Again, no dominant theme runs across foreign press mentions of the UAE, but the big stories are:

#1- CNN featured Dubai-based developer URB's ambitious plan to transform Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Road into a 64-km sustainable corridor, dubbed the Dubai Green Spine. This project includes solar-powered trams, a 300-MW solar energy network, mixed-use buildings, and interconnected green spaces.

#2- In an editorial for the Financial Times, UAE Assistant Minister for Political Affairs, Lana Nusseibah, called for a temporary international mission in Gaza to alleviate the crisis in Gaza and prepare it to “[reunite] with the occupied West Bank under a single, legitimate Palestinian Authority.” Nusseibah emphasized that the UAE’s position is that peace efforts must “fundamentally alter the trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict towards the establishment of a Palestinian state” that coexists with Israel.

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