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ABU DHABI / WAM The Zai Centre at Zayed University has announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool called “Screening Arabic Reading Difficulties” (Sard) to identify reading difficulties in young children. Sard utilises innovative technology to identify learning gaps and potential developmental disorders in children from grade 1 to grade 6. The tool is cloud-based and produces easily digestible ...

ABU DHABI / WAM At a panel discussion on Thursday, organised by the Rockefeller Foundation and on the side-lines of the World Bank/ IMF Spring Meetings, Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-designate, emphasised the need to reform international financial institutions and partner with private sector leaders, to unlock trillions of dollars ...

DUBAI / WAM The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) hosted an exclusive media edition of its ‘A Call With Space’ event, attended by more than 130 attendees from the local and international media at the Museum of the Future. During the event, media representatives had the unique opportunity to engage in a live interaction with astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, who ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, noted that since His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, became the Prime Minister of the UAE back in 2006, government work management has always adopted an innovative, excellent and pioneering approach. On the occasion of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In a bid to strengthen the UAE’s standing as a global hub for advanced technology, a delegation from the Abu Dhabi Fund (ADFD) for Development and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex) visited the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technology holding company, G42. The delegation discussed the joint strategic cooperation and explored ways ...

BLOOMBERG Twitter Inc has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp, driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform. Twitter “no longer exists” after being merged with X Corp, according to a document submitted in a California court for a lawsuit filed against the company and ...

BLOOMBERG Moderna Inc said a final-stage study of its first experimental flu shot hasn’t accumulated enough data to determine efficacy, and the company will advance another candidate. Moderna tested its messenger RNA flu shot against a traditional vaccine in a trial of about 23,000 people age 50 and older in the northern hemisphere. An independent panel of scientific advisers recommended ...

BLOOMBERG South Korea fined Alphabet Inc’s Google 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for using its clout in the mobile app market to squeeze out a local rival, the latest sign of intensifying scrutiny on the US tech firm as it seeks to expand overseas. Google tried to block Korean platform rival One Store Co’s growth, Korea’s Fair Trade Commission said ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has scheduled a trip to open the iPhonemaker’s first stores in India next week, underscoring the company’s ambitions for the country as a growth market and manufacturing base. Cook is likely to preside over the opening of the twin outlets in India’s financial and political capital, people familiar with the matter said, ...

BLOOMBERG US equities traded higher, as the latest readings on jobs and factory-gate inflation were slightly softer than expected, a boost for those hoping the Federal Reserve may be approaching the end point of an era of aggressive interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% while the more rate-sensitive Nasdaq 100 gained 0.9% after US jobless claims for the ...