ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi will host the oil and gas industry’s largest online exhibition and conference, as the Adipec Virtual Conference brings together over 5,000 government ministers, global energy leaders and professionals to assess the collective measures the sector is putting in place to fast-track recovery, post Covid-19. Held under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist and criminal act that took place in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near the French capital Paris, which resulted in the killing of a French national. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) expressed its strong condemnation of this heinous crime and all ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 115,293 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP announced 1,215 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 115,602. MoHAP also noted an additional 1,162 ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Media City (Shams) signed a memorandum of understanding with Skyline University College, with the aim of allocating scholarships worth not less than AED 2 million, in the form of discounts ranging from 30% to 50%. The scholarships will be available for all owners of licensed companies with Shams, and their families, and also for all Shams ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) announced the activation of the 3D Printing Strategic Alliance, launched in July 2020 by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DFF, during a virtual workshop that focused on 3D printing technology and its ...

DUBAI / WAM Field inspectors from the Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in Dubai Economy continued their visits to a number of open markets and shopping centres across the emirate to make sure that commercial establishments commit to the precautionary measures against Covid-19. Remarkably, all 454 businesses inspected at open markets and shopping centres were found to have ...

DAKAR / WAM The UAE Ambassador to Senegal Sultan Ali Al Harbi had a meeting with Moustapha Niasse, Speaker of the Senegalese National Assembly. They discussed relations between the UAE and Senegal, and opportunities to develop ties between the two countries in various fields. During meeting held at the National Assembly headquarters, the two sides also discussed issues of common ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co aims to be carbon-neutral at its more than 1,000 factories and other facilities worldwide by 2030, leaving aside emissions from the fossil-fuel burning products that have defined much of the company’s recent history. Accomplishing its goal will mean eliminating the 2.39 million metric tons of carbon dioxide produced by the company’s operations in 2019 — roughly ...

India’s Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower for 2020 than in neighbouring Bangladesh. “Any emerging economy doing well is good news,” Kaushik Basu, a former World Bank chief economist, tweeted after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated its World Economic Outlook. “But it’s shocking that India, which had ...

Upgrading to an iPhone 12? Apple Inc is happy to take your old phone off your hands. “If it’s in good shape, we’ll help it go to a new owner,” the company promises on the website promoting its trade-in program. “If not, we’ll send it to our recycling partner, so we can save more precious materials and take less from ...