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Bloomberg Chinese policies could reduce the growth of southern Xinjiang’s ethnic Uyghur population by one-third over the next two decades, according to a new report, data that could bolster arguments that the effort represents genocide. Policies from birth control to forced labour transfers are on track to cut the Uyghur population in the region’s southern portion by 2.6 million to ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) announced that its installed capacity has reached 12,900 megawatts (MW) of electricity and 490 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day (MIGD) thanks to its state-of-the-art infrastructure, innovation and planning. In comparison with the 1990s, which witnessed the merger of the Dubai Electricity Company and the Dubai Water Department and ...

Dubai / WAM Enoc group opened two new service stations in Sharjah, bringing the total number of Enoc’s service stations to nine in Sharjah and 155 across the UAE. Located in Al Rahmaniya residential area on the E611, both service stations are part of a larger plan to construct 12 new stations in Sharjah by the end of the year ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sharif Salim Al Olama, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, stated that the UAE has expanded its clean energy sector in record time due to its laws and legislation that encourage investment in current developments and future projects. The country also drafted ambitious future goals, through the launch of the National Energy Strategy 2050, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has recorded a 22 percent increase in the number of Oryx in the protected area, in comparison to previous studies. EAD conducted an aerial survey for the Arabian Oryx Protected Area, last November, confirming the success of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Arabian Oryx Reintroduction Programme which was launched in ...

Bloomberg Orsted A/S, the biggest developer of offshore wind farms, plans to spend 350 billion Danish kroner ($57 billion) by 2027 to be the world’s leading green energy provider. The Danish firm faces increasing pressure from utilities as well as oil majors that aim to be major players in the transition to clean energy, an area it pioneered when it ...

Bloomberg Thousands demonstrated against a Chinese university’s planned campus in Budapest, saying the project reflects Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s disregard for democratic values. Mayor Gergely Karacsony led the protest against the government-backed $1.8 billion plan, which has mobilised opposition supporters in the capital ahead of next year’s general election. The rally was the first opportunity for residents to protest ...

Bloomberg The Group of Seven (G-7) rich nations secured a landmark deal that could help countries collect more taxes from big companies and enable governments to impose levies on US tech giants such as Amazon Inc and Facebook Inc. The agreement by the G-7 finance ministers in London satisfies a US demand for a minimum corporate tax rate of “at ...

Bloomberg Italy may get the first part of a more than 200 billion-euro ($243 billion) European Union (EU) pandemic recovery-fund package as soon as next month, Il Messaggero cited Public Administration Minister Renato Brunetta as saying. The country stands to receive 25 billion euros “between July and August,” the newspaper quoted him as saying in an interview. Measures approved recently ...

Bloomberg UK companies are on a hiring spree after the government relaxed lockdown rules, employing permanent staff at the fastest pace in 23 years and advertising the most vacancies in three years. The figures from consultant KPMG and online job placement agency Adzuna add to evidence that the economy is bouncing back strongly from last year’s recession. That will feed ...