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September, 2022

  • 26 September

    Innovation must to bolster current world order, says Reem Al Hashimy

      New York / WAM In her address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, stated that innovation is needed to strengthen the current world order and help crisis-affected countries play constructive roles in addressing global challenges. Below is the text of the UAE’s address at ...

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  • 26 September

    ADJD hands down 7,000 decisions in one month

      ABU DHABI / WAM The courts of Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) have achieved high case disposal rates and significantly increased judicial productivity, with some 7,000 judgments rendered during the month of August, at an average of 346 decisions per official working day, or 45 judgments per working hour, at the pace of two hearings in average for the ...

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  • 26 September

    Adihex enhances efforts to preserve handicraft sustainability

      ABU DHABI / WAM The “Arts and Crafts” sector in the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex) is highlighting the aesthetics of the UAE’s cultural heritage, where efforts are being exerted to raise awareness of the importance of preserving traditional crafts and professions and the sustainability of traditional industries. Adihex, held under the theme “Sustainability and Heritage… ...

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  • 26 September

    America’s new secession movements aren’t a crime

      Secession, of all things, is back in the news. Residents of San Bernardino County, the largest in California, are debating whether to try to break off and form a state of their own. And there’s more: Last month, a New Hampshire electoral commission refused to bar from the ballot legislators who want their state to leave the US entirely. ...

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  • 26 September

    Give bankers bigger bonuses?

    The bonfire of the inanities. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng isn’t pulling any punches with his first moves in office. First, he unceremoniously fired the most senior civil servant in the Treasury. Now he is contemplating taking an axe to European Union regulations on financial services. But he is starting on the latter in a very odd way ...

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  • 26 September

    What comes after a week that shook the world

      We’re living through arguably the most truly global attempt to tighten financial conditions in memory. This is shifting the tectonic plates beneath the world economy, and threatens dangerous developments in society and in politics as we all try to adapt. And yet what strikes the eye after a week of market landmarks and aggressive interventions by central banks is ...

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  • 26 September

    Capping Russian oil prices is worth trying

      A proposal by the Group of Seven to impose a price cap on purchases of Russian oil is so neat that it’s been derided as an academic parlor game. Can the world’s wealthiest countries really reduce Moscow’s revenue while keeping crude flowing into global markets? As it happens, the answer is probably yes. The plan has plenty of flaws, ...

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  • 26 September

    Nasa delays Artemis I Moon launch on tropical storm risk

    Bloomberg Nasa is standing down from its Artemis I mission to the moon next week, as a tropical storm off the coast of South America creeps towards Florida and the agency’s launch site for the Space Launch System rocket. The US space agency said it will decide whether to roll the rocket and spacecraft back from the launch pad to ...

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  • 26 September

    JetBlue workers to seek union representation

      Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp baggage handlers and other airport ground workers are looking to gain union representation, potentially following pilots and flight attendants in joining an organised labor group at the carrier. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said it will file an application with the National Mediation Board after a sufficient number of the 3,000 ...

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  • 26 September

    Japanese airline ANA plans to increase international flights

      Bloomberg All Nippon Airways will increase international flights and cabin staff numbers to meet an anticipated jump in demand when Japan abolishes Covid-19 border controls next month. “We’ve long been waiting for the easing of restrictions,” Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue told reporters at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday. “We want to welcome visitors from overseas with increased ...

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