June, 2021

• 2 June

  Sharjah plans to dispatch trade mission to Russia

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Exports Development Centre (SEDC), an initiative of the Sharjah Chamber of commerce and Industry (SCCI), has announced plans to send a trade mission to Russia next September. A delegation of businessmen and investors from the chamber will be visiting the transcontinental country to strengthen economic ties, develop industries, improve trade exchanges, and forge new and ...

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• 2 June

  UAE among top 20 nations in five indices related to tourism, travel

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE was ranked among the top 20 countries in the world during the year 2020 in five indices related to the competitiveness of the tourism sector in the country according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC). The country’s achievements in the tourism sector included the indexes in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report ...

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• 2 June

  Abu Dhabi’s largest solar-powered car park completed

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports and Masdar announced the completion of Abu Dhabi’s largest solar-powered car park, which will save 5,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The three-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) project is installed on the car shading at the short-term car park of the Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport, with 7,542 solar panels ...

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• 2 June

  UAE sees 1,954 new recoveries from Covid-19

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 215,689 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, 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 ...

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• 2 June

  NCM rolls out host of new electronic services

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM On behalf of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, Director of the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) and President of the Regional Association II (Asia), on Tuesday launched NCM’s new electronic services. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous said, “Owing to the unwavering support of ...

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• 2 June

  Adafsa issues AI principles and ethics charter within its business

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) issued a charter to introduce relevant stakeholders within its business to artificial intelligence (AI) principles and ethics. The charter is made up of four guiding principles to enable the ethical use of AI in Adafsa responsibly and without discrimination. Adafsa is one of the Abu Dhabi’s first ...

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• 2 June

  Hatta hydroelectric power plant 23% complete: Dewa

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced that the work progress at Hatta hydroelectric power plant has reached 23 percent. The plant production capacity is set to reach 250 megawatts (MW) with a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt hours and a lifespan of 80 years. The plant, which is the first of its kind in the Gulf ...

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• 2 June

  South Asia should pay attention to its rare star

  

  Half a century ago, in March 1971, Bangladesh’s founders declared their independence from richer and more powerful Pakistan. The country was born amid famine and war; millions fled to India or were killed by Pakistani soldiers. To the Pakistani military’s American backers, the new country seemed destined to fail: Henry Kissinger, then Secretary of State, famously called it a “basketcase.” ...

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• 2 June

  Virus labs deserve more oversight

  

  Even if we never learn whether Covid-19 escaped from a lab or jumped to humans from animals, the public is entitled to a closer look at what’s going on in virology labs. Some scientists worry that laboratory scientists are getting too little oversight on projects that could potentially start pandemics. Others worry about the global proliferation of labs that work ...

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• 2 June

  Can a cryptocurrency really break the buck?

  On September 16, 2008, the day after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the Reserve Primary Fund “broke the buck”: Its net asset value fell below $1 per share. The fund — often called the first money-market fund — held $785 million of Lehman commercial paper that was suddenly worthless. Although the paper represented only 1.2% of the fund’s total assets ...

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