DUBAI / WAM Local tourism and domestic travel are expected to lead the UAE and wider GCC’s recovery from Covid-19 as we begin to see the easing of lockdown restrictions, according to the latest research released ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Virtual, a newly-launched three-day event that will take place from June 1-3. The research from Colliers International, in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) touched the lives of 71 million people across 108 countries with AED 1.3 billion worth of humanitarian and social projects and relief campaigns in 2019. During the first-of-its-kind virtual event, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ...

SHABWA / WAM The UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has launched the annual Eid Clothing Charitable Programme for the benefit of the families of the martyrs in Shabwa Governorate, Yemen. Up to 1100 purchase vouchers from several commercial centers in Shabwa have been handed out by ERC teams among the targeted beneficiaries, including orphans, families of children ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an’s ‘Together We Are Good’ programme, in coordination with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, has collaborated with the National Health Insurance Company – Daman to launch the Medical Support programme, providing medical support to residents of Abu Dhabi with chronic illness who are impacted by the current ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post has launched ‘epostcard,’ a digital postcard application that will allow users to create customised physical postcards for friends, families, colleagues, and stakeholders. The ‘epostcards’ app, which can be downloaded from iOS App Store and Google Play Store, will allow individuals to design bespoke postcards to send to friends and family and for companies to send ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) launched a programme to regularly disinfect its electric-vehicle Green Chargers at petrol stations across Dubai, in collaboration with Enoc and Adnoc. The move supports Dewa’s participation in the National Disinfection Programme. Dewa has emphasised that the health and safety of citizens and residents is one of its top priorities, as it ...

ABU DHABI / WAM NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Class of 2022 student Cameron John Wehr has been named as a recipient of the prestigious Boren Award, which promotes linguistic and cultural immersion within critical language groups, including Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Swahili. Wehr is the first student from NYUAD to receive this award and will study Mandarin for one year ...

Bloomberg China said new US export restrictions targeting companies including Huawei Technologies Co. may threaten the global supply chain. Beijing opposes the new US rules and will take all necessary measures to defend rights and interests of Chinese companies, the Ministry of Commerce said. It urged the US to help create conditions for normal trade and cooperation between enterprises. The US ...

Bloomberg In brokering the end to the global oil-price war last month, the Trump administration assured leaders that America’s shale patch would throttle back production. But few expected that the cuts would run this deep — and happen so quickly. Drillers are laying down rigs and shutting in wells at a frantic pace in response to the plunge in oil ...

Bloomberg Mexico has fast-tracked measures granting more authority to the state utility at the expense of clean energy companies, ignoring regulator and industry concerns over the economic and environmental impacts of the new measures. The proposal by the Energy Ministry was approved and published in Mexico’s official gazette. It comes after the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement, known as Conamer, ...