September, 2022

• 7 September

  NWTN to build Abu Dhabi’s first EV assembly facility in Kizad

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Kizad, part of AD Ports group’s Economic Cities and Free Zones, on Tuesday announced the signing of a lease agreement with NWTN to establish an electric vehicle (EV) assembly facility in Abu Dhabi to serve the growing demand for sustainable transport options. Founded in 2016, green mobility technology company NWTN has its headquarters in the ...

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• 7 September

  UAE, Germany keen to boost cooperation, ties

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in a phone call with Annalena Baerbock, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, discussed the strategic relations between the two countries and joint cooperation in all fields. The two sides also reviewed several issues of common interest, including economic integration and ...

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• 7 September

  Ma’an, ERC ink deal to support social sector initiatives in Abu Dhabi

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an and the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) signed a strategic partnership agreement to support social sector programmes and initiatives, allowing both entities to engage in an integrated partnership to deliver a positive and sustainable impact on the society. Demonstrating their shared commitment to supporting social sector programmes, the partnership ...

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• 7 September

  SEC directs to build schools in new areas of Sharjah

  Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Deputy Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), chaired the SEC meeting on Tuesday morning, which was held in the Sharjah Ruler’s Office. During its meeting, the SEC discussed a number of governmental issues on its agenda and reviewed the progress of work in ...

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• 7 September

  ‘Malaffi’ reaches 1 billion clinical records

    ABU DHABI / WAM Malaffi, the region’s first Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform, a key strategic initiative of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), has achieved a major milestone by connecting one billion clinical records from 7 million patient records in Abu Dhabi, in just three and half years. Malaffi now connects nearly 100% of healthcare connected ...

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• 7 September

  Mubadala developing next generation of UAE caregivers

  

    Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Mubadala Health and its partners welcomed 60 high school students as part of the Junior Caregiver Program this summer. The program aims to catalyse the development of next-generation healthcare talent in the UAE and provides students with real-life exposure to medical, nursing, and other healthcare professions across the Mubadala Health network. The program began ...

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• 7 September

  A debate over deficit is just what America needs

  

    With unemployment low, inflation high and interest rates on the rise, the time is right to bring back an old idea: bipartisan talks to reduce the federal budget deficit. I know: Try to contain your excitement. But it wasn’t so long ago — about a decade — that the US was consumed by a mania for deficit reduction. From ...

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• 7 September

  Should your buses, trams & trains be free?

  

  Like everybody I know in Germany, I bought the so-called 9-euro ticket this summer. Three, in fact — one each for June, July and August. I put the QR codes in my cell phone’s digital wallet, and was free to hop on and off all buses, trams, local and regional trains nationwide. In a country that specializes in making things ...

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• 7 September

  How the US can make apprenticeship work

    With the US unemployment rate near a five-decade low and job vacancies close to a record high, businesses say they are scrambling to find workers. Many complain that large and growing skills mismatches prevent them from getting the staff they need. While the Biden administration has pushed for large government spending increases to support college students and former college ...

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• 7 September

  World must lean on Putin to avert nuclear disaster

    It’s not every day the International Atomic Energy Agency dispatches monitors looking like Hollywood action heroes on a mission to save civilization. But that’s an apt description of the IAEA team now inspecting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. It’s Europe’s largest nuclear reactor complex and sits right on the front line between the Ukrainian defenders and Russian ...

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