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DUBAI / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) confirmed the preparedness of the infrastructure of roads and mass transit networks for providing unique, smooth, and express mobility service to visitors of Expo 2020 from Dubai and other emirates across the UAE. Thanks to the huge support ...
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September, 2021
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26 September
German participation in Expo 2020 an important addition to global event
Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, on Saturday received at the ministry, Prof Dr Verena Lepper, Curator of Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection) in Berlin, and co-founder of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). At the start of the meeting, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak ...
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26 September
Dubai Tourism welcomes continued support of global hospitality partners
Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has highlighted the pivotal role played by global hospitality partners in accelerating the city’s tourism recovery. At a meeting with the General Managers of Marriott International hotels in Dubai, Issam Kazim, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Tourism shared a positive industry overview underlined by the steady growth in ...
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26 September
Sharjah gears up to host 48th edition of WJMES
Sharjah / WAM The Emirate of Sharjah is gearing up to host the 48th edition of the Watch & Jewellery Middle East Show (WJMES), which is organised by the Expo Centre Sharjah from October 5-9 with the support of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI). The event will see the participation of world-leading companies in the watch and ...
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26 September
In Russia’s latest election, technology was a big loser
The electoral farce that took place in Russia last week was hardly interesting as a political event: once again, the main Kremlin-backed party, United Russia, retained a constitutional majority in parliament in a procedure that only President Vladimir Putin’s propagandists could deem free or fair; this time around, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe couldn’t even send observers ...
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26 September
Return of empty shelves, panic buying
Walk around a supermarket in the US or Europe and you will see some empty shelves once more. This isn’t due to people panic-buying toilet paper, as they did early on in the pandemic; rather it’s because supply chains are clogged at almost every stage between Asian factories and grocery stock rooms. But rising prices and patchy availability mean it’s ...
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26 September
Some may get booster jabs before those in need
Now that the top US health regulators have delivered their verdict on Covid-19 booster shots, who exactly is in line to get one in the coming weeks? Sadly, too many of the wrong people and too few of the right ones, adding more messiness to a rollout process that’s been far from smooth. The Biden Administration already jumped the gun ...
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26 September
Pro-Trump Arizona recount is backfiring
It appears that the results of the partisan Arizona recount of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County is actually going to show a larger lead for President Joe Biden than the real count showed. The non-experts who conducted this farce were expected to roll out their results, but some have already leaked out. This doesn’t confirm anything. It can’t. ...
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26 September
British Airways drops Gatwick plan, escalating union standoff
Bloomberg British Airways (BA) dropped plans to set up a new, lower-cost unit at London Gatwick airport, setting up a high-stakes showdown with its pilots union, which balked at new contract terms. The airline has insisted on setting up a separate division for the short-haul business even though it would remain branded as BA, the flagship of the IAG SA ...
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26 September
‘Chinese airlines may buy 8,700 new jets by 2040’
Bloomberg Boeing Co expects Chinese airlines will need 8,700 new aircraft for a total of $1.47 trillion by 2040, doubling the country’s commercial fleet size as air travel booms. China’s demand for wide-body aircraft is likely to account for 20% of global deliveries, according to the US manufacturer’s Commercial Market Outlook. China’s civil aviation industry will also need more than ...
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