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Bloomberg France is poised to miss a coronavirus goal set by President Emmanuel Macron as a condition for lifting the country’s lockdown next week, with daily new Covid-19 cases holding at more than twice the targeted level. The government is worried about the pandemic indicators, and is mulling alternatives to a planned end of stay-at-home measures on December 15, Liberation ...

Bloomberg Nokia Oyj is leading a group of companies and universities in a European Union funded wireless project called Hexa-X to help jump-start a new generation of mobile technology that’s already being called 6G. The group includes wireless gearmaking-peer Ericsson AB, mobile carriers Orange SA and Telefonica SA, and technology companies including Intel Corp. and Siemens AG. They’re joined by ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation Inc and took a stake in the startup, creating a larger competitor to the leader in the field, Alphabet Inc’s Waymo. The deal will value Aurora at $10 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions who asked not to be identified discussing private information. In exchange for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abraham Accords proves that decades-long disputes can be solved through negotiations, which could be possible in the Korean peace process as well, South Korea’s top diplomat told Emirates News Agency. “I think looking at the breakthrough here with Abraham Accords, you realise how with bold decision making, you can really make big changes. We have also ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), has successfully achieved 100% of the rated reactor power capacity for Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant. This major milestone brings the Barakah plant one step closer to commencing commercial operations, scheduled in early 2021. 100% ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A medical team at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) has successfully performed a breakthrough life-saving surgery on an infant, Adam, suffering from complex congenital heart defect. The complex corrective heart surgery, first of its kind in the UAE, was performed at the Seha-affiliated hospital, with the use of the latest imaging devices and 3D printing technology ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Media, the UAE’s leading public service broadcaster, and i24NEWS, an international news network based in Israel that broadcasts in Arabic, English and French from studios in Jaffa Port, the US and Europe, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see both media companies collaborate on multiple fronts including shared reporting and library content, ...

Bloomberg Oil fell from its strongest close in nine months, hampered by weaker risk sentiment in global markets. Crude futures were down 1.9% in New York, with the dollar trading higher and European stock markets declining. It follows a rally last week after Opec and its allies agreed to add 500,000 barrels a day of output from January to a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has joined the £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) consortium, due to open next year at Cranfield University in the UK. As the first airline to join the DARTeC consortium and a leading industry innovator, Etihad’s expertise across the fundamental fields of sustainability, ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates has welcomed A6-EVL, its 116th A380 as the first of three A380s to join its fleet in 2020. The aircraft arrived in Dubai, powered by a blend of conventional jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel. Emirates is scheduled to receive two more A380 aircraft later this month, one of which will feature its long-awaited signature Premium ...