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Bloomberg Hospitals are going into overdrive in the final hours before they receive the first US shipments of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine, ensuring they are ready for the final payoff from months of planning. “It’s very exciting,” Fran Hixson, director of clinical quality at Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy Health, said in an interview. “We’ve learned along the way ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women, has signed a partnership agreement with Etihad Aviation Group, establishing the UN entity’s first-ever airline partnership to promote global efforts to empower women. The Etihad Aviation Group joins UN Women in the Generation Equality campaign, committed to engaging passengers, employees, ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), for the second time, has won Gold for Government Sector in the Dubai Human Development Award 2020. This new achievement shows Dewa’s commitment to providing a positive and inspiring working environment. It also shows Dewa’s efforts to invest in its human resources to achieve the highest standards of excellence and efficiency. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, Director of the National Centre of Meteorology and President of the Regional Association II (Asia) of WMO, reiterated that the UAE has established itself as a top global destination for prominent international events serving various sectors. As part of its continued commitment to addressing the pressing issues directly impacting the lives of ...

Bloomberg UK energy grids will have 30 billion pounds ($40 billion) to spend on ensuring the nation’s pipes and wires are able to cope with meeting the nation’s net zero emissions target by 2050. The budget is for service, maintenance, upgrades and repairs on gas and power grids for the next five years, and is 20% higher than the spending ...

Bloomberg In rejecting President Donald Trump’s call to overturn the US election outcome, the Supreme Court sent a message about its role in the American system of government: We do law here, not partisan politics. With a brief, the court effectively killed any chance that Trump and his allies would succeed in using baseless claims of widespread fraud to reverse ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved the new UAE Strategy for Domestic Tourism that aims to develop a comprehensive scheme to regulate the local tourism sector in a solid collaboration among the relevant local and federal entities. He revealed a new unified tourism ...

DUBAI / WAM In line with the aspirations of the city of Dubai and to provide the population and visitors of Dubai the highest quality of specialised access healthcare in an ever-evolving digital environment, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) discussed its priorities until 2071. Humaid Al Qutami, Director-General of the DHA, headed that meeting that took place on the sidelines ...

DUBAI / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued Law No. (11) of 2020 on Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA). The Law, which will regulate the civil aviation sector in Dubai, will apply to DCAA and all businesses and activities related to aircraft and ...

DUBAI / WAM The 3rd phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, is one of the largest solar projects in the world, has a capacity of 800MW using photovoltaic solar panels and provides clean energy for over 240,000 residences in Dubai. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) built the 3rd phase of the solar park ...