Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s continued efforts to improve gender diversity in the boardroom have led to more women holding board positions this year (8.9 percent), up from 3.5 percent in 2020, according to research undertaken by Aurora50, a social enterprise working towards gender parity in GCC boardrooms, and Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government. In a first-of-its-kind study ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Industrial leaders in the UAE have participated in the second edition of Industry 4.0 and AI for Industrial Leaders, a professional training programme delivered as part of a collaboration between the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). The four-day programme is designed to develop knowledge ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE national airline Etihad Airways has confirmed it will return to London Heathrow’s Terminal 4 from June 22. Etihad is returning to Terminal 4 following a temporary home at Terminals 2 and 3 during the pandemic. Transport connections, including the London Underground and Heathrow Express, will also reopen. The Etihad Lounge will also reopen ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Operation Smile UAE, in cooperation with Healthpoint and the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi, will start a new medical mission in the UAE on Saturday, providing free surgeries to patients with cleft conditions over a course of three days at Healthpoint, Abu Dhabi. In January 2011, Operation Smile UAE was established under the patronage of HH ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM To mark the museum’s fifth anniversary, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Mille announced the second edition of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here exhibition and the Richard Mille Art Prize, which will call on GCC artists (nationals and residents) working in various media to become part of its universal story. Curated by ...

  Bloomberg BP’s acquisition of a stake and lead role in a $36 billion green hydrogen development in Western Australia is casting a spotlight on a slew of ambitious projects around the world that are promising to deliver massive amounts of the clean fuel. Green hydrogen, produced using water and renewable electricity, is widely predicted to play a crucial role ...

  Bloomberg A wave of new oil refining capacity that’s coming on stream won’t be enough to solve a global shortage of diesel, jet fuel and similar petroleum products. That’s the takeway from the Paris-based International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) monthly report, which shows that increased processing — as new plants come online — this year and next will fall well ...

  Bloomberg Eni said Gazprom will supply only 50 percent of Italy gas requested for June 17. Eni has submitted a daily gas demand for approximately 63 million cubic meters, the Italian company said on its website. Actual delivered volumes almost unchanged with respect to the amounts. Italian Energy Minister Roberto Cingolani’s office has said the country is not facing ...

  Bloomberg Europe’s biggest economies are seeing near-record amounts of solar power as a heat wave spreads across the southwest of the continent, boosting demand for electricity to keep people cool. Solar met almost a quarter of all energy demand in five of Europe’s biggest power markets. The surge in electricity supply did little to ease rising prices that are ...

  Bloomberg While US drivers despair over gasoline topping $5 a gallon, spare a thought for motorists in oil-rich Norway, where prices sit at $10. Gas stations in Oslo were selling the unleaded fuel for about 27 kroner a liter, or about $10.30 a gallon, on Friday. That makes it the most expensive European country to fill up and second ...