ABU DHABI / WAM A report published by the media monitoring company, Strategico, revealed that the media content of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) was viewed nearly 470.3 billion times in 2021, including content shown by news agencies, newspapers, radio and TV stations, websites and social media accounts. Asia led the list, totalling 393.3 billion views, while the Americas ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 365,306 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkey, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, to step up cooperation in agriculture, rural development, and adoption of modern farming systems. The agreement aligns with the strategic direction of the UAE leadership to enhance international cooperation ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport has welcomed 5.26 million guests in 2021 thanks to a fourth-quarter surge that saw 2.43 million, which equates to 46 percent of the full year’s passenger numbers, pass through the UAE capital’s hub. The Abu Dhabi Airport released its 2021 passenger traffic results, revealing that 5,262,376 passengers were served compared to ...

  Bloomberg SSE Plc is set to earn a windfall from the gas-fired power plants it will ensure are available to help keep UK lights on next winter. The utility could make as much as 172 million pounds ($233 million) in an auction that cleared at 75-70 pounds a kilowatt per year, according to calculations using National Grid Plc data. ...

  Bloomberg China General Nuclear (CGN) Power Corp is considering selling its portfolio of renewable energy assets in Europe in a deal that could fetch more than $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Chinese firm is working with Citic Securities Co on the potential disposal of CGN Europe Energy, said the people, who asked not to ...

The Russian Defense Ministry’s announcement that troops were beginning to relocate to their permanent bases after drills on the Ukrainian border is not yet the denouement of the crisis that Russian President Vladimir Putin created and then US President Joe Biden amplified with alarmist rhetoric in recent months. Still, the world’s attention has been focused on the possibility of a ...

A South African biotech company has recreated small quantities of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Its achievement, done in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), is part of a broader plan to help low- and middle-income countries become less reliant on US and European drug makers, which have been slow to send their vaccines. The WHO is investing $100 million over ...

  Wall Street’s top brass spent months grousing about how they were struggling in the war for talent before doling out the biggest bonuses in years. Goldman Sachs Group Inc just lost another top dealmaker to private equity, with Jennifer Davis moving to Bain Capital. Now, fresh data on pay at big private-equity firms appear to justify the banks’ complaints ...

  Myanmar’s junta is under pressure in a way it hasn’t been in decades. Challenging its military might are armed civilian groups known as the People’s Defense Force — a grassroots insurgency made up of citizens including farmers, doctors, teachers, home-makers and engineers — all determined to overthrow the generals who took control of the country in a coup just ...