October, 2020

• 28 October

  UAEU ranked as 5th best university in Arab world

  

  Al Ain / WAM The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has been confirmed as the region’s 5th best university in Wednesday’s release of the QS Arab Region University Rankings. The prestigious ranking listed a record 160 institutions from 17 countries across the region. UAEU is the top ranked UAE institution and has now held regional 5th spot for four consecutive ...

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• 28 October

  Dar Al Ber aid benefits 644 flood-hit families in Sudan

  

  Dubai / WAM Dar Al Ber Society provided financial support and food baskets to 644 Sudanese families, including 2,813 individuals, from the afflicted and those affected by the recent floods, in the city of Shendi and a number of villages in the southern countryside of the city, as part of the relief campaign that the Society launched last September. Dar ...

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• 28 October

  d3 extends support to Lebanon’s design industry

  

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Design District (d3) is extending support to Lebanese design businesses affected by the Beirut blast with a new initiative enabling startups, entrepreneurs, boutique studios and large-scale companies to restart operations and regain a local and regional footprint. As part of an ongoing commitment to create meaningful change and strengthen the regional design industry, d3, the region’s ...

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• 28 October

  Mohammed announces new UAE satellite MBZ-SAT

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced on Wednesday a new satellite project called the MBZ-SAT, which will become the second Emirati satellite to be fully developed and built by a team of Emirati engineers after the KhalifaSat. To be developed at the ...

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• 28 October

  Mohamed announces UAE’s decision to open consulate in Laayoune, Morocco

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has announced the decision to open a Consulate-General in the city of Laayoune, a Moroccan province in the Western Sahara. During a phone call with King Mohammed VI of Morocco, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

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• 28 October

  FAB unveils AI tool to monetise payments data to raise sales

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has announced the launch of “Super Surprises”, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that monetises payments data through effective campaigns resulting in increased sales and new customer footfall for merchants. “Super-Surprises” is the latest of the offerings under the bank’s “Payment as a Platform” and is built on analysing spending behaviour ...

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• 28 October

  UAE condemns terror attack in Peshawar

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in a religious school in the city of Peshawar, northern Pakistan, which claimed the lives of a number of innocent civilians, including children, and wounded others. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation emphasised that the UAE expressed its strong condemnation ...

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• 28 October

  Navantia eyes EU aid in pivot from warships to wind power

  

  Bloomberg Spanish shipbuilder Navantia is stepping up its bet on offshore wind energy, a venture that stands to benefit from the European Union’s fiscal response to the pandemic. The landmark 750 billion-euro ($890 billion) pandemic-recovery aid will encourage Spain to invest more in clean energy. That could galvanise the company’s recent pivot into sea-based power projects, said Managing Director Javier ...

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• 28 October

  Total makes new gas discovery off S Africa

  

  Bloomberg Total SE and its partners made a second gas-condensate find off the southern coast of South Africa, a country that imports most of its oil. The “significant” discovery of gas condensate — a light liquid hydrocarbon — comes after Total said last year it had opened up a new “world-class” oil and gas province off South Africa. The drilling ...

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• 28 October

  Cheaper renewable power may drive faster economic recovery

  

  Bloomberg Wind and solar power have become even cheaper compared to fossil fuels in the past year, making them an attractive way to stimulate economies recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Lazard Ltd. Without subsidies, the cost of energy from onshore wind has fallen to as low as $26 a megawatt-hour while utility-scale solar is as cheap as $29, ...

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