Abu Dhabi / WAM Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, has discussed with Constantinos Ioannou, Health Minister of Cyprus, ways of mutual collaboration in the health and medical fields. During a video call, both sides asserted the importance of enhancing global action to combat the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. Al Owais affirmed ...

Sharjah / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) Sharjah, explored potential ways of strengthening cooperation between Sharjah and the Indian capital, New Delhi, in healthcare, food security and information technology in the post-Covid world, during a recent meeting with Dr Aman Puri, Indian Consul General in Dubai. The meeting, hosted by DGR, was ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Ambulatory Healthcare Services — part of Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) — announced the extension of operating hours for its healthcare and dental centres to improve patient experience and satisfaction. The healthcare centres in Abu Dhabi, which include Madinat Mohamed bin Zayed, Al Bateen, Al Falah, Al Samha, and Al Mushrif Children’s Specialty Centre, operating ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The central bank of the United Arab Emirates has injected around AED15.86 billion in cash to the financial system in June to boost liquidity and compensate banks for the considerable amount of funds withdrawn out of excess liquidity in the market in April and June, according to the apex bank’s figures. The move fits within the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recorded a 20% month-on-month (m-o-m) increase in the value of member companies’ exports to Africa in June, which reached AED 2.94 billion ($800 million). The value of exports and re-exports to Africa, tracked by Certificates of Origin (COOs) issued to Dubai Chamber member companies, signalled a rebound in trade activity ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration is relaxing Obama-era requirements stemming toxic heavy metal pollution from coal-fired power plants. Under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule, electricity companies would have more time and flexibility to treat power plant wastewater that contains mercury, arsenic and other toxic heavy metals. Older coal power plants that are shutting down or switching to natural gas by ...

Bloomberg Total SE will team up with Macquarie Group’s green bank to develop more than 2 gigawatts of floating wind farms off South Korea, the latest push by the French oil and gas giant to diversify into clean energy. Total and European peers such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc have vowed to reduce their exposure to fossil ...

Bloomberg UK electricity has never been cleaner. As wind, solar and biomass plants produced more power than ever in the second quarter, carbon emissions fell by a third from a year earlier, according to Drax Electric Insight’s quarterly report. Power prices slumped 42% as demand plunged during lockdown. “The past few months have given the country a glimpse into the ...

President Alexander Lukashenko’s Soviet-lite regime in Belarus has been dealt a blow from which it will not recover. Unfortunately, Russia can keep it on life support for some time to come. Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Minsk again last weekend, and the outrage remains palpable. That, unfortunately, may not matter. The Kremlin’s now overt backing has emboldened the ...

The troubles keep piling up for India, feted not long ago as a would-be commercial superpower. Economic data show the country is in far worse shape than previously thought, while it has overtaken Mexico to become the world’s third-largest tally of coronavirus cases. It will take the South Asian giant years, at least, to dig out from this hole. The ...