Dubai / WAM Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) has announced its participation in The National Ambassadors Programme — Estedad, a capacity-building initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Aligning with its goal of empowering scientific research and continuous innovation, MBRU will take part in the programme’s research track, according to an MBRU press release ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 18th edition of Abu Dhabi International Hunting & Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex) will host a scientific conference focusing on ‘The Future of Falconry,’ through a series of specialised workshops. The conference will celebrate the passage of more than 10 years since falconry received the most significant global recognition of its legitimacy and cultural richness, thanks to ...

UMM AL QAIWAIN / WAM An Indian investor has lauded the UAE’s efforts to attract foreign investments, encourage business projects and give them all opportunities for success and growth by providing a supportive environment. The UAE is keen on maintaining its leadership in the region in terms of infrastructure development, which makes it a regional hub to attract foreign investments ...

Lawyers are accustomed to dismissing the various arguments that Donald Trump has made in court over the years, or even laughing at them. His claim that he should be immune from lawsuits for his actions on Janaury 6 because he was exercising his official duties is a little different. It needs to be considered seriously in the context of his ...

In the early days of the pandemic, a Sinophobic American president delighted in melodramatically calling the bug “the China virus.” After all, it was nasty — another word he relishes — just like, in his opinion, that rival power. In terms purely of nomenclature, Donald Trump was actually in excellent historic company. As long as anybody can remember, people have ...

Jeff Bezos, since stepping away from Amazon.com Inc, has become the latest billionaire to head to space. Meanwhile, Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing life in the metaverse. But don’t expect to see Warren Buffett riding on the next rocket ship for his 91st birthday this month or talking up virtual dimensions in Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s earnings report. Unlike some ...

Once a regime has plucked a commercial airliner out of the sky to snatch a single journalist, its capacity to shock the rest of the world should theoretically diminish. And yet, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has managed. At home, he has brutally suppressed civil society and critics, with one would-be adversary from 2020’s presidential race sentenced to 14 years in ...

Bloomberg After years of waiting, Infrastructure Week finally happened. US senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a $550 billion infrastructure bill, working through the weekend to finalise the text. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the bill could be voted on “in a matter of days.” While Congress was debating the size of the check, researchers at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center ...

Bloomberg Two former US Marines imprisoned in Russia are likely to seek transfers to the US to serve their sentences, an early test of whether the Kremlin is ready to respond to President Joe Biden’s policy of re-engagement. Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years for spying last year, is expected to submit the request this month, according to ...

Bloomberg US military aircraft have been hitting ground targets in Afghanistan in an effort to protect allies, according to US Central Command, as the Taliban makes rapid advances in the void left by withdrawing American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops. “US forces have conducted several airstrikes in defense of our Afghan partners in recent days,” US Air Force Maj. ...