October, 2020

• 10 October

  Covid-19: Dubai closes service centre in Al Twar

  

  DUBAI / WAM Field inspectors from the Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) Sector in Dubai Economy shut down a service centre in Al Twar after an opening ceremony at the facility caused overcrowding, which is considered a violation of the physical distancing guidelines specified as part of the precautionary measures against Covid-19. Dubai Economy has directed all businesses in ...

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• 10 October

  Dewa hosts virtual seminars, workshops

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has set up virtual seminars and workshops for suppliers and owners of SMEs during the 22nd Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex), and the 5th Dubai Solar Show (DSS). Dewa organises this annually under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister ...

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• 10 October

  Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon postponed until next year

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon announces the postponement of the 2020 Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on December 11. Following lengthy discussions with the organiser, Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) and race title sponsor Adnoc, the third edition of the Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon will now take place in 2021, due to ...

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• 10 October

  Is Russia’s post-Soviet hegemony fading away

  

  Vladimir Putin has long sought to portray himself as strong statesman and guarantor of stability, at home and abroad. Now the Russian president is grappling with successive crises among his country’s neighbours. It’s an unwelcome test of Moscow’s role as regional watchman. From Belarus to the Caucasus, the Kremlin cannot leave the outcomes of these flare-ups to chance. Yet the ...

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• 10 October

  Apple’s 5G iPhones may be left on shelf

  

  Apple Inc has been in the spotlight lately, between antitrust scrutiny of its mobile operating system and the legal battle it’s waging with Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc over its App Store. Those developments pale, however, in comparison to the company’s main event next week: the unveiling of its latest iPhones. For all the talk about Apple’s shift to services ...

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• 10 October

  Does ‘long Covid’ make pandemic even scarier

  Unless you learned Latin and Greek or went to medical school, words such as “sequelae,” “encephalopathy” or “anosmia” probably mean nothing to you. That may be about to change, at least if you try to keep up with the literature about Covid-19. And if you’re like me, the more you learn, the more you’ll worry. Sequelae are the aftereffects of ...

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• 10 October

  Trump is encouraging Election Day mayhem

  With less than a month remaining in the presidential campaign, the country faces the specter of a chaotic Election Day. President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to “go in to the polls and watch very carefully” — a suggestion that can be interpreted as a call for greater participation in the long-established practice of election observing, or as an ...

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• 10 October

  Apollo wins $1b Aeromexico bankruptcy loan approval

  

  Bloomberg Apollo Global Management Inc won court approval to provide a $1 billion bankruptcy loan for Grupo Aeromexico SAB, paving the way for the airline to proceed with its restructuring plans. The decision resolves a clash between Apollo and a group of bondholders while bolstering Aeromexico’s efforts to weather an unprecedented collapse in air travel. The disagreement had prompted a ...

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• 10 October

  Cathay union bemoans being left in dark on jobs

  

  Bloomberg A union representing Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd crew called on members to sign a petition to prize out more information about a restructuring plan amid concerns that the troubled carrier is set to cut jobs. “The whole crew community is shrouded in anxiety with numerous unverified news about redundancy circulating among social media groups,” Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants ...

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• 10 October

  Tesco’s new CEO takes over as e-commerce surges in UK

  

  Bloomberg Tesco Plc’s new chief executive officer reported a strong rise in first-half sales as more people bought groceries while working from home during the pandemic. Tesco’s like-for-likes sales in the UK and Ireland, its core market, rose 7.2% as people ate more at home than in cafes and restaurants. Tesco also slightly upgraded its outlook on retail profitability for ...

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