ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 226,139 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out necessary treatment. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Steel announced its plans to add Hot Rolled Coils (HRC) to its wide-range products portfolio so that it can mainly meet the needs of the local and regional markets of the high-quality flat products. Emirates Steel is currently conducting a comprehensive evaluation for the project to construct the fully automated first-of-its-kind HRC plant in Mena ...

ABU DHABI / WAM National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) announced the launch of four pilot projects, all part of Tabreed’s R&D funding commitment, which reinforces the company’s unwavering stewardship towards sustainability beyond just environmental benefits. This will also contribute to an improvement in Tabreed’s operational efficiency while enhancing district cooling plant life and reliability, with the funding expected to contribute ...

“The vaccine works. It is safe, effective, and potent.” In 1955, those were the words that told the world US scientist Jonas Salk’s polio shot was a success. It was news greeted with popular jubilation, ringing church bells and boldface banner headlines. The sort of heartfelt relief that most of us can readily identify with, more than a year into ...

Comfy shoes have never been so hot. L Catterton, the private equity fund backed by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE founder Bernard Arnault, is nearing an agreement to buy a majority stake in Birkenstock, maker of the famously clumpy sandals, for about 4 billion euros ($4.9 billion), Bloomberg News reported. This would be the second shoe to drop in ...

“All that’s required is the passage of time, an inner calm,” began a sentence in Warren Buffett’s annual letter to his followers. He was talking about the essentials of investing in a farm or business, but it felt like a metaphor for the collectively lonely and despairing moment that the world found itself in during the past year. With his ...

Human rights group Amnesty International has revoked Alexey Navalny’s prisoner of conscience status because of past xenophobic comments. The jailed Russian opposition leader’s anti-migrant statements and nationalist dalliances are well-known. He has never retracted those views. Yet history books are full of imperfect crusaders — proof we can’t always choose a model citizen to galvanise others in the battle for ...

Bloomberg Australia’s treasurer said he’s considering measures to support firms like Qantas Airways Ltd and others that are still struggling with fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, once the government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy expires late next month. “We are looking at other measures that we can put in place post-JobKeeper to support a range of industries including the aviation sector,” Josh ...

Bloomberg Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc plans to increase its e-commerce business to between 2% and 3% of total sales this year by expanding the company’s online presence through its own Internet platforms and others. The Philippine retailer’s e-commerce sales reached 1.1% of total revenue last year, up from 0.4% in 2019, as consumers migrated to online purchases because of the ...

Bloomberg Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc sank after saying its next test flight to space won’t occur until May, three months after the previous plan and further delaying the company’s space tourism trips. The new schedule also pushed back Virgin Galactic’s plan to carry billionaire founder Richard Branson on a separate test that had been set for the first quarter, since ...