SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) signed an agreement with the Dutch Bundera Consult Company to establish an advanced weather station in the Central Region, to collect data and develop a climate information base to be used in preparing studies on renewable energy projects from wind and solar energy. The agreement was signed remotely by ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) launched its latest programme, the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), designed to build enduring businesses that will accelerate the region’s digital transformation and contribute to the growth of the non-oil economy in the UAE. This model provides founders with $30,000 in pre-seed funding and allows them to focus on building a high-quality product, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the AED2 billion improvement project to widen the Dubai-Al Ain Road reached a completion rate of 60 percent. The project is aligned with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai’s vision for the emirate for the next ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the International Defence Conference 2021 kicked off on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. For the first time, the International Defence Conference 2021 is being held as a hybrid event. The conference brings together more than 24 experts and specialists in the defence sector, physically ...

Bloomberg The Biden administration singled out a Russian ship for violating US prohibitions on constructing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, clearing the way for a new round of sanctions as part of its effort to stop the nearly-completed project. In a report, the US cited the ship, the Fortuna, and its owner, KVT-RUS. The report also ...

When it comes to managing Covid-19, few countries have a spotless record. This includes the UK, where early mixed messages from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, too-soon reopenings later on and some potentially risky vaccine strategies marred the response. I have been critical, for instance, of Britain’s decision to extend the dosing interval of the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE vaccine without any ...

Time and again during the past year, we’ve seen how the pandemic has accelerated shifts in consumer behaviour. So it stands to reason that a retailer would respond to that sped-up pace of change by pulling forward investments to accommodate it. That’s the lens through which to view Walmart Inc’s fiscal-year guidance, which includes $14 billion in capital spending, a ...

The details of what went wrong in Texas — most likely the biggest forced blackout in US history — will take time to establish. So will exactly what to do about it. But this emergency already underlines something that should’ve been obvious before. As the growing threat of extreme weather puts vital economic systems at risk, climate resilience needs to ...

One week after Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate, and not before time, attention is turning more squarely to President Joe Biden and his agenda. Unfortunately, it’s already clear that moving past the political turmoil that Trump inflicted on the US will be difficult. Biden hopes to unite the country around efforts to support the economic recovery. He restated his ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is taking extreme measures to cope with new rules that will require flight crew to quarantine in Hong Kong from Saturday, introducing a rotation policy that puts staff out of action for almost one month at a time after they’ve completed 21-day shifts. Crew who volunteer to take part in the airline’s so-called closed loop ...