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Inoculated expats urge South Africans to take COVID-19 vaccines
Eyewitness News spoke to expats living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where nearly 3.5 million people have been vaccinated in the last six weeks.
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Dubai ruler joins COVID-19 vaccine trial
Two vaccines are undergoing third-phase trials in the UAE, one produced by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm, and Russia's Sputnik-V, named after the Soviet-era satellite.
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Hermione Cronje: We still aim to bring Gupta brothers to book
The Gupta brothers are heavily implicated in state capture and are believed to be living in Dubai.
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Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House
Hundreds of guests attended the event, which US President Donald Trump is hoping will boost his reelection chances in November, but there were no handshakes to cement the historic agreements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Israel, Gulf states accord charts new era for Middle East
Many of the oil-rich Gulf states have been quietly cultivating ties with Israel for years, but the normalisation deal allows those relationships to burst into the open, offering rich opportunities as they try to repair economies savaged by the coronavirus crisis.
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Iran's Khamanei says UAE 'betrayed' Muslim world with Israel deal
In the agreement, only the third such deal it has struck with an Arab country, Israel pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands.
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Saudi Arabia says no Israel deal without Palestinian peace
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told reporters on a visit to Berlin that 'peace must be achieved with the Palestinians' on the basis of international agreements as a condition for any normalisation of relations with Israel.
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Abbas says Palestinians not worried about 'nonsense' Israel-UAE deal
In his first public remarks since the US-sponsored deal was announced last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Gulf Arab state of turning its back on Palestinians living under occupation in the West Bank and an Israeli-led blockade in Gaza.
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Former Spanish king Juan Carlos has gone into exile in UAE
In a surprise move, Juan Carlos announced on 3 August that he was leaving Spain to prevent his personal affairs from undermining his son King Felipe VI's reign, but did not say where he would be going.
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World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul
The deal sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of Palestinian lands, a concession welcomed by European and some pro-Western Arab governments as a boost for hopes of peace.
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Israel and UAE to normalise ties in 'historic' US-brokered deal
The deal would make the United Arab Emirates only the third Arab country Israel has diplomatic relations with after its peace deals with Egypt and Jordan.
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SA blocks arms sales to Saudi and UAE in inspection row
The dispute centres on a clause in export documents that requires foreign customers to pledge not to transfer weapons to third parties and to allow South African officials to inspect their facilities to verify compliance.
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Trump vetoes measures blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
It is the third time the president has employed his veto power since taking office.
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Iran urges OPEC members to refrain from unilateral actions
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh wrote to his UAE counterpart, Suhail al-Mazrouei, urging him to remind OPEC members to adhere to June’s agreement.
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Masutha in talks with UAE ambassador over extradition agreement
Justice Minister Michael Masutha says discussions around speeding up the finalisation of a mutual legal assistance and extradition bilateral agreement between the UAE and South Africa are underway.
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Poll shows most French oppose arms sales to Saudi-led Yemen coalition
Seven in 10 people said the government should stop exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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UAE claims world's longest zipline
The 2.8 kilometer zipline, spanning the equivalent of 28 soccer fields, was certified this week by the Guinness World Records, the local tourism authority said.
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UAE to resume flights to Tunis, ending row over ban on women
Tunisia’s transport ministry said an agreement had been reached after “contacts with the Emirati side at various levels”.
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Tunisia working with UAE on terrorist threat from female jihadist returnees
Tunisia had demanded the UAE apologise for the travel ban and on Sunday it suspended the Dubai-based airline Emirates from operating at Tunis airport.
