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Sapa / AFP At the top of Vietnam’s Fansipan Mountain, throngs of giddy tourists wielding selfie sticks jostle for a photo op on the once-remote peak in the Sapa region, famed for its breathtaking views across undulating rice terraces. Getting to the top traditionally takes a two-day trek but these days most visitors opt for a 20-minute ride by ...
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November, 2016
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6 November
War cuts Syria’s threads of life
Ariha / AFP With the deftness of decades of experience, Abu Mohammad wove thick green thread with a wooden loom in northwest Syria, creating a vibrant geometric pattern renowned among Arabic textiles. It was the last day before the weaver in his 50s would be forced to close the workshop, leaving the last five remaining looms in his hometown ...
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5 November
Oil industry leaders converge to discuss new energy landscape
Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Twenty of the world’s leading oil industry chief executives gather in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to discuss the new energy landscape and different models for partnerships across the industry. The senior executives, representing the world’s biggest oil companies from across the globe, have been invited to the Abu Dhabi CEO Roundtable by HE Dr ...
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5 November
World’s biggest oil firms pledge $1bn to fund low-carbon tech
LONDON / WAM Ten of the world’s biggest oil companies plan to invest an average of $100 million annually over the next 10 years in low-carbon technologies, the companies. The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which also includes Saudi Aramco, Total , BP , Eni , Repsol , Statoil , CNPC, Pemex [PEMX.UL] and Reliance Industries , launched the ...
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5 November
4th Arab-American science symposium unveiled
ABU DHBAI / WAM Dr Ahmad bin Abdulla Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, UAE Minister of State for Higher Education, on Saturday inaugurated the Fourth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology’s campus in Abu Dhabi. The symposium runs until 7th of November and is hosted by Masdar Institute and the US ...
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5 November
UAE pips peers in health, wellbeing
Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS The UAE made a noticeable surge in the Legatum Prosperity Index, thanks to its impressive performance in many areas, including health and wellbeing. “True prosperity is as much about wellbeing as wealth and the UAE is the best in the region at delivering it,†said a report published recently by Legatum Institute, an international think ...
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5 November
EU among UAE’s largest trading partners
ABU DHABI / WAM The European Union (EU) is among the UAE’s largest trading partners where non-oil trade between the country and the regional bloc stood at more than US$65 billion in 2015, up from $10.2 in 1999, including trade via free zones, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Economy Juma Mohammed Al Kait ...
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5 November
MENA’s 1st carbon capture project starts in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS The first commercial-scale carbon capture, utilisation & storage (CCUS) facility in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) became operational in the UAE on Saturday. It aims to sequester up to 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year, it was announced. Developed by Abu Dhabi’s Carbon Capture Company Al Reyadah, a joint ...
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5 November
Clinton touts optimism against Trump’s grim warnings
Cleveland /Â AFP Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump brandished starkly different visions of America as they headed into a fierce final weekend of campaigning on Saturday, one celebrating hope as the other bashed corruption. Trump portrayed Clinton as a product of a venal and incompetent establishment, while Clinton headlined an optimistic concert spectacular featuring superstar singer Beyonce. Forecasts still give ...
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5 November
Revamped Greek government vows fresh start
Athens / AFP A new Greek government was sworn in on Saturday after a reshuffle aimed at helping push through obligatory but unpopular financial reforms. “We have the chance for a fresh start, to get the necessary boost needed to run the last crucial metres of a marathon”, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday. The reshuffle on ...
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