September, 2021

• 5 September

  RTA opens new bus route to serve Souk Al Marfa, improves 11 routes

  

  Dubai / WAM Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is intending to launch a new route for public buses in Dubai and improve the services of three other bus routes starting this September 9. The move aims to expand the internal bus network and step up the integration of mass transit means in the emirate. The new route, which is named ...

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• 5 September

  SMTC initiative to develop skills of graduates

  Sharjah / WAM With the aim of qualifying job seekers in the media field from university and college graduates registered with the Human Resources Department of the Government of Sharjah, the Sharjah Media Training Centre (SMTC), affiliated to Sharjah Broadcasting Authority has launched the “I Can” initiative in its second edition, which will run until December 30. The initiative includes ...

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• 5 September

  Adihex highlights importance of women’s role in falconry

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Women in Falconry is one of the main topics of the conference “The Future of Falconry”, which will be hosted in the next edition of Adihex in cooperation with Unesco and organised by Emirates Falconers’ Club and the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) which currently has 110 associations from 90 ...

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• 5 September

  Amazon Web Services to open data centres in UAE

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), the investment promotion agency of Dubai Economy, has welcomed the announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) of its plans to open data centres in the UAE in the first half of 2022. The new AWS Middle East (UAE) Region will consist of three Availability Zones and become AWS’s second region ...

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• 5 September

  US knew Afghanistan’s truth, but it didn’t listen

  

  Global leaders have spent these last critical weeks asking themselves: “What went wrong in Afghanistan?” They’d be better off asking: “What did we do wrong in Afghanistan?” To get a sense of how badly the foreign intervention went off-course, you could do worse than to scroll through the Twitter feed of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, known as ...

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• 5 September

  While Tesla delays, rivals move on

  

  If the topic is a new Tesla model, then the first item on the agenda is how long it will be delayed. The polyhedral wonder that is the Cybertruck continues this grand tradition. While traditions hold true, however, the world around them changes. The Cybertruck was first unveiled at that impromptu window-smashing event in late 2019, scheduled to be available ...

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• 5 September

  Suga calls time on a sad year running Japan

  Who wants to be a national leader in the pandemic era? Yoshihide Suga declared he was done after a year and relinquished leadership of Japan, which is wrestling with an inconsistent economic recovery and soaring infections. Governing in the Covid years is especially fraught for premiers that lack a popular mandate; it’s hard enough for those who actually won elections. ...

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• 5 September

  Big jobs miss picture for economy, the Fed

  The highly anticipated US jobs report for August should make us feel sorry for those having to navigate through the flood of economic data, be they analysts or, more importantly, policy makers. With another set of data subject to divergent interpretations, the post-pandemic economic landscape remains both puzzling and uncertain. Constituting a big miss relative to expectations, the headline number ...

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• 5 September

  Philippine Air files bankruptcy in New York over travel fallout

  

  Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York with a lender-supported plan that helps the country’s main carrier recover after the pandemic devastated global travel. The company aims to cut $2 billion in borrowings through a proposed restructuring plan, which needs court approval, it said. Philippine Airlines will also get $505 million in equity and debt ...

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• 5 September

  Wizz Air takes battle to Ryanair with traffic rise

  

  Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc has narrowed the gap with much larger Ryanair Holdings Plc during the coronavirus crisis, based on traffic figures for August, the peak month for summer tourist travel. Wizz carried almost one-third as many passengers as Ryanair last month, after expanding in markets such as Italy and Germany, according to traffic updates. In August 2019, the ...

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