July, 2022

• 25 July

  Dubai committee OKs 2,000 residential plots for citizens

  

    Dubai / WAM Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Higher Committee for Development and Citizens Affairs, chaired by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, approved immediate allocation ...

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• 25 July

  Sharjah Education Council unveils 2023-2025 strategy

  

    Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Education Council has launched its 2023-2025 strategy, ushering in a new stage in its journey, which continues through endeavours to achieve lasting excellence in its outputs and higher performance levels. During a meeting held at its headquarters in Sharjah, in cooperation with Maestro Company, Sharjah Education Council announced launch of its strategic plan with ...

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• 25 July

  UAE sees 1,307 new recoveries from Covid-19

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 236,774 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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• 25 July

  Adihex 2022 to feature ‘Arabian Horse Auction – Speed Races’

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian (Adihex) has announced that it will be introducing the Adihex 2022 Arabian Horses Auction – Speed Races as the newest feature in its upcoming edition, Adihex 2022. Adihex 2022 will see the participation of a wide range of regional companies specialised in the manufacture of riding supplies, trailers, ...

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• 25 July

  Europe frets with gas flows still at risk after pipeline restart

  

  Bloomberg Europe is again on edge about potential gas supply disruptions from Russia, even after the restart of the crucial Nord Stream pipeline following maintenance this week. A turbine that helps pump gas into the link is held up in transit in Germany after first being stranded in Canada due to sanctions. President Vladimir Putin has warned that shipments through ...

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• 25 July

  Tata may close Port Talbot without $1.8bn from UK

  

    Bloomberg Indian steel giant Tata Steel Ltd may close sites including Port Talbot unless it receives $1.8 billion in support from the UK government, the Financial Times reported. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Tata Group chairman, said the firm had been in talks with the government for two years over funding for Tata’s transition to greener steel production. “We should come to ...

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• 25 July

  Conservatives shouldn’t write off ‘Trussonomics’

  

    The contest for the Tory leadership may have weeks to run, but elite opinion has already plumped firmly for Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer and Goldman Sachs banker, as its choice. The Times of London endorsed Sunak. The Financial Times and The Economist can be expected to follow. This is a mixed blessing for a candidate who ...

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• 25 July

  Travel hell! Blame long shadow of Covid

  

  Much of the rich world is emerging from two years of pandemic more flush than it’s ever been. Deposits held by consumers at US commercial banks are roughly $3.5 trillion above where they’d have been if they continued the pre-pandemic trend, a position that inflation is only starting to eat away. For the airline industry, it’s precisely the opposite. While ...

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• 25 July

  Female CEOs become less rare in industrial sector

    The industrial sector is just a leadership shakeup away from having one of the highest rates of female chief executive officers in the S&P 500. Before you get too excited, the numbers are still small: There are 69 industrial companies on the benchmark index and as of the beginning of the year, four of them had female CEOs, according ...

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• 25 July

  Pelosi’s Taiwan date is a headache for Biden

    The timing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proposed trip to Taiwan puts President Joe Biden in a bind. Having drawn threats and condemnation from Beijing, the visit risks undermining any fruits of a planned call between Biden and China’s Xi Jinping. For Pelosi to postpone or cancel, though, would leave the impression of a US administration backing down in ...

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