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• UAE, Indian foreign ministers discuss regional security

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• Hamdan bin Zayed meets citizens in Al Dhafra to review services, wellbeing

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• UAE brokers Ukraine, Russia prisoner swap

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• UAE President thanks public for overcoming crisis with 'strength and resilience'

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• Zayed Sustainability Prize to fund every finalist in 2027

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  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced that the UAE has won the voting rights for the 2029 annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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