Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ajou University, a leading research institution based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The MoU will provide a framework for collaboration for research & development (R&D) and innovation in the energy fields. The MoU was signed by Mohamed Ibrahim AL Hammadi, the Chief Executive ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirati researcher Mouza Al Mansoori obtained a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Business School at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, which she attended on a scholarship from the Scholarships Department and External Cultural Relations Department of the Ministry of Education in the UAE. She has become the first Emirati Researcher to obtain a ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Police ‘Sail Safely’ service has successfully facilitated the rapid emergency response to 65 distress calls and helped warn thousands of registered users about sea conditions and hazards, since the service was launched two years ago. The number of owners and captains of marine crafts registered in the ‘Sail Safely’ service has reached 3,715 users on ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek) has formally inaugurated the all-new Al Karamah Training Institute (AKTI), a tailored education centre providing the Students of Determination in the emirate with an increasing level of independence and access to vocational training in eight main areas of specialisation. The institute was officially opened during a tour ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Every year, the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex) attracts major American and European manufacturers of hunting weapons. The hunting guns sector is a major attraction at Adihex, the largest and one of the most prominent events of its kind in the Middle East and Africa, where enthusiasts and professionals from throughout the world ...

Bloomberg Veolia Environnement SA agreed to acquire Suez SA, ending a long and bitter takeover battle with a sweetened offer. After months of fierce resistance from Suez’s management, Veolia unlocked a deal, pledging to sell back a bigger part of its French water rival to maintain competition. It also offered “social commitments” for employees of the utility. The deal gives ...

The US is once again facing a border crisis — a wave of asylum seekers from Central America. President Joe Biden knows that the only long-term way to make the issue go away is to improve the economies of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. But doing that will require more than foreign aid, it will require US companies to actually ...

Some good news for the luxury industry: There’s no sign of all that revenge spending running out of steam. Despite pandemic restrictions still gripping many parts of the world, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE reported remarkable performance. The world’s biggest luxury goods group said sales rose 32% in the three months to March 31, compared with 2020. It’s a ...

As the late Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck memorably put it, “In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.” And yet that’s never kept economic populists from passing new rent curbs. One of the most radical such attempts, watched by cities all over the world, was enacted ...

The Biden administration’s new sanctions on Russia matter more for what they say than for their economic impact. They say that this president, unlike his predecessor, has no illusions about the challenge Russia poses — nor about the kind of strategy that will be required to confront it. The new measures call out Russian interference in the 2016 and 2020 ...