January, 2021

• 10 January

  Book on date palm diseases, pests released

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat issued a book entitled “Date Palm Diseases and Pests” by Dr Walid Abdul-Ghani Kaakeh, Diseases and Agricultural Pests expert. The book ...

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• 10 January

  MoCD secures social beneficiaries with its ‘Hassantuk’ smart fire alarm system

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Community Development (MoCD) on Saturday announced its continuous efforts to provide free installation of ‘Hassantuk’ smart fire alarm system service for eligible beneficiaries in line with government directives to ensure safety of lives and property by expanding the installation, operation and management of fire alarm systems to include the Ministry’s beneficiaries. The ministry, in ...

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• 10 January

  Donald Trump can’t pardon himself now

  

  President Donald Trump is reportedly considering issuing himself a pardon, perhaps on his last day in office. Is he really allowed to do that? The best answer is simple: No. Begin with the Constitution’s text, which states that the president “shall have the power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” ...

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• 10 January

  Boeing’s Max woes not pervasive!

  

  Boeing Co is one step closer to relegating the 737 Max crisis to the history books. The aerospace giant entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department under which the company will pay $2.5 billion to resolve a criminal charge that it conspired to defraud the US by deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration about certain characteristics of its ...

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• 10 January

  Vaccines may vanquish Covid now, cancer later

  The night is darkest just before dawn, they say. Dark it certainly is right now. The more contagious variants of Sars-CoV-2 coming out of the UK and South Africa will make the pandemic worse before mass vaccination can make it better. But take another look at some of these new vaccines. And then contemplate the dawn to come — not ...

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• 10 January

  Will mass arrests keep Hong Kong out of abyss

  The arrests of more than 50 pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong mark Beijing’s most sweeping attempt yet to redefine the “One Country, Two Systems” arrangement that governed the former British colony’s return to China 23 years ago. They are a challenge to both the incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden and the European Union, which concluded an ill-timed investment ...

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• 10 January

  Boeing reaches $2.5 billion 737 Max settlement with US

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co reached a $2.5 billion agreement to settle a criminal charge that it defrauded the US government by concealing information about the 737 Max, the ill-fated jet model involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. The planemaker entered into a deferred prosecution agreement in the Northern District of Texas. In turn, the Justice Department will dismiss ...

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• 10 January

  Amazon shutters its Prime Pantry service

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc has shuttered Prime Pantry, a grocery and household essentials delivery service that was one of the retailer’s early forays into selling food online. The program closed last week, an Amazon spokeswoman said, and thousands of products previously available under the Prime Pantry banner were folded into the company’s main retail site. Launched in 2014, Prime Pantry featured ...

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• 10 January

  WestJet Airlines cuts routes, cites ‘incoherent’ Canada Covid rules

  

  Bloomberg WestJet Airlines Ltd said it would reduce capacity by a further 30% in February and March, affecting the jobs or pay of roughly 1,000 employees and bringing the number of domestic and international flights it operates down to levels not seen in almost 20 years. The cuts come after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government ordered travellers to present a ...

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• 10 January

  Ryanair slashes flight schedule after UK lockdown

  

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc slashed its winter schedule, while denouncing new coronavirus-related travel restrictions as “draconian” and calling for faster vaccine rollouts in the UK and its home country of Ireland. Europe’s biggest discount airline said it will offer few flights from January 21 until the travel curbs are lifted. The cutbacks go beyond ones made earlier in the week ...

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