Sharjah / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE’s Federal export credit company, has partnered with the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) and the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (Saif Zone) to support Sharjah exporters and re-exporters to start and grow their international business and secure their receivables globally. The strategic initiative will boost the exports from Sharjah, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) had a hard time deciding whether to label monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) or not. That’s a rare designation, given to Covid-19 and a handful of other diseases such as swine flu in 2009, polio in 2014 and Ebola (twice). It carries binding legal commitments for member nations to act. A ...

If Elon Musk does eventually take over Twitter Inc he will quickly discover the one feature he’s disparaged the most, bots, are the key to the platform’s ongoing growth. Musk may also be glad to see that its main rival in ephemeral social media, Snap Inc, doesn’t even have that same “problem.” Both companies reported earnings and similarly disappointed investors. ...