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Bloomberg China’s rapidly growing military influence and unilateral changing of the status quo could present a risk to Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in an interview with Bloomberg, ahead of the first Quad summit. “The changing power balance brought by the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific, along with the increasing inward focus spurred by the pandemic have increased ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Natural gas is set to play a pivotal role in powering economic growth in the UAE over the next 50 years, according to Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Delivering the opening address of Gastech 2021, Dr ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar City-based Seramic Materials, a start-up company supported by accelerator The Catalyst, developed a unique patented solution to recycle industrial solid waste into a high-temperature thermal energy storage (TES) product – a circular economy solution that both reduces wastage and promotes renewable energy development. The innovative product called, ReThink Seramic – Flora, can store heat at ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to enhance joint work between both parties in public health research. The MoU was signed by Matar Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director-General of ADPHC, and Mariet Westermann, Vice-Chancellor of NYUAD, at the headquarters of the Department of Health – Abu ...

Dubai / WAM With less than 10 days to go until it opens its doors to the world, Expo 2020 Dubai on Tuesday launched its official song. Titled, “This Is Our Time,” the song highlights pride in the UAE’s culture, celebrates the future and brings together nations from around the world, while conveying the story of Expo’s overarching theme of ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a third term in Canada’s snap election though fell short of regaining the majority he was seeking, forcing him to rely on smaller parties in another fragmented parliament. Trudeau’s Liberal Party was elected or leading in 158 of the 338 seats in the House of Commons, with 99% of the polls reporting. That’s one ...

ABU DHABI / WAM AD Ports Group, the leading global driver of trade and logistics, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) to promote increased cooperation between the two organisations within the fields of transportation and maritime. Facilitated during a visit of a high-level delegation led by the Iraqi Minister of Transportation, ...

Dubai / WAM A total of 16,000 new companies joined Dubai Chamber in the first eight months of 2021, bringing its total membership to over 275,000, a year-on-year growth of 68.5 percent. The value of ATA Carnets, international customs documents that permit temporary import of duty-free and tax-free goods, issued by Dubai Chamber and received by the country, between January ...

Beirut / WAM The UAE Embassy in Beirut has held a virtual seminar entitled, “The Importance of the Human Fraternity Document to Research and Academic Work.” The seminar was attended by Prof Roula Talhouk, Director of the Islamic Christian Research and Documentation Centre (CEDIFR), at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut; and Dr Bilal Orfali, Sheikh Zayed Professor for Arabic ...

Al Ain / WAM Researchers at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) have made an unprecedented scientific advance that has the potential to revolutionise the water desalination industry. Scientists in the university’s National Water and Energy Centre have invented a new desalination system that dramatically reduces energy consumption during the desalination process. The low-energy desalination system has been granted a ...