November, 2021

• 2 November

  Emirates to resume services to Algiers from November 9

  

  Dubai / WAM Emirates announced that it will reintroduce flights to Algiers, Algeria, from November 9. Flights from Dubai to Algiers will operate twice a week. The resumption of flights to Algiers boosts Emirates’ African network to 21 destinations, and represents a full restoration of the airline’s operations into North Africa. With the easing of travel restrictions, and the acceleration ...

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• 2 November

  Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to fly to three more Indian cities

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Air Arabia Abu Dhabi has announced introduction of a new service to three destinations in India starting from November 3, as part of its ongoing plans to cater to travelers needs from Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi travellers will be able to fly to Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum. The new service represents the 15th route for Air ...

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• 2 November

  Dubai set to host biggest ever ‘futuristic airshow’

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, has emphasised the importance of Dubai Airshow 2021, describing the event as “an opportunity to reconnect the aviation, aerospace, space and defence industries.” During a press conference in Dubai ...

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• 2 November

  UAE receives int’l praise for efforts to combat pandemic

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Roberto Speranza, Italian Minister of Health, and current president of the G20 ministers of health, has praised the UAE for its exemplary efforts in combating the coronavirus pandemic and speed in implementing one of the most effective Covid-19 responses globally, evident with one of the lowest mortality and infection rate around the world. The approach ensured ...

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• 2 November

  IAEA’s ConvEx-3 ‘Barakah UAE’ exercise successfully concludes

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday concluded the exercises of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) ConvEx-3 ‘Barakah UAE’, amid great success, highlighting the country’s national readiness and full ability to deal with unusual conditions in nuclear and radiological emergencies. The UAE’s hosting of the exercise also cemented the international community’s confidence in the nuclear energy infrastructure, and ...

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• 2 November

  Dubai achieves world record for first 3D-printed lab

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) marked another breakthrough by achieving the Guinness World Records title for the first 3D-printed laboratory in the world. The record was awarded for Dewa’s Robotics & Drone laboratory, housed within the Research & Development (R&D) Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and ...

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• 2 November

  Climate pacts have failed before they succeeded!

  

  The history of United Nations climate conferences is a history of failure. That comes with the territory. If anyone meeting was to solve all the problems of preventing catastrophic global warming, there would be no need for any further action. That’s the best way to think about the disappointing outcome of talks between the Group of 20 large economies during ...

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• 2 November

  It’s still good to be a tech company

  

  Tesla Inc became a trillion-dollar company, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc revealed some vulnerabilities, and FAANG became … MAANG? MANGA? MAGMA? It was a week of redefining the tech landscape. Let’s dive in to the details. Mark Zuckerberg stood in front of some BBQ sauce and revealed to the world Facebook Inc’s new name: Meta Platforms Inc. The name is ...

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• 2 November

  How science fiction shaped Tesla’s Musk

  Where does Elon Musk get his ideas from? What is he trying to achieve and who does he want to be? Many of us are desperate to understand the world’s richest man, whose electric vehicle maker Tesla is now, according to the stock market, worth a trillion dollars. Jill Lepore, a historian at Harvard University, suggests Musk was shaped by ...

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• 2 November

  Will Big Oil’s ‘Friday feeling’ stay forever?

  More than most weeks, Big Oil had reason to cheer the arrival a Friday. The day before, the CEOs of Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and other industry bigwigs had been called to Congress (virtually) for one of those hearing/shellacking rituals, where they were accused of hiding the dangers of climate change. The latest UN climate summit kicked off in ...

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