DUBAI / WAM Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) recently announced the opening of submissions for the “One Million Arab Coders Challenge”, inviting the initiative’s graduates from all over the world to submit their innovative projects for a chance to win prizes worth more than $1 million. Coders can submit their projects — websites or apps — based on the skills they ...

AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of the Ajman Executive Council, lauded the bilateral relations between the UAE and Estonia, as well as their cooperation in all areas, especially in digital technology. “The world is progressing, and we must keep pace with these developments,” he said, noting the UAE’s leadership ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO) has launched a new web tool to help parents of high school students in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi confirm if their children have been selected to receive a Student Golden Visa. The launch of the website follows the Emirates Schools Establishment’s (ESE) announcement that 2,036 exceptional students – 950 ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has been named ‘Team of the Year’ at the British Safety Council International Safety Awards 2021. From the 292 organisations that won an International Safety Award, including businesses from the UK, Africa, Asia, India, mainland Europe and the Middle East, the RTA’s team was the sole Team of the Year winner. The ...

It’s easy to lose count of the number of times someone has declared the death of Polish democracy; usually reports are exaggerated. Poland is large enough, diverse enough, noisy enough and liberty-minded enough to resist being dragged under a dark authoritarian blanket again. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be worried by recent developments. The erosion of democracy may be a ...

It was on August 15, 1971, and many Americans were watching television — the most popular show that evening being the Western series “Bonanza.” (Older readers will recall that it chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family — Ben, his three sons and their Chinese cook — on their Ponderosa Ranch in Nevada.) At 9 pm Eastern time, the Cartwrights ...

It’s hard to know how much to panic over California’s dwindling water supplies. The state has never really had enough water, after all, yet lawns in Beverly Hills somehow remain perpetually green. Earlier this month, however, came a sign that life might soon be getting more uncomfortable for more Californians. On August 3, the State Water Resources Control Board voted ...

There’s no real precedent in the drug industry for the rapid rise of Moderna Inc. on the back of its highly effective Covid-19 vaccine. The company’s market value soared from $6 billion to a peak of almost $200 billion in 19 months, exceeding century-old Big Pharma stalwarts. Last month, it entered the S&P 500 Index. It takes a leap to ...

Bloomberg Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “code red” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to a technology that captures and removes greenhouse gas emissions so they can be buried. The market for these tools could reach $2 trillion if used to cut pollution from heavy industry, according to Credit Suisse Group AG. With carbon ...

Bloomberg Petroleos Mexicanos fought tooth and nail to wrest control of the country’s biggest private oil find from the companies that discovered it. Now it has found itself without the cash to actually develop the field. After taking operational control of the Zama megafield last month, the Mexican state-owned oil producer doesn’t have the nearly $2 billion needed to develop ...