October, 2021

• 24 October

  UAE leads Mena region in adoption of electric vehicles

  

  Dubai / WAM The UAE is leading the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in the adoption of electric vehicles with its charging station to vehicle ratio among the world’s highest, according to a newly released whitepaper. Produced by the Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) Mena, the whitepaper says the UAE now boasts 240 grid-linked slow charging public stations – ...

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• 24 October

  UAE announces 84 new Covid-19 cases

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 299,806 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. As ...

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• 24 October

  SBA to host National Libraries Summit on November 8

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is organising the National Libraries Summit on November 8-9 at its headquarters in Sharjah, to further its commitment to promote books and literacy. The two-day summit will be held in conjunction with the 40th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2021) under the theme “Visibility, Engagement, Impact, and Collaboration”, and convene 50 national ...

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• 24 October

  Tories aren’t buying Boris as an environmentalist!

  

  Move over Greta Thunberg, step aside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Here comes Boris Johnson, reborn as eco-warrior and genial host of the United Nations COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. At the UN General Assembly a few weeks ago, the UK’s shape-shifting prime minister announced his conversion to the cause of saving the planet: “My friends, the adolescence of humanity is ...

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• 24 October

  Tesla earnings meet an abnormal stock

  

  Tesla Inc hosted an earnings call that can only be described as normcore. With CEO Elon Musk absent — as telegraphed last time — it was left to several other executives, led by CFO Zachary Kirkhorn, to bring the sizzle. Or rather, to studiously avoid it. The headline numbers were good anyway, providing room for a relatively humdrum event by ...

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• 24 October

  Inflation hasn’t hurt Nestle, Unilever — yet

  Who says inflation is bad? Rising prices are helping some consumer giants deliver their strongest growth in years. But look a little farther ahead, and this could be as good as it gets for them for a while. Inflation in everything from coffee to packaging is accelerating. Ultimately, it’s shoppers who will have to pay. And when further price increases ...

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• 24 October

  A Facebook rebrand could be a huge risk

  Facebook Inc may be preparing a fresh coat of paint for itself. A report in technology news site the Verge, citing a source with direct knowledge, says that the company is planning to change its name next week to reflect its new focus on building the metaverse — a new digital network for connecting to others through augmented reality and ...

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• 24 October

  Record US border crossings kindle Biden policies rebuke

  

  Bloomberg US officials encountered more than 1.7 million migrants crossing the border with Mexico over the past year—a record number likely to escalate Republican attacks on the Biden administration’s handling of immigration. US Customs and Border Protection reported 1.73 million southwest border encounters overall, but many were making repeat attempts, the agency said. CBP’s Border Patrol conducted 1.66 million of ...

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• 24 October

  Airstrike kills senior Al-Qaeda leader in northwest Syria: US

  

  Bloomberg A US-led airstrike in northwest Syria killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar, according to the US Central Command. The strike was conducted in the vicinity of Suluk using an MQ-9 aircraft, US Army Major John Rigsbee said in a statement. There have been no indications of civilian casualties, he added. “The removal of this al-Qaeda senior leader will ...

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• 24 October

  US to release more data on Kennedy’s assassination

  Bloomberg The Biden administration said it will release more records related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy in December. Some of the information regarding Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963, remained off limits to “protect against an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity ...

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