October, 2021

• 7 October

  Merger of Arkan, Emirates Steel complete

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Arkan Building Materials Company PJSC (Arkan), a leading construction and building materials company in the UAE, announced the legal completion of its merger with Emirates Steel Industries PJSC (Emirates Steel), a leading integrated steel manufacturer in the Middle East. The merger of Arkan and Emirates Steel (the Combined Group) creates the UAE’s largest steel and building ...

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• 7 October

  Thank God, we have overcome the Covid-19 crisis: Mohamed

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has said, “We overcame the Covid-19 crisis and learned many lessons from the experience. As life in the UAE begins to return to normal, we give thanks to God.” At Qasr Al Bahr Majlis, ...

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• 7 October

  AD Ports, Aurora50 partner to empower Emirati women

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business AD Ports Group, a leading facilitator of trade and logistics, has signed a new partnership agreement with Aurora50, a social enterprise focusing on achieving gender-balanced boardrooms in the UAE. Through the new partnership, AD Ports Group and Aurora50 aim to create a more inclusive and integrated workplace environment with a new purpose-driven programme, Glow (Gain ...

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• 7 October

  Etihad marks UAE Civil Aviation Day

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of UAE, is marking UAE Civil Aviation Day with a video featuring its young and talented Emirati workforce to support the UAE’s efforts to elevate awareness of the aviation sector. The video consists of various professions in Etihad Aviation Group including pilots, doctors and engineers. Today, 89 years ago, a pioneering ...

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• 7 October

  Abu Dhabi issues 500 plus golden visas to doctors

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO), a division of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added), recognised more than 500 doctors who obtained the Golden Visa in reflection of their efforts. This came as part of Abu Dhabi’s commitment to empower global talent and help ...

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• 7 October

  Wetex and DSS host 10 international pavilions

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said that the 23rd Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS) will host 10 country pavilions: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Chile, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This year’s exhibition covers over 29,200 square metres. More than 1,200 companies from 55 countries and 61 ...

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• 7 October

  Etihad Rail to send Emirati engineers to train in Germany

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Rail Network, has announced signing a strategic partnership with Herrenknecht, one of the oldest and largest companies specialised in tunnelling solutions, to develop new tunnel design and construction technologies. The agreement, which took place on the sideline of Expo 2020 Dubai, was signed by Shadi Malak, ...

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• 7 October

  Japan, a sleeping giant of global affairs, is waking up

  

  Three times in the modern era, Japan has reacted to profound international shifts with a sweeping remake of its foreign policy — in ways that altered global history. The nation is now undergoing a leadership transition, as the job of prime minister passes from Yoshihide Suga to Fumio Kishida. This may seem like “more of the same,” as both men ...

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• 7 October

  New Zealand abandons Covid zero!

  

  Living with Covid-19 means embracing interest-rate increases. The more of the latter, the better. That’s the view from New Zealand, whose central bank proceeded on Wednesday with a widely anticipated hike in its benchmark rate to 0.5%, the first nudge higher in seven years. The Reserve Bank made it clear the move is unlikely to be the last. Inflation is ...

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• 7 October

  Will Bitcoin miners leave you in the cold?

  Bitcoin is a virtual currency with a very physical footprint in the form of the big, power-hungry facilities that have sprouted up to mine it. The size of this footprint and its impact on the environment have become a hotly contested issue: The network’s power consumption this year will likely be a whopping 91 terawatt-hours, roughly equivalent to Pakistan’s, according ...

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