August, 2021

• 25 August

  100 Million Meals campaign UAE distributes 106 million meals in just four months

  

  Dubai / WAM The UAE’s most extensive food aid campaign distributed 106 million meals out of the targeted 216 million to underprivileged families and individuals in just four months. The 100 Million Meals campaign, the largest of its kind in the region, operates across 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. The next phase of ...

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• 25 August

  Emirates to resume flights to Newcastle from October 15

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates is scaling up services with additional route resumptions and more flights across its European network, responding to the easing of international entry protocols and an upsurge in passenger demand. With clear signals that passenger confidence for international travel is returning, the airline is advancing its plans to increase services and capacity to make it easier ...

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• 25 August

  Abu Dhabi Police launches back-to-school safety campaign

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Police has launched a comprehensive campaign to ensure a safe return of students and teaching staff to the in-class learning, in line with all the precautionary measures in place. The Traffic and Patrols Directorate said that it will increase awareness campaigns to ensure that drivers abide by traffic laws, follow the rules and avoid ...

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• 25 August

  Trakhees implements 5,300 community inspection drives in H1

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Department of Planning and Development (Trakhees), the regulatory arm of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) in Dubai, implemented more than 5,300 inspection campaigns within the residential communities in their development zones during the first half of 2021, which resulted in reporting and issuing 550 violations. Abdullah Belhoul, CEO of Trakhees, said that the Civil ...

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• 25 August

  Etihad partners with local talent in celebration of UAE’s Golden Jubilee

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways on Tuesday launched the latest in a series of initiatives celebrating the UAE “Year of the 50th”. The airline has collaborated with the youngest Emirati chef, author, ice-skater, artists, and musical performers to curate unique works to commemorate the special anniversary. “We’ve taken the UAE’s 50th Anniversary to our heart and challenged ourselves to ...

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• 25 August

  Johnson’s plea to Biden on Afghanistan: Don’t quit

  

  Whenever G7 leaders gather, the optics usually say more than the anodyne communiques issued afterwards. Fortunately for Joe Biden, there will be no group photo from Tuesday’s virtual summit to talk about Afghanistan. The withdrawal debacle has left the world’s preeminent power looking like the unreliable boyfriend (to borrow a charge once levied against the Bank of England). Frustration and ...

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• 25 August

  A rising tide lifts all boats, even M&S

  

  A rising tide lifts all boats — even the good ship M&S. British retailer Marks & Spencer Group Plc has been a perennial disappointment to investors. But the household name said its underlying pre-tax profit would be above the upper end of its previous range of 300 million to 350 million pounds ($478 million) this year. The shares rose as ...

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• 25 August

  All about housing boom and mortgages

  Scarce supply and bidding wars have kept many entry level homebuyers out of the market for years. The government is trying to address this by ensuring a higher percentage of federal-backed mortgages go to low-income households, or for houses in communities with a large share of minorities. Expanding mortgage availability is a worthwhile goal, but in a housing market now ...

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• 25 August

  Will Europe win the Covid-recovery race?

  So far this year, the pandemic recovery limelight has been hogged by the US, and to some degree even the UK. But move over you two English-speaking economies! It might be time for the European tortoise to catch up with the hares. Purchasing managers surveys are probably the best real-time snapshots into to how an economy is faring. While reading ...

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• 25 August

  Europe is flying with vaccine passports but China, US slow

  

  Bloomberg The Delta variant of Covid-19 is scything through aviation just as key markets were getting back on their feet. In the US, Southwest Airlines Co is blaming the Delta strain for a rash of cancelled bookings and a slowdown in demand that may push it and several others to quarterly losses. After leading the industry’s recovery for much of ...

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