November, 2020

• 8 November

  TRA warns of security loophole in WhatsApp

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) warned of a security loophole in WhatsApp for iOS that could allow the execution of malicious code, memory corruption and crashes. In security update for WhatsApp, TRA another vulnerability could permit Siri app to interact with WhatsApp even after the phone was locked. TRA advises users to update the affected app ...

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• 8 November

  Dewa opens new substations worth AED2.6 billion in 2020

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced the inauguration of 20 new electricity substations in 2020, as part of its efforts to provide electricity and water services according to the highest standards of availability, reliability and efficiency. The move includes a 400 kV substation in Dubai South with a conversion capacity of 2020 megavolt-amperes (MVA) and nineteen ...

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• 8 November

  RTA announces arrival of all new 50 Dubai Metro trains

  

  DUBAI / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the arrival of all the 50 new Dubai Metro trains. 15 of these trains, he said, are designated for serving Expo 2020, and the remaining 35 trains are meant to improve the level of service of the ...

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• 8 November

  UAE sends 3rd medical aid flight to Jordan in fight against Covid-19

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates sent an aid plane containing 12 metric tonnes of medical supplies, testing kits and ventilators to Jordan. The aid will assist approximately 12,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. Ahmed Ali Al Balushi, UAE Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, said: “In continuation of the UAE’s efforts to ...

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• 8 November

  ‘Automation to drive future remote oil, gas operations’

  

  Dubai / WAM With the global oil and gas industry looking for improved efficiencies in a post-Covid world, exhibitors at Adipec 2000 Virtual, the world’s largest online industry gathering, say automation will be the key driver of future remote hydrocarbon operations. The forecast comes as the industry readies to probe how it can build for future business resilience through technology, ...

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• 8 November

  And where’s the Blue Wave? Look in Georgia

  

  Coming into the US elections, Democrats dreamed of flipping all of the rapidly growing and urbanising Sun Belt states and having the kind of landslide election result they haven’t had in decades. With larger-than-expected losses in Florida and Texas, and a third straight defeat likely in North Carolina, it didn’t turn out that way. Georgia, where Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ...

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• 8 November

  Jack Ma had it right about one thing

  

  Jack Ma was right: You can’t use rules for a railway station to run an airport. Or, regulate a cutting-edge online lending platform like a traditional bank. Chinese authorities effectively took the founder of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to task for such views by suspending the $35 billion initial public offering of its fintech offspring, Ant Group Co, ...

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• 8 November

  A polluter’s easy path to zero emissions club

  Suddenly, it seems all the world is heading to zero. Just a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2060, the leaders of Japan and South Korea pledged to hit the same target 10 years sooner. The European Union and UK have already put their 2050 pledges into law. In total, countries ...

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• 8 November

  US election through Warren Buffett’s eyes

  Warren Buffett has always taken the stance that regardless of who is president or which party holds power, each generation of Americans will be better off than the one that came before it — even if dark moments test our ability to believe it. But that’s not to say the outcome of this election doesn’t matter. It’s pivotal for wealthy ...

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• 7 November

  Joe Biden wins US presidency after bitter contest with Trump

  

  Bloomberg Joseph Robinette Biden Jr has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th US president, unseating the incumbent with a pledge to unify and mend a nation reeling from a worsening pandemic, faltering economy and deep political divisions. Biden’s victory came after the Associated Press, CNN and NBC showed him winning Pennsylvania and gaining more than the 270 Electoral College ...

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