September, 2021

• 22 September

  Natural gas to play pivotal role in UAE’s growth for next 50 years

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Natural gas is set to play a pivotal role in powering economic growth in the UAE over the next 50 years, according to Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Delivering the opening address of Gastech 2021, Dr ...

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• 22 September

  Masdar City start-up launches thermal energy storage product

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar City-based Seramic Materials, a start-up company supported by accelerator The Catalyst, developed a unique patented solution to recycle industrial solid waste into a high-temperature thermal energy storage (TES) product – a circular economy solution that both reduces wastage and promotes renewable energy development. The innovative product called, ReThink Seramic – Flora, can store heat at ...

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• 22 September

  ADPHC, NYUAD sign deal to enhance joint public health research

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to enhance joint work between both parties in public health research. The MoU was signed by Matar Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director-General of ADPHC, and Mariet Westermann, Vice-Chancellor of NYUAD, at the headquarters of the Department of Health – Abu ...

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• 22 September

  Etihad, talabat team up to explore new initiatives

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and talabat, the region’s leading food delivery and q-commerce platform, have signed a region-wide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement will see the two organisations collaborate on a range of initiatives that will benefit both Etihad Airways and talabat customers and employees. The MoU, signed on Tuesday ...

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• 22 September

  Expo 2020 launches official song ‘This Is Our Time’

  

  Dubai / WAM With less than 10 days to go until it opens its doors to the world, Expo 2020 Dubai on Tuesday launched its official song. Titled, “This Is Our Time,” the song highlights pride in the UAE’s culture, celebrates the future and brings together nations from around the world, while conveying the story of Expo’s overarching theme of ...

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• 22 September

  Is submarine crisis way deeper than French pride?

  

  The Anglosphere seems happy to write off France’s fury over Australia’s canceled $66 billion submarine contract as a mix of sour grapes and electoral theater. Paris has recalled its ambassadors to the US and Canberra, canceled events and called on European partners to invest in defense. In response, US President Joe Biden has offered a telephone call, UK Prime Minister ...

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• 22 September

  China’s secondhand business booms

  

  As summer fades, China’s consumers have grown increasingly cautious. Strict Covid measures are one reason; another is a recent government crackdown on everything from property markets to private tutoring. Retail-sales growth slowed to 2.5% in August from a year ago, much lower than analysts had expected. Restaurants and other service businesses faced even steeper declines. Yet China hasn’t totally lost ...

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• 22 September

  Companies must hurry up and require vaccines

  It’s been less than two weeks since President Joe Biden said the federal government would throw its weight behind new Covid-19 vaccine and testing mandates for corporate America. And there are already signs of progress. Last week, Biden hosted some of the country’s top business leaders at the White House to discuss the push. Afterward, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and ...

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• 22 September

  Hong Kong’s electoral system is momentous

  Hong Kong has had its first taste of the remodeled electoral system that China designed for the city. As an exercise in competitive politics, the vote had all the suspense and spontaneity of a Soviet military parade, though with fewer people. All the same, Beijing has reason to be satisfied with the outcome. The ballot was to fill about a ...

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• 22 September

  Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways to ink $2b GE jet-engine deal

  

  Bloomberg Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways JSC will outfit its new Boeing Co 787-9 Dreamliners with engines made by a General Electric Co venture in a deal valued at around $2 billion, according to Bamboo Airways Chief Executive Officer Dang Tat Thang. The signing of the agreement will be witnessed by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his trip to New York ...

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