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UAE-Israel ties, a pivotal step towards achieving prosperity and stability

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abraham Accords Peace Agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel constituted a vital move towards achieving peace, enhancing security, and promoting stability in the region. A year after the signing of the Agreement in September 2020, the bilateral relations between the two countries have achieved remarkable development across various fields ...

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UAE, Maldives discuss ways to promote defence ties

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, met today with Mariya Didi, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Maldives, and the accompanying delegation in the presence of Mattar Salem Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and several senior military officers and officials at the ministry. Al Bowardi ...

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‘UAE a reliable partner for sustainable development’

  Dubai / WAM Vahan Kerobyan, Armenia’s Minister of Economy and Commissioner-General of the Armenia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, said that the UAE has become a reliable partner for sustainable development, innovation, and the realisation of opportunities regionally and internationally, thanks to its governance system, efforts to reduce oil dependence, and rapid economic diversification. “We are full of hope ...

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Chinese solar companies make bid to dominate hydrogen power

  Bloomberg Chinese companies spent 10 years aggressively maneuvering to become the dominant players in solar power. Now they’re seeking to lead the way in developing the next big thing in clean energy: hydrogen. Top solar manufacturers including Longi Green Energy Technology Co are ramping up the production of electrolyzers, the equipment needed to make green hydrogen, the cleanest form ...

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Ofgem invites bids for ‘subsea power’ cables to Europe

  Bloomberg The UK’s energy regulator is inviting bids to build more high-voltage cables to connect the country’s electricity grid to the European continent. Ofgem is launching a new round of investment bids to build the sub-sea cables, according to a statement. The regulator says the plans will help boost national energy security and electrification plans which could help the ...

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The fight for democracy needs some hypocrisy

  It doesn’t take a genius to see that a subtext of President Joe Biden’s “Summit for Democracy” last week was an effort to raise the ideological stakes in the competition between the US and China. And only a fool would believe that the strategy will work without a healthy dose of diplomatic hypocrisy. The notion of an “alliance of ...

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Will it be a blue omicron Christmas?

It’d be an understatement to say that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs the public’s support right now, as a worrying new Covid variant spreads across the land. It’d also be an understatement to say that he and his fellow Conservatives are doing a bad job at rallying that support. To sum up Partygate: There were accusations of a Christmas ...

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Cash is dying, but we aren’t ready to bury it

  The demise of cash is near. As consumers, though, we should hope that the end doesn’t arrive too soon. It isn’t the pandemic that’s putting this popular means of payment out of existence. All that Covid-19 has done is to accelerate a trend that was already with us. When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, he began ...

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