Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

2012 in review

2012-12-30 15:14:00

It won't take much more than a few minutes into the new year to see the impact of the old one, with Baltimore's City Hall opening at midnight to begin performing same-sex marriages under a law that takes effect on Jan. 1. But if the state's newly...

Bloomberg joins Johns Hopkins in dedicating new hospital

2012-04-12 18:31:00

Michael Bloomberg's first donation to Johns Hopkins was $5, which he gave the year after he graduated in 1964 from the university with an engineering degree. The New York mayor now ranks as Hopkins' largest contributor, and possibly the largest donor...

Hopkins event to close Orleans St. April 11 and 12

2012-04-10 12:08:00

A "high-security" event celebrating the opening of new facilities at Johns Hopkins Hospital will close part of Orleans Street to traffic on April 11 and 12, according to hospital officials. The opening of the hospital's new Sheikh Zayed Tower and The...

Komon, Abate win Zayed run in NY

2013-05-13 01:24:04

UAE sponsors announce higher prize money to celebrate landmark event Kenya's Leonard Patrick Komon who won The UAE Healthy Kidney 10-km run in New York for the second straight year, feels changes to the Central Park course cost him the chance of setting...

Green bank among agreements to be signed during Khalifa visit

2013-04-29 10:04:03

The UAE and the UK are expected to sign three agreements, including one on setting up a green bank for environment-friendly projects during the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's visit to the country which begins today. The UAE...

Abu Dhabi plans financial free zone, may resemble Dubai

2013-04-28 06:17:02

By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI, April 28 (Reuters) - The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi is putting finishing touches to plans to establish a financial free zone that could resemble, and therefore compete with, the Dubai International Financial Centre,...

'Mission: Impossible': A Dubai landmark aims for film history

2011-12-21 16:36:46

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Majority of Persian Gulf Arabs too afraid to protest against their leaders, new poll says

2011-06-25 16:32:31

UAE: Activists petition ruler for direct elections

2011-03-10 16:32:29

BAHRAIN: GCC troops to remain, face increasingly radicalized youth

2011-05-12 16:32:28

Guests applaud Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan after he spoke at the dedication of the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center and the Sheikh Zayed Tower at Johns Hopkins Hospital .

2012-04-12 00:00:00

Dignitaries at the finale of the dedication of the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center and the Sheikh Zayed Tower at Johns Hopkins Hospital (from left) Edward D. Miller, CEO Hopkins Medicine; Ronald R. Peterson, president of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System; Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin

2012-04-12 00:00:00

A young former patient, Gavin Michel-Baird (5th from left), was given the honor of cutting the ribbon at dedication of the Charlotte R.

2012-04-12 00:00:00