January, 2017

• 22 January

  SKMC nurses win three awards in USA

    Ohio / WAM Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), the flagship hospital in Abu Dhabi Health Services Company’s healthcare system, has won three awards at the Cleveland Clinic Nursing Excellence Award ceremony held in the American city of Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic Nursing Excellence Awards honours the best nurses and thanks them for their efforts. The awards are an annual event ...

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• 22 January

  Masdar, ADSSC ink MoU on construction of safe underground tunnels

  

    Dubai / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and the Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable the sharing of knowledge and advanced research to ensure the sustainable and safe construction of underground tunnels in Abu Dhabi. The MoU is directly related to the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP), ...

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• 22 January

  VP directs new judges to remain unbiased and faithful

  

    Dubai / WAM New judges and a new UAE ambassador have sworn-in before Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, at al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi. Present at the swearing-in ceremony, which was held on Sunday, were HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown ...

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• 22 January

  DEWA’s AED 2 million annual endowment to support mass weddings in Dubai

  

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Women’s Association to support the global vision of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy, (MBRGCEC) for Awqaf and Endowments, which is the first organisation launched to support marriage endowment, and strengthen its work. The MoU was signed under the patronage ...

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• 22 January

  Panel on hosting ‘Special Olympics’ in Abu Dhabi set up

    Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has issued a resolution forming the Higher Committee to host the Special Olympics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, under the chairmanship of ...

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• 22 January

  RTA’s smart signals to reduce pedestrian deaths in Dubai

    Dubai / WAM Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) carried out trial run of smart pedestrian signal to ensure safe crossing for pedestrians. “The RTA has tentatively installed and operated smart light signals for pedestrians on Al Saada street. The operational system of the signal is designed to eliminate the time allocated to pedestrians if it senses no pedestrians waiting on ...

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• 22 January

  Khalifa Foundation donates $2mn medical equipment to AMU

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation announced that they will donate an Elekta Synergy Digital Accelerator, worth US$2 million, to the Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. The announcement coincides with the visit to India of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...

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• 22 January

  Patriotism on steroids: Trump’s isolationism

  

    The question that swirls around Donald Trump’s inaugural address is whether his aggressively pronounced policy of America First will actually result in America Last — not literally last, but declining in power and prestige because the United States no longer views its role in the world as promoting economic and geopolitical stability for our allies. Instead, he imagines a ...

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• 22 January

  Parsing China’s mystery treasuries selloff

  

    As if the bond market wasn’t facing enough headwinds, with inflation starting to stir and the Federal Reserve forecasting a faster pace of interest-rate increases. Now we get news that China dumped more US Treasuries in November than any time since 2011. It’s premature to say the $66.4 billion of net sales were in response to Donald Trump’s election ...

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• 22 January

  Obama’s clemency for Manning sets back justice

    Chelsea Manning may be getting out of prison in a few months, but the effects of former President Barack Obama’s commutation of her sentence will last far longer. In this case, Obama made a serious error of judgment. Proponents of clemency for Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst convicted in 2013 of leaking classified material, make plenty of ...

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