June, 2020

• 21 June

  UAE affirms solidarity with Egypt in protecting its security

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates has expressed its support for the statements made by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi in Sidi Barrani on Sunday in Libya. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) affirmed the UAE’s solidarity with the Arab Republic of Egypt in all measures taken to safeguard its security against alarming developments ...

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• 21 June

  UAE educational institutions likely to reopen in September

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Education and Human Resources Council, at a meeting chaired by HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was briefed on the Ministry of Education’s plan and vision on the possibility of re-opening educational institutions across the country. During the meeting, Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, ...

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• 21 June

  UAE, Romania discuss ways to enhance trade, economic cooperation

  

  BUCHAREST / WAM Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Environment of Romania, held a remote meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Romania, Dr Ahmed Abdullah Saeed Al Matroushi. During the meeting, they discussed economic issues of concern to the two friendly countries, ways to enhance cooperation in various economic fields, mutual investment, and the signing of an amendment ...

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• 21 June

  ADSG, Sandooq Al Watan partner to develop top talent across UAE

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sandooq Al Watan, the national social initiative that empowers the citizens and society of the UAE through the provision of opportunities for growth, to start working together to identify top talent and ensure they have access to many of the ...

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• 21 June

  Mawaqif fees to resume in Abu Dhabi from July 1

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi announced that public parking fees will be resumed starting from Wednesday, July 1 at 8 am. That is after the 3-month suspension of the fees in support of the society during this challenging period. ITC is offering m-Mawaqif service for the ...

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• 21 June

  Abu Dhabi gears up for a new era of global tourism

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi announces the launch of its strategy for the tourism sector, which has been created in anticipation for the return of tourists worldwide. The capital has been gradually easing stay-at-home measures after its proven success in curbing the spread of Covid-19. Hotels within the emirate have been undergoing rigorous sanitation from the beginning of ...

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• 21 June

  Failed US plutonium project ends in fire sale

  

  Bloomberg Need some parts for a nuclear plant? The government has a few to spare. Electrical transformers, motors, and pieces of special glove boxes designed to safely handle radioactive material are available as the government auctions off equipment from a now-abandoned nuclear project that was supposed to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors. The online fire sale ...

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• 21 June

  Articles of confederation, US’s critical period redux!

  

  The Supreme Court justices might be bemused, or depressed, by this question they implicitly will consider in Thursday’s conference: Should they review — the answer is yes — a decision by a lower court that evidently skipped history class the day the teacher explained that a huge defect of the Articles of Confederation was the states’ powers to impede the ...

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• 21 June

  Effectiveness of wearing a mask

  

  Science has a lot to say about the effectiveness of wearing a mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the communication of that science has been corrupted by a combination of partisan divides, sensationalist media stories, distrust, false dichotomies, and letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. The studies on masks aren’t perfectly definitive, but that’s ...

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• 21 June

  The future of work in America is inside office

  Ever since the coronavirus sent millions of people home to work, people have been predicting that remote work will endure after the pandemic is over. Color me skeptical. I can’t imagine everyone not wanting to race back into the office the minute it is safe to do so. But my wife and I both have full-time jobs, and we have ...

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