioactive material spreading.
A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Sunday with fierce winds and torrential rains, leaving at least two people missing and 17 others injured, officials said.
Typhoon Hagupit slammed into southern China on Wednesday after battering Hong Kong, where it injured dozens of people, disrupted air travel and forced the closure of schools, officials said.
A powerful typhoon killed at least one person in South Korea on Sunday, grounded 280 flights and stranded 15,000 passengers on its southern resort island of Jeju, officials said.
Typhoon Ketsana left a trail of destruction across Southeast Asia Wednesday, killing at least 49 people in Vietnam and Cambodia and churning towards Laos, officials said.
A typhoon that pummelled western Japan left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, reports said Sunday, after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslides crushed houses.
Vietnam evacuated tens of thousands of people from high-risk coastal areas Monday as a powerful typhoon that left dozens of fishermen missing in the South China Sea slammed into the country.
Typhoon Hinnamnor killed one person and left nine missing on Tuesday, before heading back to sea with few reports of major property damage.
South Korea's military confirmed Sunday a joint naval exercise with the United States aimed at showcasing its military strength had been postponed due to an approaching typhoon.
Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving three people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean.
A powerful typhoon smashed into Japan on Wednesday churning through the stricken Fukushima nuclear power station but failed to damage the already battered plant, its operators said.
