ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi University (ADU) has entered into a strategic partnership with Advanced Cure Diagnostic Centre (ACDC), following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Founded in 2007 as a comprehensive ambulatory care unit with over a dozen specialities, the ACDC is home to leading physicians across a variety of medical fields. The MoU promotes ties ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) to support its Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under the MoU, Etihad Cargo will aid the worldwide distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices, and other critical supplies to respond to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM EPI, the precision engineering backbone of the UAE’s aerospace and defence industry, on Tuesday announced that it is joining forces with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), home to the UAE National Space Programme, to manufacture key components for its new satellite project MBZ-SAT. The six-month-long project will see EPI producing 147 machined parts for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of Women’s Union (GWU), stressed that HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) the “Mother of the Nation,” is exerting all possible efforts to support and empower women around ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 193,163 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding scope of testing nationwide to facilitate early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out necessary treatment. As part ...

Bloomberg Germany wants to make a deal with the US in order to complete the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas project that has caused friction between the two countries. The 1,230-kilometre (764-mile) gas pipeline that’ll bring the fuel from Russia to Germany has been a persistent source of trans-Atlantic friction. Its construction was halted for a year after the US ...

Trade deals, like peace agreements, aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on without good faith vested in their implementation. Just weeks after the Brexit trade agreement entered into force, intentions over the part of the deal that applies to Northern Ireland have been called into question by both the UK and the European Union. Once again, the relationship between the ...

The world’s largest carmaker doesn’t have a chip-shortage problem. In contrast to the rest of the auto industry, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said it wasn’t expecting a shortfall of semiconductors to affect its production. In the company’s earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon said that as part of its business continuity plans, Toyota — which makes more than 10 ...

Neil Woodford, the storied UK fund manager who spectacularly crashed 16 months ago, is planning a comeback. If he’s successful in persuading investors to make him the steward of their money once again, it will defy economic Darwinism. Woodford was forced to close his eponymous firm in October 2019 after the administrators of his flagship fund dismissed him as its ...

Just over 10 years old, Bitcoin might already be the best-performing investment of all time. It might also be the most volatile, and volatility has a way of luring people into ill-timed and costly investing choices. So with all the headlines about Bitcoin’s meteoric rise, it seems reasonable to ask how its investors are doing. There’s no denying Bitcoin’s astonishing ...