June, 2021

• 12 June

  Dubai Police issue 10,635 fines for safety violations

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Police’s Al Rashidiya Police Station issued 10,635 fines and warnings against violators of the announced precautionary measures against Covid-19 across the station’s jurisdiction area in 2020. The violations included 3,271 violations for not wearing facemasks in private and public transportation, 2,526 violations for failing to maintain social distancing in vehicles, 1559 violations for exceeding allowed number ...

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• 12 June

  Tadweer to set up new fallen stock treatment facility in Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) announced its plans to set up a dedicated facility for the treatment of fallen stock collected from the farms and ranches across the Abu Dhabi and its suburbs. The move comes as part of the centre’s continued efforts to develop the required infrastructure and sustainable solutions for the safe and ...

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• 12 June

  President Biden should support European army

  

  I see symbolism in Joe Biden’s calendar over the coming days — and an opportunity for a new US approach to the European Union. With luck, it’ll culminate in American support for European military integration. Here’s the US president’s line-up: This weekend, he’s in the UK, America’s main ally in World War II. On Monday, he’ll be in Brussels for ...

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• 12 June

  Revival of smaller towns in UK

  

  Britain is undergoing a regional renaissance. People have moved to Dorset from London and are holidaying in Suffolk rather than Spain. Call it the legacy of lockdown: Things are finally heating up outside of the capital. Demand for property in outer regions of the UK has surged, as has interest in domestic tourism. With England’s reopening on June 21 looking ...

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• 12 June

  Rising wages herald an era of jobless growth

  Current labour shortages might be temporary as workers re-enter the labour force over the next several months, but the higher pay they’re earning won’t be, given the tendency for wages to be sticky. That’s going to make this economic expansion different than the last one. An expansion starting with high wages and a constrained labour pool will encourage the creation ...

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• 12 June

  And Big Oil finds the climate has changed

  Over the past month, campaigners have been celebrating moves to get the world’s biggest oil companies to address climate change. In the US, shareholders of Exxon Mobil Corp overruled top management to appoint new board members dedicated to accelerating the firm’s transition away from fossil fuels. At the same time, in Europe, a court in The Hague ruled that Royal ...

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• 12 June

  European airlines dragging feet on carbon curbs: Report

  

  Bloomberg Europe’s biggest airlines are seeking to deflect moves to tighten carbon curbs by favouring a less robust offsetting program, according to climate watchdog InfluenceMap. Carriers are pushing to retain the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation over the European Union’s more rigorous Emissions Trading System, the think tank-said. While Corsia was developed by the United Nations-mandated International ...

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• 12 June

  Lufthansa turns to 747 as tourists flood Mallorca

  

  Bloomberg The aircraft that broke down the door to intercontinental flying for the masses has a new mission: lugging as many German tourists as possible on the short-haul hop to Mallorca. Deutsche Lufthansa AG will deploy 364-seat Boeing Co 747-8s on two-hour trips from Frankfurt after looser coronavirus curbs spurred bookings 25-fold since April, it said. The jet will ply ...

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• 12 June

  South Africa sells state airline to private-equity venture

  

  Bloomberg South Africa agreed to sell a majority stake in the country’s grounded national carrier to a local jet-leasing company and private-equity firm, ridding the government of an entity that has long been a drain on state finances. A consortium comprised of Johannesburg-based Global Airways, which owns recently launched domestic airline Lift, and private-equity firm Harith General Partners will take ...

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• 12 June

  McDonald’s says hackers stole customer data in Korea, Taiwan

  Bloomberg McDonald’s Corp said hackers accessed some customer data in South Korea and Taiwan, adding the fast-food chain to the growing list of companies grappling with cyberattacks in recent weeks. After discovering unauthorised activity on its network, the company determined that “a small number of files were accessed, some of which contained personal data,” according to an emailed statement. The ...

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