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The UAE Pavilion at COP28 programs for 8 December 2023 featured convenings that aligned with the “Youth, Children, Education and Skills” thematic day at the global climate conference, with event discussions emphasizing the importance of innovation and knowledge sharing to nurture future generations.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has travelled to Houston, United States, to meet Raphaël Liégeois, the Belgian career astronaut selected as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut class of 2022.

Youth leaders representing the Commonwealth’s 56 countries have urged leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai to move beyond speeches and deliver concrete action to safeguard the planet. 

On 26th November, 24 K2 employees from across the globe flew out to Nepal to take part in a Himalayan trek and a volunteering programme.

Switzerland's government has handed over a prehistoric Libyan marble sculpture believed to be more than 2,000 years old to Libya's embassy in the Swiss' capital, Bern.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) have announced that Secretary-General and CEO Dona Regis-Prosper has been honoured by the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) with its 2023 Leadership Award.

In a significant move to boost Jamaica's digital infrastructure, Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke (pic) and Senator Matthew Samuda inked a Financial Advisory Services Agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the northern region of Tigray ended.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, one of the world's leading renewable energy companies, has signed agreements to collaborate with Indonesia's state-owned utility company, PLN, to move ahead with major development plans for Southeast Asia's largest floating solar power plant and explore green hydrogen opportunities. 

It has been reported that First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, a North Shore resident, was among six individuals presented with the Consul General’s Heritage Award at the Jamaican Consulate’s Manhattan offices.

FDO, a pivotal entity in Oman's fisheries and aquaculture sector, is set to participate in the highly anticipated 5th Oman AgroFood Exhibition and Conference.

Fifty years after his breakthrough album, ‘Catch a Fire’, Bob Marley is the latest megastar to receive the Hollywood biopic treatment, with a new film set to arrive in cinemas in January.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that Hong Kong has won IBTM, the world's leading Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) event brand, to organise its inaugural MICE trade show IBTM Asia Pacific 2025, in Spring 2025 in Hong Kong.

Since its commencement on November 15, the RSH Street Art Festival 2023, organized by the Saudi Visual Arts Commission, captivated audiences with its vibrant display of local, regional, and international street art, effectively capturing the essence of this transformative art form.

The School for Field Studies (SFS) along with Marine Conservation without Borders (MCB) and Stichting Nationale Parken Bonaire (STINAPA) are implementing the project entitled “Novel Educational Tools to Foster Local Ecosystem Sustainability Practices”, a pioneering initiative dedicated to enhancing access to ecosystem education resources in the Caribbean.

Rescuers in India eventually freed 41 workers who had been trapped in a collapsed Himalayan tunnel for 17 days.