October, 2022

• 24 October

  University of Sharjah is an edifice of glorious achievement

  

  Sharjah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah and Founder of University of Sharjah (UoS), attended, in the presence of Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and President of the UoS, the University’s celebrations of its silver jubilee in front of the main campus. His ...

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• 24 October

  Australia joins pledge to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030

  

  Australia joined the Global Methane Pledge, becoming one of the last major developed economies to sign on to an effort to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas 30% from 2020 levels by the end of this decade. Announcing the decision to sign the methane pledge on Sunday, Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said meeting the 2030 target could ...

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• 24 October

  Musk could use some extra Tesla mojo

  

  Liam Denning In between dabbling in geopolitics and buying-rejecting-not-really-buying Twitter, Elon Musk runs a car company. Tesla Inc. reported results that were somehow simultaneously great and yet humdrum. Revenue jumped 56% versus a year ago, but missed expectations by 3%; the stock fell slightly after hours on Wednesday. Such is the flip-side of high expectations. Musk appeared on the call ...

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• 24 October

  Let’s make sure lab-grown viruses stay in laboratory

  

  Faye Flam Researchers at Boston University sparked alarming headlines this week by creating a more lethal version of the omicron Covid variant. At the heart of the uproar is the fact that the researchers didn’t have any obligation to inform anyone beyond an internal review board about what they were doing. Some officials at the National Institutes of Health only ...

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• 23 October

  Adidas next CEO faces tough job with unsold shoes piling up

  

  Adidas AG’s next chief executive officer is set to inherit an even tougher job. The company warned that unsold goods are piling up as consumer demand weakens across China and western markets. That sent the German sport apparel maker’s stock slumping as much as 10%. Problems are accumulating under outgoing Chief Executive Officer Kasper Rorsted, including a publicity crisis over ...

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• 23 October

  Boeing Max crash passengers’ families ruled crime victims

  

  Families of passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets were deemed by a federal judge to be official crime victims entitled to consultation before the US Justice Department cuts any deals with the maker of the flawed aircraft. US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas said in a ruling he will now determine what remedies the families ...

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• 23 October

  Electric planes in Australia seen halving flight costs

  

  Regional Australian airline Rex said operating costs on short flights will drop as much as 50% with the introduction of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft in coming years. Rex plans to start trials in early 2024 using King Air 200 planes, retrofitted with the new power trains, before later tests with Saab 340 aircraft, Deputy Chairman John Sharp said at a ...

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• 23 October

  UK retail sales fall more than expected after Queen’s death

  

  UK retail sales fall more than expected last month after the death of Queen Elizabeth II curtailed activity and cost-of-living pressures hit harder. The volume of goods sold in shops and online dropped 1.4% in September after a revised 1.7% decline the month before, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. Economists had expected an 0.5% drop. Sales volumes ...

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• 23 October

  Johnson premiership would ‘implode’: Baker

  

  A prominent member of the Tory right has come out in support of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s next prime minister and and declared that if former premier Boris Johnson won the contest it would be a “guaranteed disaster.” Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister and prominent Brexiteer who backed Johnson in the 2019 general election, told Sky News that ...

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• 23 October

  Prioritizing Italy Inc is Giorgia Meloni’s plan as new prime minister

  

    Giorgia Meloni plans to uphold Italy’s pro-Ukraine and pro-Nato stance, but her government is set to shift internal policy to provide a greater shield for the country’s companies and industry. The leader of Brothers of Italy formally takes over from Mario Draghi as head of government Sunday. The two have already exchanged the little bell used to open cabinet ...

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