April, 2020

• 27 April

  Amazon asks workers staying at home to return or seek leave

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is asking warehouse employees who have stayed away from work during the pandemic to return for scheduled shifts beginning from May 1, or request a leave of absence. The move sets up a critical choice for employees at a company that has become a lifeline for Americans locked down to contain outbreaks of Covid-19. After the coronavirus ...

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• 27 April

  Heathrow seeks UK nod to screen people

  Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport has asked the British government to consider allowing it to screen people for the coronavirus to help allay passenger fears once flights resume. Heathrow Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye wrote to Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying a more stringent regime may be required at airports. Such measures could include temperature tests that the UK has ruled ...

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• 26 April

  Mohamed, WFP chief review global fight against Covid-19

  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, discussed with David Beasley, Executive Director of UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by Covid-19 pandemic. This came over a phone call His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

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• 26 April

  Factories fire up in Europe to pull economy back from abyss

  

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is rebooting plants, Airbus SE is up and running and UK builders will soon be erecting homes again as Europe starts returning to work after coronavirus shutdowns plunged the region into its worst economic slump in living memory. Factory doors are reopening after nations from Denmark to Germany began easing restrictions on public life, with Italy, France ...

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• 26 April

  Sharjah intensifies its inspection campaigns

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) intensified its inspection campaigns of economic establishments during the Holy Month of Ramadan to protect consumers and ensure the provision of the finest services to citizens and residents in Sharjah. SEDD aims to guarantee that all economic establishments in Sharjah are committed to its rules and regulations. This is done by ...

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• 26 April

  SIB profit hits AED153.7mn in first quarter

  SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) projected strong results despite the current situation, with net profits totaling AED153.7 million in the first quarter of 2020 compared to AED151.7 million in 2018, an estimated 1.3 percent increase. In a statement by the bank on Sunday, the balance sheet reflects the bank’s strong performance and sound financial position with total assets ...

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• 26 April

  Covid-19: Emirates ramps up refund process

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates has ramped up its capability to process refunds, reaffirming its commitment to customers and travel trade partners impacted by travel disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. With nearly half a million refund requests pending to manage, the airline has taken proactive steps to restructure its backend procedures and boost resourcing to accelerate the processing of ...

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• 26 April

  360,000 Yemenis benefit from ERC’s Ramadan food parcels

  

  HADRAMAUT / WAM A total of 360,000 Yemenis in Hadramaut, Shabwa, and Al Hodeidah have benefited from the Ramadan food parcels deployed by the Emirates Red Crescent under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow-up of HH Sheikh Hamdan ...

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• 26 April

  UAE accelerating cultural cooperation with Jordan, Pakistan and Italy

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, had separate virtual meetings with the ministers of culture in a number of countries to discuss the global fight against Covid-19. She spoke to Dr Bassem Al-Toisi, Minister of Culture in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Shafqat Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Culture in the ...

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• 26 April

  Deal signed to support UAE youth in sustainability sector

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on using their respective youth platforms to advance the development of young people in the UAE. The objective of the MoU is to provide access to students engaged in Masdar’s Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) programmes to the ...

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