January, 2021

• 31 January

  UAE citizenship law amendments reflect focus on diversity, tolerance

  

  The UAE keeps issuing decisions that enhance its proactive strategy for the next 50 years based on diversity and tolerance. These decisions seek to attract the brightest minds, cultivate talent and support businesses. This approach was, again, reflected by a law amendment, approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE nd ...

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• 31 January

  Abu Dhabi updates procedures to enter emirate from within UAE

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee has updated procedures to enter Abu Dhabi from within the country, effective from Monday, February 1. The decision is part of the proactive efforts to enhance precautionary measures to contain and eliminate the spread of Covid-19. The procedures continue to allow entry into the emirate within 48 hours ...

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• 31 January

  Dubai to begin administering Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Saturday announced that it will begin providing the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to Emirati citizens and Dubai residents who are aged 60 and above, starting January 31. The move is in line with the DHA’s keenness to provide the public with an opportunity to select between various types of vaccines available in ...

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• 31 January

  Dubai Culture unveils ‘Faces of Hatta’ project

  

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), has announced a documentary project titled “Faces of Hatta”. The launch of the project, which follows Her Highness’ recent visit to Hatta, aims to record oral history and cultural heritage of Hatta, drawing from oral narratives of people who witnessed ...

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• 31 January

  Deal signed to develop students’ literary, artistic skills

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Hamed bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Founder and Chairman of the Al Suwaidi Foundation and Group, and Professor Waqar Ahmed, Chancellor of Abu Dhabi University, signed an agreement to develop students’ literary and artistic skills, increase their cultural awareness and create a renewed focus on the value that arts, culture and creativity can bring to ...

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• 31 January

  Americans are divided by past, Germans united

  

  As a dual citizen of the US and Germany, I’ve spent much of my life pondering how my two countries deal with their respective histories. The latest occasion was Martin Luther King Jr Day. That’s the date the departing administration of Donald Trump chose to issue a 41-page report called the “1776 Commission.” The document was produced at Trump’s behest ...

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• 31 January

  Covid-19 is a winner in vaccine wars

  

  Vaccine nationalism is escalating in a world where Covid-19 is everywhere, yet the life-saving medicines needed to fight it are scarce. The temptation to hoard doses is rising, but that would prolong the pandemic by driving an even bigger wedge between leaders and laggards. Without a focus on increasing supply and sharing doses across borders, the virus will be with ...

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• 31 January

  Working from home is more than no commute

  The arrival of the pandemic forced retailers and consumer brands to spend much of 2020 solving immediate problems. Many had to take urgent steps to protect their liquidity. Some had to hire thousands of workers to support booming demand. Others had to figure out how to get toilet paper on shelves, even if it meant buying it from a hotel ...

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• 31 January

  India must spend, but can’t ignore tantrum

  India’s federal budget on Monday will be a much tougher balancing act than New Delhi’s regular annual fiscal trapeze. For one thing, the pandemic has upset business-as-usual calculations of how much to spend, on what, and how to finance it. For another, an impatience to make up for lost time has to be weighed against a shrinking of policy space ...

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• 31 January

  Credit investors worldwide are piling into US corporate debt

  

  Bloomberg Asian and European investors are pouring money into dollar corporate bonds, which have grown more enticing as longer-term US yields have risen and hedging costs have fallen. A European investor can earn about 1.03% on an average US high-grade corporate bond after hedging, or around 0.8 percentage point above euro-denominated counterparts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s one ...

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