Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has added new benefits to the EV Green Charger services, in a step to promote sustainable transport in Dubai and increase the number of beneficiaries. All commercial and non-commercial EV users can now easily use the EV Smart Charging service and benefit from more than 300 Green Charger stations across ...
Read More »New bus routes across UAE to serve Expo 2020 visitors
Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) unveiled a transportation plan to serve visitors of Expo 2020 from around the United Arab Emirates. The plan specifies 9 locations across UAE in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah. A total of 70 dedicated buses will be deployed to run 193 daily trips during weekdays, and 213 ...
Read More »SDAA, Bahraini National Archives discuss ways to boost cooperation
Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Documentation and Archive Authority (SDAA) received Dr Safaa Al-Alawi, Director of the National Archives at the Isa Cultural Centre (ICC) in the State of Bahrain, during an official visit to discuss ways of cooperation between the centre and the authority in regulating the management of government documents. The meeting began with a welcome speech, during ...
Read More »IGCC’s Jawaher Al Naqbi discusses six pillars on communications strategy
Sharjah / WAM Ahead of the 10th edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) scheduled to be held on September 26 and 27 in Sharjah, Jawaher Al Naqbi, Manager of the International Government Communication Centre, has emphasised that a credible communications strategy based on transparency and trust between governments and the public is vital for the success of government ...
Read More »Dubai Customs receives 43,000 innovative ideas for development
DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs’ efforts towards stimulating innovation culminated in a new summit of generating quality ideas conducive to innovations that improve and take customs work to the next level. The total number of innovative ideas generated and submitted by employees since the launch of the e-suggest system in 2000 reached more than 43,000 until end of first half ...
Read More »What will Taliban do with a $22b economy?
No sooner had the Taliban taken Kabul than questions began to be asked about how they would manage Afghanistan’s economy. Do the insurgents-turned-rulers have the skills to run, say, a modern finance ministry and central bank? Will foreign donors trust them with aid? Can they do business with investors interested in the country’s mineral wealth? Throughout their two decades in ...
Read More »Are Amazon’s investors panicky?
It has been a rough few weeks for Amazon.com Inc shareholders. Since the company’s disappointing July earnings report, its share price has fallen by a double-digit percentage and its market value has dropped by a couple hundred billion dollars. Investors are worried about slowing e-commerce sales growth and profitability pressures at its key Amazon Web Services cloud-computing unit. And the ...
Read More »Can China step off its property treadmill?
Danny, the political theorist, aspiring lawyer and purveyor of rare herbs in the British cult film Withnail and I, understood the problem of Chinese real estate. “If you’re hanging on to a rising balloon, you’re presented with a difficult decision,†he observes. “Let go before it’s too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: How long ...
Read More »Climate change makes US poorer than it feels
The trillion-dollar spending package that the Senate has passed along to the House is being described as a once-in-a-generation fix for America’s deteriorating infrastructure. It should be viewed as only the first in a long series of such big investments, because Earth’s climate is changing faster than America’s existing roads, bridges and other infrastructure can withstand. In the past 12 ...
Read More »US, Russia envoys to meet in Seoul on North Korea
Bloomberg US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim, who is currently visiting South Korea, is planning to meet Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in Seoul on Monday to discuss North Korea issues, Yonhap News reported. Kim arrived at the Incheon International Airport on Saturday, just hours before Morgulov was due to land, Yonhap said. Kim is scheduled to ...
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