February, 2021

• 10 February

  Covid-19: UAE reports 3,368 new recoveries

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 165,796 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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• 10 February

  UAE creates history as Hope probe reaches Mars

  

  DUBAI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated UAE citizens and residents and people of the wider region for the success of the UAE’s Hope Probe arrival to Mars in the first-ever Arab interplanetary mission that marks the Arab world’s entry in the global race of space exploration. The UAE made history on Tuesday ...

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• 10 February

  Reaching Mars: A watershed moment for a pioneering nation

  

  While observing its Golden Jubilee, the UAE has carved itself an exceptional foothold in the “farthest point in the universe Arabs have ever reached” as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai put it!. The Hope Probe’s long awaited rendezvous with the Red Planet is not just a ...

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• 10 February

  Spanish minister hails Sheikha Fatima’s efforts to empower women

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of the General Women’s Union (GWU), received Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, at the GWU’s headquarters. Also present were Antonio Álvarez Barthe, Ambassador of Spain to the UAE, along with a number of officials. The meeting touched upon means to further develop joint partnerships ...

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• 10 February

  Seha joins hands with Saudi’s King Fahad Specialist Hospital

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (Seha), the largest healthcare network in the UAE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH-D), Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Under the patronage of Dr Abdulaziz Al Ghamdi, Chief Executive Officer of the First Health Cluster in Eastern Region, KSA; SEHA’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gareth ...

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• 10 February

  Big Oil takes over next generation of UK offshore wind

  

  Bloomberg Oil majors paid a hefty premium to develop the next generation of major British offshore wind farms after BP Plc and Total SE won contracts in an auction ahead of many of the utilities that have dominated the space until now. The Crown Estate auctioned seabed rights that will allow about 8 gigawatts of new wind farms, enough to ...

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• 10 February

  Total beats earnings expectations in Q4

  Bloomberg Total SE bucked the trend of a disappointing fourth quarter for Big Oil, reporting earnings that exceeded expectations and pledging more cash for cleaner energy. The results show once again how the French giant has proved more resilient than its peers throughout downturn caused by coronavirus pandemic. As its more heavily indebted rivals have stumbled, Total led the way ...

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• 10 February

  Impeachment and Trump’s first amendment rights!

  

  The extended trial brief filed by Donald Trump’s lawyers advances three defenses: that Trump did not incite the January 6 attack on the Capitol; that the Senate can’t try a president who is no longer in office; and that the First Amendment protects Trump from being impeached for words that, they say, don’t meet the requirements for criminal incitement conviction ...

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• 10 February

  Asda junk bond sale will break records

  

  The biggest sterling corporate bond deal ever is being launched to refinance the purchase of Asda, a British supermarket owned previously by Walmart Inc. It will be a real test of investor appetite amid the mad market rush for seemingly any kind of asset. In normal times, it would be a brave move funding a leveraged buyout by new entrants ...

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• 10 February

  Don’t spend all your Covid stimulus check

  It looks like congressional Democrats and the White House will get those $1,400 stimulus checks out the door in the next few weeks. Economists and the government are hoping you spend 100% of that money immediately to boost the economy. A booming economy would be a good thing, but that doesn’t mean you should spend your whole check. Instead, consider ...

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