Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 242,454 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. As ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar, one of the world’s fastest-growing renewable energy companies, has received the coveted ‘Award of Excellence – Power’ at the S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards 2021, beating companies from across the entire energy sector and demonstrating its leadership in clean energy. The US-based event is one of the most prestigious for the global energy industry. ...

DUBAI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and Commissioner-General of Expo 2020 Dubai, and Dr Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), attended the launch of the GCC Youth Forum hosted by the Youth Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Held under the theme “United Youth, Shared Vision”, and ...

BRASILIA / WAM A delegation from the Ministry of Defence led by Major General Staff Pilot Mubarak Ali Al Neyadi, Head of the Executive Department for Defense Policies and Strategic Affairs, participated in the 6th Brazilian Defense Industrial Base Exhibition (BID 2021). Major General Staff Pilot Mubarak Al Neyadi met with Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Braga on the sideline of ...

Sharjah / WAM Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman of Sharjah Economic Development Department (Sedd), and Dr Khalid Omar Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Media City (Shams), discussed cooperation and enhancing coordination between the two parties for the benefit of the investor. Earlier, Al Suwaidi and several directors and advisors received Dr Al Midfa and his delegation at the ...

While projections for the spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19 remain tentative, it seems to be much more transmissible (almost certain) and more benign (far less certain). It’s not only that more people are vaccinated or have some form of natural immunity, but also that the variant itself may be somewhat less dangerous, even to those hospitalised by it. ...

Prepare for omichristmas. Even amid concern about the new variant and increased restrictions, many consumers will still pull out all the stops to make up for 2020. Not everyone is on board, of course. In the UK, even before PM Boris Johnson’s decision to trigger his so-called “Plan B,” there were signs of caution in travel, drinking and dining. Trade ...

Amazon.com Inc’s ubiquitous cloud-computing network, the spine for a lot of digital communications and transactions across the US, went dark for several hours. The cloud has provided bounteous advantages but also excess — a cornucopia of nice-to-haves, much of it silly. Even comparisons don’t truly surface the most substantive threats to consider when digital meltdowns or significant hacks occur on ...

Should the House of Representatives be larger? A new paper by Lee Drutman, Jonathan D Cohen, Yuval Levin and Norman J Ornstein makes the case for a fairly modest increase of 150 seats, from the current 435. But 150? Or to put it another way: The pluses and minuses of expanding the House are pretty clear, but it’s a lot ...

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co is frustrated by the slow pace of federal certification of Boeing Co’s smallest 737 Max jet, an issue that could delay the carrier’s commercial debut of the aircraft late into next year. The concern stems from changes by the US Federal Aviation Administration and lawmakers giving regulators a larger role in the certification, drawing out that ...