Overview
- Emirates Health Services introduced one-step registration via UAE Pass, cut preventive screening visits from five to one, and activated unified digital health files, alongside reporting about 182,000 in-person visits and 11,000 teleconsultations in 2024–2025.
- Dubai opened the third Apply in Dubai challenge after 5,800 prior applications helped launch more than 55 apps, adding a Quality of Life category, a participant support track, and over AED 2.5 million in funding including a AED 1 million top award.
- Dubai unveiled its 2033 sports plan targeting an increase in the sector’s annual GDP contribution from AED 10.17 billion to AED 18.3 billion, boosting active participants to 2.6 million and annual event attendance to 4.1 million through 19 programs and 75 initiatives across 17 priority sports.
- Senior U.S. military leaders briefed President Trump on updated options for potential operations in Venezuela with no decision reported, as the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group entered U.S. Southern Command’s area and sources reported recent strikes on suspected drug boats with dozens killed.
- The UAE and Iraq drew 1–1 in Abu Dhabi in the World Cup playoff first leg, with coach Olario Cosmin saying qualification hopes remain before the Nov. 18 return match in Basra, and local coverage noted defensive lapses and a standout goalkeeping display by Khalid Issa.