Overview
- Dubai’s month‑long National Month campaign concluded with about 2.9 billion interactions and more than 75 million video views, according to Brand Dubai monitoring.
- Sheikh Hamdan highlighted developing government competencies and set Schools Dubai targets to reach AED 4 billion in investment and 15,000 students by 2033, up from AED 62 million in 2021 to AED 1 billion in 2025.
- President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed hosted Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa and witnessed an investment‑protection agreement plus MoUs on digital cooperation and labor mobility between the two countries.
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid met African business and philanthropic leaders, reaffirming long‑term partnerships and citing over $110 billion of UAE investment in Africa since 2019 and a $1 billion AI for Development initiative.
- A Sky News Arabia report carried an audio attributed to an AQAP figure urging attacks on STC forces in eastern Yemen, as Arab Cup results saw Jordan qualify with a 3‑1 win over Kuwait and the UAE draw 1‑1 with Egypt to leave qualification hinging on beating Kuwait and Egypt dropping points against Jordan.