December, 2021

• 23 December

  Registration for Umex, SimTEX 2022 opens

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (Adnec) announced that registration is now open to local and international exhibitors, members of the media and visitors to the Unmanned Systems Exhibition (Umex 2022) and the Simulation Training Exhibition (SimTEX 2022). Organised by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the two ...

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• 23 December

  Tourism is essential underpinning of UAE’s sustainable development

  

    Ras Al Khaimah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, affirmed the role of tourism as the essential underpinning of the UAE’s sustainable development. His Highness’s comments came as he was presented with a commemorative postage stamp bearing the image of Jebel Jais, the UAE’s tallest mountain, ...

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• 23 December

  Expo 2020 Dubai ‘committee’ pledges to safely host the world

  

    Dubai / WAM The Steering Committee of the College of Commissioner Generals of Expo 2020 Dubai has held its third event-time meeting, doubling down on its united commitment to continue hosting an exceptional and safe World Expo in a manner that is engaging, exciting and full of learning. The meeting of the committee, which represents Expo’s 192 participating nations, ...

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• 23 December

  Registration for Umex, SimTEX 2022 opens

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (Adnec) announced that registration is now open to local and international exhibitors, members of the media and visitors to the Unmanned Systems Exhibition (Umex 2022) and the Simulation Training Exhibition (SimTEX 2022). Organised by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the two ...

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• 23 December

  UAE announces 294 new recoveries from Covid-19

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 398,972 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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• 23 December

  RTA’s hackathon opened at Expo 2020 Dubai

  

    Dubai / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has opened RTA’s Hackathon at Expo 2020 Dubai. The hackathon discussed three key topics relating to economic growth, community happiness, and envisioning the future. 25 experts and specialists from pavilions of countries participating in Expo took part in ...

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• 23 December

  MBRSC, Khalifa University ink deal

  

    Dubai / WAM The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Khalifa University of Science and Technology to collaborate on the Emirates Lunar Mission in the field of technological and scientific research activities. The MoU was signed by Salem Humaid Al Marri, Director-General, MBRSC, and Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice President, ...

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• 23 December

  A gas pipeline won’t turn Russia, China into friends

  

    Are pipelines built to threaten democracies, or befriend authoritarians? Judging by the responses to Russia’s two biggest gas export projects, it depends where you are. In Europe, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, intended to double Moscow’s direct export capacity into Germany to 110 billion cubic meters a year, has become caught up in geopolitical rivalry over eastern Europe. Approval ...

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• 23 December

  Nike isn’t worried about Christmas

  

    There will be fresh kicks under the Christmas tree after all. Three months ago, Nike Inc raised the alarm on the supply chain crisis: It warned that shoppers might not be able to find the sneakers they wanted in the run up to the holidays. It offered some reassurance that the worst may be over. As it announced its ...

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• 23 December

  Can the algorithms destroy banking jobs?

    Good investment banking jobs are disappearing. Much of the business has been long replaced by machines and computer algorithms. Almost all equity trading is now done electronically. Even high-yield corporate bonds, an opaque corner of the market where orders from wealthy clients are often placed over lavish meals, are being disrupted. In the US, 37% of these transactions are ...

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