August, 2022

• 29 August

  Empowering AI experts ensures digital future: Sultan Al Olama

  

  Dubai / WAM The Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Teleworking Applications Office, in cooperation with the National Programme for Artificial Intelligence, has successfully concluded the fourth edition of UAE AI Camp, which help hone the skills of 7,750 people participating in its activities and workshops. Organised in partnership with several local entities and international companies specialised ...

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• 29 August

  Dubai to establish advisory councils to develop media sector

  

    Dubai / WAM In line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to reinforce Dubai’s status as a regional hub of media and creativity, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Media Council, issued Decisions No. (4) and No. ...

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• 29 August

  Moza Al-Otaiba praises support, encouragement of UAE’s wise leadership

  

    Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Her Excellency Moza Saeed bin Ahmed AlOtaiba, Founder and President of “AlOtaiba Inmaa Group”, said that the Emirati Women’s Day is a celebration of their success in various fields and sectors. She praised the support of the wise leadership to empower Emirati women and motivate them to achieve more and serve the country and ...

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• 29 August

  UAE sees 649 new recoveries from Covid-19

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 217,582 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. ...

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• 29 August

  ET ready to provide transport services to 241,000 students

  

    Dubai / WAM Emirates Transport (ET), the largest provider of school transport services in the UAE, announced its full readiness to transport nearly 241,000 male and female school and university students for the academic year 2022-2023 using 7,217 busses equipped with high safety and security systems. As part of its intensive preparations to welcome the new school year, ET ...

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• 29 August

  Moderna, Pfizer Covid suit is just a sideshow for mRNA

  

  Moderna Inc. dropped a lawsuit on Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, claiming the technology in their Covid-19 shots infringes on its messenger RNA patents. The legal battle will surely be protracted and expensive. What it won’t do is slow the pace of innovation in mRNA, if gene editing tool Crispr’s legal tangles are a guide. Vaccines and therapies that use ...

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• 29 August

  Do hedge funds have chops to win in China?

  

  They’ve been a­round for thousands of years but they’re still tripping up foreign investors in China. Company chops are the carved seals that, when used with a red inkpad to stamp documents, confer legitimacy on corporate actions. Investors accustomed to the norms of Western business may think they control the company when they hold a majority of the shares. Nuh-uh. ...

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• 29 August

  Merit pay is solution to teacher shortages in US

    With a new school year getting underway, public-school districts in the US are sounding alarms about a looming shortage of teachers. In response, some states have loosened rules to bring more workers, including those who haven’t yet earned a college degree, into the profession. These efforts are worthwhile — but they’re only addressing half the problem. Although reports of ...

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• 29 August

  Biden’s debt plan will make US politics worse

    President Joe Biden’s student-debt plan is bad policy in too many ways to count. But is it also bad politics? Apparently he and his advisers think not, given that he announced this initiative just before the midterm elections. No disrespect to their expertise, but I wonder if they have miscalculated. Consider the substance first. The exact cost of forgiving ...

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• 29 August

  SAS warns much more needed to restore its financial health

  

  Bloomberg SAS AB, which is working its way through a Chapter 11 restructuring in the US, cautioned that much more remains to be done to convince stakeholders to invest in the ailing Scandinavian carrier. The airline also needs to overcome the impact of a pilot strike and travel disruptions that hobbled its key summer season, just as the price of ...

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