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DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced on Sunday that the share of clean energy in Dubai’s energy mix has increased to around nine percent. According to a press statement issued by the authority, these latest figures exceed the target set in the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which aimed to provide seven percent of Dubai’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM) has broadened the scope of its news services by adding five new languages, which are Sri Lankan (Sinhala), Malayalam, Indonesian, Bengali and Pashto, to offer its coverage to around 551 million people who speak these languages. The addition of the new languages is part of WAM’s efforts to achieve its news ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) urged families to follow preventive measures when taking their children on trips and not leave them alone inside vehicles that could lead to their suffocation. The ADP noted that this may lead to the deaths of children due to suffocation resulting from a lack of oxygen and high temperatures, as well ...

Bloomberg The UK is preparing a stimulus package to tackle the jump in unemployment due to the coronavirus, with expectations that the jobless rate could soon rise to more than 10%, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified government officials. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is working with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on the plan , which is expected to ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) plans to revamp its steel-import restrictions to guard against major market distortions as the bloc’s economy recovers from the effects of the pandemic. The proposed changes apply to EU import curbs introduced two years ago to prevent a controversial 25% US levy on foreign steel from diverting global shipments to the European market and flooding it. ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. would be welcome to move to France should the social-media platform face an adverse operating environment in the US, French Junior Digital-Affairs Minister Cedric O said in an interview with Radio J on Sunday. “If Twitter would consider at some point that the US circumstances would no longer allow the company to develop according to its values, ...

Bloomberg Covid-19 has derailed the Canadian government’s plan to increase international migration levels this year. In the first release of data that covers the pandemic’s spread into Canada, the number of permanent residents who came to the country in March dropped by 29% from the same period last year, falling to 19,115 during the month. Temporary foreign workers were down ...

Bloomberg Zoom Video Communications Inc. plans to strengthen encryption for paying clients and institutions, but not for users with free accounts, Reuters reported, citing the company’s security consultant Alex Stamos. The company’s plans are subject to change and it is unclear which nonprofit organisations would qualify for such heightened security for video conferences, the report added. The company is trying ...

Bloomberg The Covid-19 pandemic hit right as Ralph McLaughlin, chief economist for Haus Inc., was moving from Washington, DC, to San Francisco. When his company gave employees the option to work anywhere, McLaughlin didn’t hesitate. He chose to work mostly from a mountain home 145 miles from San Francisco and visit his city office “when I need to feed off ...

Bloomberg Oil posted its biggest monthly advance on record, just a few weeks after prices made a dramatic plunge below zero. Crude surged about 88% in May, with US futures rising above $35 a barrel for the first time since March, driven by massive supply curbs by producers across the world. Still, prices are well below levels at the start ...