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UAE, Guyana launch initiative to train youth for future solutions

DUBAI / GEORGE TOWN / WAM Under the patronage and presence of Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the governments of the UAE and Guyana launched the Guyana Coders Initiative (GCI). This forthcoming initiative was conceived as part of government knowledge exchange collaboration between the two countries and marks a first in Latin American. This ...

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Edge partners with Adma for fire safety, maritime training

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Edge group entity, Jaheziya, a single-stop service provider for defence solutions and emergency response services, and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (Adma), a world-class maritime education and training institute, part of AD Ports group, announced on Monday they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand regional fire safety and maritime training programmes. As per ...

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EDF delays reactor restarts in further blow to energy supply

  Bloomberg Electricite de France SA (EDF) extended maintenance halts at two nuclear reactors by four months and warned it may have to carry out lengthy repairs at seven others next year, further straining European power supplies. The world’s largest nuclear fleet has suffered prolonged shutdowns this year that have left Europe even more reliant on natural gas at a time ...

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US won’t help fund China’s chip ambitions: Emanuel

  Bloomberg The US is “not in the business” of aiding rival chip-producing countries, Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said, as the White House steps up efforts to deny China access to American technology. “It’s one thing if you’re going to have competition,” Emanuel said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “The other thing is if you actually help the ...

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Musk polls Twitter to resign as chief, voters leaning towards yes

Bloomberg Elon Musk, under fire for recent policy changes at Twitter Inc, is asking users whether he should step down as head of the social media site. With the poll set to end in New York, around 57% of the 16 million voters have said yes. The billionaire owner of Twitter and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc will abide ...

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UK asks consumers to turn down their boilers to save scarce gas

Bloomberg The UK is encouraging consumers to cut their energy use as part of a campaign aimed at scaling back demand for power and natural gas in the face of soaring bills this winter. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government started its long-awaited public energy-saving campaign, just as the country emerges from a week of freezing temperatures that caused demand to ...

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Amazon, ancient tribe Khoisan face off over Cape Town office

  Bloomberg On the outskirts of Cape Town, at the base of Table Mountain and set back from a tangle of freeways, the Liesbeek and Black rivers meet in a small stretch of marshland. The 37-acre plot isn’t pristine — it lies next to a railyard and was until recently home to a golf course — but for centuries, this ...

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Russian drone attacks target Kyiv’s critical infrastructure

Bloomberg Explosions were heard on Monday in Kyiv as the city government said drones further damaged the capital’s critical infrastructure. That followed a warning by an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Russia could sharply escalate the war in a winter offensive driven by mass infantry and that Western allies needed to be prepared. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ...

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UAE is continuing to achieve prosperity in various sectors

  Dubai / WAM The UAE’s leadership continues to champion gender balance as a national priority. The SDG 5 Pledge to Accelerate Gender Balance in the UAE Private Sector has a target of increasing the representation of women in leadership roles to 30 percent by 2025 to ensure their full and effective participation at the highest levels of decision making. ...

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UAE issues resolution on compliance with Emiratisation rules

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has issued the Ministerial Resolution No. 663 of 2022 regarding compliance with Emiratisation regulations in the private sector. The resolution stipulates controls for compliance with the Emiratisation systems, job advertisements, and employer obligations when hiring a UAE national, and in return, enabling the national to perform his/her work ...

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