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Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief scientific adviser acknowledged there were failings in the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and said some decisions will turn out to have been wrong. “It’s clear that the outcome has not been good in the UK,” Patrick Vallance told the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee hearing. “There will be decisions made ...

Bloomberg With job cuts mounting and costly furlough programs that can’t last forever, Europe is at risk of a devastating increase in unemployment that won’t be easy to reverse. Economies across the continent are recovering and company sentiment is brightening, but it’s a different story when it comes to hiring. After months of crisis, the outlook remains too uncertain for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE leaders reviewed the Hope probe’s pre-flight preparations days before its historic launch to Mars from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center in the first ever Arab interplanetary mission. Through a video meeting, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, reviewed with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the strategic relations between the two friendly countries and prospects of propelling cooperation across various fields. This came over a phone call between the two top diplomats, wherein they ...

Dubai / WAM Younis Haji Al Khoori, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) participated on Saturday in the fourth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) Finance and Central Banks’ Deputies which was held remotely on July 16 and 17. The meeting discussed the third G20 Finance Track Communiqué which reflects the group’s commitment to bring the financial response ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), announced on Saturuday an exciting initiative to enhance Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education among kids in the UAE. The initiative, called “STEM@Home”, enables children to remotely access STEM resources and learn new skills through engaging science-based challenges. Adnoc embarked on the initiative to promote STEM education online ...

Dubai / WAM Within two weeks of its launch, the Arab Space Pioneers drew an overwhelming 37,000 applications from creative talents, researchers and inventors across the Arab world. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the first-of-its-kind specialised training programme earlier in July in line with the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) has stepped up its efforts to recycle the Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste in Abu Dhabi as part of the centre’s strategic plan to implement a world-class waste management system in the emirate. The move is part of Tadweer’s commitment to implementing the Abu Dhabi Executive Council’s resolution that ...

Bloomberg A landmark 40-year-old law that’s been key to the growth of renewable energy in the US is being effectively overhauled, threatening to curb demand for solar projects. Federal regulators imposed new limits on which energy projects fall under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, known as Purpa, which helped spur an entire generation of solar and wind farms across ...

Bloomberg Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden predicted that big wins for his party in November could lead to an “epiphany” that convinces Republicans to join Democrats in pulling the country out of crisis. “If we win as big as we possibly can, there’s going to be a great, great epiphany that’s going to take place, as we Catholics say,” Biden ...