September, 2021

• 2 September

  Emirates to take delivery of final A380 in November this year

  

  Dubai / WAM Emirates will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original delivery timeline from June 2022. All three new A380s to be delivered will be fitted out with Emirates’ much lauded Premium Economy cabin as well as its latest A380 ...

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• 2 September

  UAE sees 1,526 new recoveries from Covid-19

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 259,569 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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• 2 September

  Expo Centre Sharjah to host 12 major events, exhibitions

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Expo Centre Sharjah is gearing up to welcome another season of exhibitions and events, with about 12 diverse fairs taking place until the end of this year, the first of which will take place on September first. This is a continuation of the activities of the centre, which witnessed various events during the past seven months. ...

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• 2 September

  UAE land ports receive travellers from Oman

  

  AL AIN / WAM The UAE’s land ports have begun receiving travellers from Oman, after verifying the readiness of all ports and ensuring the implementation of national precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Khalifa Hamad Al Shamsi, Director of the Land Ports Department at the Public Authority for Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones ...

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• 2 September

  Covid-19 vaccines may become a viable business

  

  For most of us, the growing evidence that the efficacy of Covid vaccines is declining over time should be a cause of worry. For the drug companies that have spent billions of dollars developing them, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Recent studies on vaccine effectiveness have led to a run of orders for boosters in recent weeks. The US will start ...

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• 2 September

  BMW shows luxury brands can pull off

  

  BMW AG is set to effectively bail out its flailing Chinese joint-venture partner. For the German carmaker, that’s a smart move. BMW’s China unit is close to a deal to buy production assets worth $252 million from the parent of its main partner, Brilliance Auto, Bloomberg News reported citing people familiar with the matter. The information was disclosed at a ...

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• 2 September

  Xi shows China he’s the ultimate tiger mom

  China’s latest tightening of gaming rules is much ado about nothing. Except, of course, that nothing Beijing does is minor or inconsequential these days because everything the leadership says should be taken both literally and seriously. Shares of the nation’s leading games providers including Tencent Holdings Ltd, NetEase Inc, Bilibili Inc. and Huya Inc tumbled after the National Press and ...

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• 2 September

  Afghanistan war wasn’t a cynical misadventure

  Lost wars are supposed to provoke soul-searching. In America, they usually bring historical revisionism instead. When once-good wars go bad, Americans tend to conclude that there was never anything redeeming about them in the first place. This impulse is already coloring the debate over Afghanistan. It won’t help the US recover or learn from defeat. Much of the flourishing “who ...

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• 2 September

  Siam Makro surges on $7b deal to control Lotus stores

  

  Bloomberg Siam Makro Pcl surged as much as 24% after Thailand’s biggest operator of cash-and-carry stores announced a plan worth about 218 billion baht ($7 billion) to take control of retailer Lotus from other affiliates of the Charoen Pokphand Group. The share-price gain was the biggest since August 2013, with the deal leading to Siam Makro taking a 76% stake ...

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• 2 September

  Airbus secures $4.9b order from Boeing customer Jet2

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE secured an order for 36 single-aisle planes from UK leisure carrier Jet2 Plc, picking off a Boeing Co customer with steep discounts as it seeks to regain sales momentum. The A321neo jets, scheduled for delivery over five years through 2028, are valued at $4.9 billion before “significant discounts,” Jet2 said in a statement. The number of planes ...

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