Masdar plays key role to promote sustainability and climate action

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) plays a crucial role in supporting the UAE leadership’s vision to promote relevant initiatives and innovation. Since its establishment in 2006, the company has supported the UAE’s efforts to promote sustainability and climate action. Masdar has exerted significant efforts to boost innovation for over 15 years. It has ...

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Second ERC aircraft with 40 tonnes of aid arrives in Mogadishu

  MOGADISHU / WAM A second humanitarian aircraft, which is part of the air bridge of the Emirate’s Red Crescent (ERC), travelled to Mogadishu to provide aid to Somali people affected by drought, upon the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, with ...

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ALC signs deal to enhance children’s literature in UAE

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority to enrich Arabic content and boost the production of children’s literature. The agreement aims to strengthen collaboration between the two ...

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New Emarati card game, ‘Mensa Card’ launched

  Dubai / Gulf Time Mensa Technologies, a leading company in the technology industry based in Dubai, has announced the launch of their game “Mensa Card” which consists of many different card games that will allow friends and individuals to play games virtually using video calls in the game. Dr Shasha Tan, founder and partner at Mensa Technology said: “We ...

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UAE, UK discuss parliamentary cooperation

  LONDON / WAM Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee in the UAE Federal National Council, has met with Dr Liam Fox, a member of the British Parliament and Chair of UK Abraham Accords Group, at the British Parliament. Several FNC members attended the meeting. During the meeting, they discussed joint parliamentary ...

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Hold that Tesla! Inflation will be made of aluminum

  Aluminum is the jack-of-all-trades of the metal industry: it’s everywhere, underpinning modern life, from an iPhone to a jetliner to a can of beer. For a long time, however, it was difficult to get excited about it. The metal is just dirt: bauxite, one of the most abundant elements on the Earth’s crust. And the bulls couldn’t count on ...

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India’s LIC IPO is a delicate business

Life Insurance Corp of India was seeded by the government in New Delhi, but nourishing the sapling to a colossus with 39.6 trillion rupees ($525 billion) in assets under management — and more lives assured than Pakistan’s population — has fallen on generations of loyal customers. Which is why LIC’s upcoming initial public offering, India’s biggest ever share sale, raises ...

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Top funds should be able to stand some light

  Online brokers like Robinhood Markets Inc and crypto assets might get the headlines, but the Securities and Exchange Commission’s parallel effort to drag private-equity firms and hedge funds out of the shadows will have far more impact on far more lives. Private equity especially has exploded in power and reach in the past decade. That’s why SEC Chair Gary ...

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UK Conservatives have a bigger problem than PM

  When, not if, has been the growing consensus on Boris Johnson’s departure as prime minister. He’s unpopular, untrusted and no longer seen as an authority — a man in office but only barely in power. His former aide and now arch-enemy Dominic Cummings has hinted that there are more damaging party pictures and other kompromat to emerge. And the ...

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