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Faye Flam Researchers at Boston University sparked alarming headlines this week by creating a more lethal version of the omicron Covid variant. At the heart of the uproar is the fact that the researchers didn’t have any obligation to inform anyone beyond an internal review board about what they were doing. Some officials at the National Institutes of Health only ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The fifth edition of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, a global cultural forum, will welcome more than 180 cultural leaders from around the world at Manarat Al Saadiyat from October 23-25. Under the theme ‘A Living Culture’, the global event is set to explore the future of the culture sector and discuss creative solutions to some of ...

Dubai / WAM Today, the UAE leads global efforts in clean and renewable energy through its strategies and investments in this field. In 2021, the UAE announced the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, with investments of more than AED600 billion in clean and renewable energy until 2050. This makes it the first country in the Middle East and ...

Sharjah / WAM Arada has successfully closed a $100 million tap of its existing $350 million sukuk, which was issued in June and listed on the London Stock Exchange. The tap was priced at 99 cents on the dollar, with an investor yield of 8.386%. Arada’s existing five-year fixed rate RegS debut sukuk issuance was rated BB- by Fitch and ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) governments have pledged more than 550 billion euros ($536 billion) to protect citizens and businesses from soaring energy costs over the past year, highlighting the enormous fiscal burden the bloc’s leaders face as they jostle over how to pay for it. That figure climbs to 710 billion euros when support for utilities via loans, bailouts and ...

Bloomberg The race to be Britain’s next prime minister will be mostly conducted behind closed doors, as contenders embark on a frantic weekend of lobbying Conservative lawmakers to get onto Monday’s party ballot. Liz Truss’s dramatic resignation on Thursday triggered a leadership contest that, coming so soon after the bitter one that put her into 10 Downing Street, is likely ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Thursday that a new world record for the longest oil and gas well has been set at its Upper Zakum Concession. Stretching 50,000 feet, the well is around 800 feet longer than the previous world record set in 2017 and supports Adnoc’s efforts to expand production capacity ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Edge group PJSC (Edge or the ‘group’), one of the world’s top 25 advanced technology groups for defence and beyond, is proud to be participating in the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (Sofex), being held at Aqaba Gate Aviation, King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, Jordan, from November 1-3. Edge will use its presence at the ...

  Dubai / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, issued Law No. (17) of 2022 on Dubai’s Endowments and Minors’ Trust Foundation. His Highness also issued Law No. (18) of 2022 affiliating the Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Centre for Awqaf and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi University (ADU) to bolster medical education and mutual knowledge transfer between the two entities. The partnership will aim to promote ties between both parties through student placements, training programmes, sharing of facilities and resources, ...