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VIENNA, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — Austria has lost nearly a third of its glacier area over the past two decades, with 95 glaciers disappearing completely, highlighting accelerating glacier shrinkage that could eventually leave some mountain ranges without glacial ice. A comprehensive study conducted by researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the universities of Innsbruck, Salzburg and Graz documented the scale of the losses after mapping Austria’s glaciers using high-resolution imagery. Lea Hartl, lead author of the study and a researcher at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, said the losses in…

SHARJAH, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, witnessed on Sunday morning the signing of strategic cooperation agreements by the Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) in Sharjah, FranklinCovey Middle East, and Faseeh E-Learning Centre. The agreements were signed by Ali Ahmed Al Hosani, Director-General of the Sharjah Private Education Authority; Salem Omar Salem, Director of the ICESCO Regional Office in Sharjah; Ammar Ahmed Abdulrasoul, CEO of FranklinCovey Middle East; and Dr Sajida Salem Mohammed, Executive Director…

ASTANA, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan conferred the Order of Dostyk (Order of Friendship) of II Degree on Suhail bin Mohamed Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, in recognition and appreciation of his tireless efforts to strengthen friendly relations and develop frameworks for joint cooperation between the two friendly countries. President Tokayev noted the special nature of relations between Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, founded on strong bonds of friendship, mutual trust, and strategic partnership. He emphasised that the UAE is among the top largest foreign investors in Kazakhstan.…

DUBAI, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Supreme Space Council, witnessed the unveiling of the probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA). Developed, assembled and tested in the UAE, the space probe reached the flight readiness stage in less than two years. The probe will be carried on board the MBR Explorer spacecraft as part of the UAE’s second interplanetary mission, a journey of approximately 5 billion km to explore seven…

Kpop representation at the 69th Grammy Awards has lost two more major players, with Stray Kids boycotting the awards and Blackpink disqualifying from contention.After BTS announced their boycott of the global music awards in July, popular Korean boy group Stray Kids followed, with the band’s agency JYP Entertainment stating simply that it did not submit its music for the next edition of the Grammys, which will take place in 2027.Why the boycotts?While the exact reason for Stray Kids’ decision in is unclear, the decision came within 24 hours of the Grammys announcing that the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award…

SHARJAH, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — Mohamed Juma Al Musharrkh, CEO of the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), said the 45% growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the emirate in 2025 reflects the competitiveness of the UAE economy. Al Musharrkh made the remarks in an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on key shifts in the global economy and Sharjah’s economic readiness, as the emirate prepares to host the ninth Sharjah Investment Forum, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Investment on 14th and 15th October at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre. Held under the…

ABU DHABI, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — TRENDS Research & Advisory, part of TRENDS Group, concluded its first participation in the International Security Expo London 2026 by organising a panel discussion titled “Strategic Power in an Interconnected World: Technology, Resources and Security” at Olympia Grand, while also exploring opportunities for academic and research cooperation with a number of leading UK universities. Participants in the panel discussion, moderated by Zayed Al Dhaheri, a researcher at TRENDS Research & Advisory, and featuring TRENDS researchers Rawda Al Marzouqi and Hazza Al Hammadi alongside a group of international academics and experts, stressed that technology,…

MUSCAT, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries collectively recorded the world’s highest value of outward workers’ remittances in 2025, totalling approximately US$161 billion, representing growth of 13.6 percent compared with 2024 and an increase of approximately US$19 billion, according to the report “Outward Workers’ Remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, 2025”, issued by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat). The report noted that total workers’ remittances from GCC countries rose for the second consecutive year, following the decline recorded in 2023, reaching their highest level in…

ABU DHABI, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho on the occasion of his country’s National Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, dispatched similar messages to King Letsie III and Samuel Matekane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho. Source: Emirates News Agency

PADUA, Italy, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — The First International Conference on Religious Studies, organised by Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities (MBZUH) in the Italian city of Padua, concluded with seven principal recommendations in its final statement, including launching a religious common ground project, expanding academic exchange and joint scholarly publication, and developing pathways for translating specialised research. The recommendations also called for establishing a fixed, recurring date for the conference, with a new academic theme for each edition; developing ethical frameworks for artificial intelligence grounded in shared human values; strengthening the role of universities in serving society and…