Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways launched new seasonal routes to the Greek island of Santorini and the southern Spanish city of Malaga. The two new routes were introduced a day after Etihad’s new summer service to Mykonos, making it three new destinations launched in just over 24 hours. The inaugural Malaga service, EY148, took off at 10:28 and landed ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) released a tender for constructing three integrated truck rest stops in Dubai. The project offers an innovative model of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) aligned with the provisions of Dubai Law No. (22) of 2015 governing PPPs in Dubai. These rest stops will be situated in vital spots. The first is on Sheikh ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has announced the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information Security Strategy. The strategy will serve as a framework that defines the important principles that guide the comprehensive approach to enhance Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector to securely and effectively mitigate cyber threats. DoH is the first entity in the region to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have announced the suspension of all inbound flights for national and international carriers coming from Indonesia and Afghanistan, effective 11:59 on Sunday, July 11. The travel suspension includes inbound transit passengers except transit flights coming to the UAE and ...

BISHKEK / WAM Ulugbek Maripov, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, said that the UAE is an inspiring model in empowering people of determination, especially with the support and efforts of its wise leadership to make the country a pioneer in this field. This came during his meeting in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, with Majid Al Osaimi, President of the Asian Paralympic ...

Dubai / WAM The huge potential of the UAE’s advanced agricultural technology sector to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was a key topic taking centre stage at the UAE National Food System Summit Dialogue, which was held virtually. Hosted by Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, the dialogue under the theme ‘Special Zones for Modern ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 299,363 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 1,520 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 648,702. The ministry also noted that an ...

Within the next fortnight two of the Earth’s wealthiest individuals will attempt to fly into space. Richard Branson’s flight on Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc spaceship will be followed by Jeff Bezos’s rocket trip with Blue Origin LLC on July 20. In a summer not lacking in awe-inspiring spectator sports, this rivalry remains pretty unique. And it’s not ...

It’s time for Britain’s largest retailer to start the mother of all price wars. Tesco Plc has the perfect opportunity to slash prices on everything from milk to mushrooms — and lure customers away from competitors. With one big rival, Asda Group Ltd, in private equity hands, and a second, Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, potentially following suit, Tesco CEO Ken ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic recedes across much of the US, the difference between the lasting and temporary changes that it wrought are starting to emerge. Hype and wishful thinking have contributed to predictions that are likely to prove wrong; just because a change was striking or desirable doesn’t mean it will stick. One way to think about the changes is ...