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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Police has warned against fraudulent calls claiming to be from the UAE Central Bank and a text message in the name of Abu Dhabi Police as proof of the correctness of the information that requests banking details of clients. Abu Dhabi Police also warned of links to fraudulent electronic sites, including small text messages ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is participating at Expo 2020 Dubai with a large pavilion, characterised by a contemporary design that aligns with Dewa’s role as the Official Sustainable Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai. “Dewa’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai provides a unique experience for visitors. It highlights Dewa ‘s innovative projects and initiatives, especially ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin told business leaders at his flagship economic forum this month that Russia is coping better than many other countries with Covid-19. Events increasingly are contradicting him. Moscow reported a record-high 9,056 new Covid-19 cases, days after Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered mandatory vaccination for at least 2 million employees as surging infections threaten to overwhelm the capital’s ...

Bloomberg The White House reiterated President Joe Biden’s opposition to indexing the gasoline tax to inflation to help pay for an infrastructure plan, raising new questions about the viability of a bipartisan compromise emerging in the Senate. “After the extraordinarily hard times that ordinary Americans endured in 2020 — job losses, shrinking incomes, squeezed budgets — he is simply not ...

Bloomberg Germany is lobbying the European Commission to set stricter climate protection targets for the region’s car and aviation industries, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. In a position paper sent to the European Union (EU) executive, the government urged “ambitious fleet limits” for emissions from new cars in Europe by 2030, the newspaper reported. CO2 limits for automakers are a “decisive ...

Bloomberg As many as 7% of French firms could be in financial trouble when the government rolls back the blanket support it has provided during the pandemic, according to research by Bank of France economists. The estimate is based on an analysis of over 200,000 balance sheets received as part of the central bank’s annual ratings exercise. It identified firms ...

Bloomberg PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) is investing $12 billion across its global business in an overhaul targeting better audits, digitisation of services and greener operations. The professional-services provider will hire 100,000 employees and develop the skills of existing staff over the next five years as it seeks to respond to the post-pandemic operating environment, it said in an emailed statement. “We will ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar City, the sustainable urban development in the UAE, is set to play a key role in the global green recovery from Covid-19 as it continues to add sustainability-focused innovation and technology companies. The number of companies in the city’s free zone increased 26 percent in 2020, indicating the important role of the city and its ...

NEW YORK / WAM At the UN General Assembly’s High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought, the UAE has underlined that protecting the environment must be a priority for the international community. “We only have one home, one shelter – Earth,” said Dr Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, through a video message. “Therefore, we all ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee has approved a pilot test of new scanners to identify potential Covid-19 cases at select locations in the emirate as part of efforts to further enhance the protection of public health and safety by using the most advanced technology. The state-of-the-art scanners add to existing precautionary measures, with ...