May, 2021

• 23 May

  Ten buggies join Dubai Customs’ Siyaj smart initiative

  

  Dubai / WAM Following its strategic plan 2021-2026 towards the leadership of safe customs internationally, Dubai Customs supported its Siyaj smart initiative with ten environmentally friendly buggies. Two of them will work for the K9 Unit to support with inspection operations. The new buggies will cover the sea customs centres (Dubai Creek, Deira Wharfage, Hamriya Port, and Port Rashid). Thanks ...

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• 23 May

  Human resources project for civilians approved in Sharjah

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) approved the draft law on human resources for civilians in the statutory bodies in the Emirate of Sharjah after the introduction of several amendments, once it was discussed in its 17th session as part of its work for the second ordinary session of the tenth legislative session, which was held at its ...

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• 23 May

  Covid-19: UAE reports 1,571 new recoveries

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 224,887 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, 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 treatment. As ...

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• 23 May

  UAE keen to boost parternships to modernise Arab government work

  

  Dubai / WAM Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, has emphasised the UAE leadership’s keenness on enhancing cooperation and strategic partnerships to modernise government work with Arab and international governments, expand horizons for sharing experiences, success stories, and knowledge exchange aimed at raising levels of efficiency and government performance and improving living standards of societies. Al Gergawi ...

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• 23 May

  Bodour Al Qasimi launches her book ‘World Book Capital’

  

  Sharjah / WAM Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group (KG) and President of International Publishers Association (IPA), has launched her latest work in children’s literature, World Book Capital, at the 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). Published simultaneously in Arabic and English by Kalimat Publishing, an imprint of the Kalimat Group that specialises ...

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• 23 May

  Two new Dubai Metro stations all set to open on June 1: RTA

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the Dubai Investment Park Station and Expo 2020 Station on Route 2020 of the Dubai Metro, which runs from Al Rashidiya Station on the Red Line to Expo 2020 Station, would be opened on June 1. The opening of the two new stations comes six months after the ...

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• 23 May

  Brexit Britain’s new carbon market makes polluting pricier

  

  Bloomberg The first handful of trades in the UK’s new carbon market indicates that polluting will be more expensive for everyone from power plants to factories than it is under the European scheme. The launch of the UK’s own carbon system is a replacement for the country’s participation in a nearly identical EU program that’s been going since 2005. Putting ...

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• 23 May

  India Inc’s profits won’t survive costs, Covid-19

  

  Lately, India has had very little to smile about. Something that Colgate-Palmolive Co’s tepid growth in the world’s pandemic epicenter amply demonstrates. The toothpaste maker’s results offer a fresh look at a puzzle: the Indian stock market’s apparent disregard for the country’s worst humanitarian disaster in almost 75 years. Scientists are forecasting 1.2 million deaths by end-August, hospitals are running ...

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• 23 May

  Apple trial delivers an Epic surprise

  

  Epic Games Inc, the maker of Fortnite, may pull out a surprising last-minute victory in its court battle against Apple Inc with potential wide-ranging ramifications for how millions of iOS app developers make money. First, a brief recap: The conflict that spawned the trial began last August when Epic deliberately broke Apple’s App Store rules by updating its Fortnite video ...

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• 23 May

  As the Arctic heats up, how to keep the peace

  Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, back in 1987, called for the Arctic to be a “zone of peace” — and it has been. Yet warmer temperatures are heralding ice-free summers, opening up all sorts of economic opportunities from potential oil and gas riches to new shipping routes. Military might is being cranked up, too. Decades of harmonious exceptionalism may be coming ...

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