Sharjah / WAM The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a UAE-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, received 213 nominations from 41 countries for the fifth edition of the Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support (Siara). Siara 2021 has received 105 nominations from across Africa and 94 from Asia, representing 49 percent and ...

DUBAI / WAM The Palm Tower, Nakheel’s new 52-storey landmark development on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, is now almost 95% complete, with all components due to open by October this year. Soaring 240 metres above the world-famous island, the building is in the advanced stages of fit out, with all exterior cladding completed, said a press release issued by Nakheel on ...

DUBAI / WAM Dewa has a robust integrated strategy in place that aims to raise awareness on the importance of conservation and engage with all customers and society members in efforts to protect the environment and conserve natural resources, stated Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), on the eve of World Water ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat announced on Sunday that it is Etihad Airways’ official telecom partner, providing the best-in-class mobile and digital solutions for evolving business requirements of small and medium business (SMB) and startup community, and enabling them through their digital transformation journey. Esam Mahmoud, Senior Vice President, SMB, Etisalat, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fatma ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s real estate market recorded 3,787 sales transactions worth AED7.43 billion in February 2021, a 13.8 percent increase from January 2021 in terms of volume and 8.9 percent rise in terms of value, according to the 12th edition of Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price index that was launched by Dubai Land Department (DLD) in cooperation with Property ...

Comparisons of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill to the New Deal are flourishing. They obscure the fact that Biden’s achievement — passing reform legislation against an intransigent opposition — is very fragile. Republicans are already waging an extensive culture war on issues cherished by progressive Democrats, starting with freer immigration. And though Biden and his colleagues are taking ...

The world is watching Europe with dismay. The region’s vaccination campaign is a mess, failing to outpace a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections that’s straining hospitals and triggering more stay-at-home curbs. The European Union’s tally of average doses administered per 100 people stands at 11.8, well behind the US and the UK at 34.1 and 40.5 respectively (though there is ...

Back in 1972, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael was incorrectly quoted as saying she couldn’t understand how Richard Nixon had won a 49-state landslide since she didn’t know anyone who’d voted for him. The anecdote is often trotted out as an example of liberal snobbery and indifference to “ordinary” Americans. Kael’s actual quote was more self-aware: “I live in ...

It’s no surprise that Italy was the first European Union nation to say it would restart AstraZeneca Covid vaccinations, just moments after the bloc’s drugs regulator gave its renewed blessing for the shots. All of the EU’s big member states need to jumpstart their painfully slow vaccine drives, but Italy’s need is greatest. The country has suffered more deaths than ...

Bloomberg A pick-up in spring break travel is pointing to the first signs of life for a battered jet fuel market, a trend that is likely to continue as more vaccinated Americans venture back onto airplanes this summer. In US airports, the number of passengers checking in through security hit the highest in a year this week, according to Transportation ...