ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), announced two new cases of the new coronavirus, identified as “COVID19”, including a 70-year-old Iranian visitor, whose health is unstable and he is in the intensive care unit. The last case brings the number of those infected in the UAE to 13 with three having recovered. The ministry ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), hosted a ceremony to celebrate its long-serving employees. The company honoured 900 staff members whose service period spanned between 10 and 27 years for their outstanding contributions to execution of various projects that reinforced Emirates Steel’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the 50-year Development Plan Committee, emphasised that preparing for the future with an ambitious vision is a rooted approach of the UAE led by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. While chairing the first ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), and Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children at UNHCR, has called on governments and civil society organisations to treat the education of the low-income and crises affected communities as a priority. She noted that the protection of children’s dignity and enabling them access to ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) on Saturday continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The ERC distributed 700 food parcels weighing more 56.5 tonnes to ...

Bloomberg California is backing away — ever so slightly — from its once-sweeping mandate requiring solar panels on virtually every new home. The California Energy Commission voted unanimously in favour of a measure proposed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to allow homes to get power from solar farms instead of rooftop panels. The move is a setback for ...

Bloomberg Nigeria will build the second-largest hydroelectric plant in Africa after the government settled a legal dispute that was delaying the project, Power Minister Sale Mamman said. “We have now overcome the major problem stopping this project and it is nearly over,” Mamman said. He said Attorney General Abubakar Malami is finalising the terms of the settlement, which are undisclosed. ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump felt blindsided when he learned belatedly that intelligence officials briefed House lawmakers that Russia is continuing to interfere in US elections — and that Democrats elicited their view that the Russians favour Trump’s re-election, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump blamed Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, for the episode and the ...

Bloomberg Police in Zambia say 43 people were killed and 23 others injured in mob violence across the country on people suspected of being responsible for attacking homes with poisonous sprays. Police have so far received 511 reports of incidents of “chemical spraying of poisonous substances on households” that have affected 1,687 victims, Inspector General Kaakoma Kanganja told reporters on ...

Bloomberg Bernie Sanders was expected to cement his front-runner status on Saturday as Nevada’s diverse electorate weighs in on the 2020 Democratic presidential field, but the day could deal a harsh blow to several other candidates limping towards Super Tuesday. Sanders holds a double-digit lead in the RealClearPolitics average of polls ahead of the vote, with Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg ...