UAE keen to boost parternships to modernise Arab government work

Dubai / WAM Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, has emphasised the UAE leadership’s keenness on enhancing cooperation and strategic partnerships to modernise government work with Arab and international governments, expand horizons for sharing experiences, success stories, and knowledge exchange aimed at raising levels of efficiency and government performance and improving living standards of societies. Al Gergawi ...

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Bodour Al Qasimi launches her book ‘World Book Capital’

Sharjah / WAM Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group (KG) and President of International Publishers Association (IPA), has launched her latest work in children’s literature, World Book Capital, at the 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). Published simultaneously in Arabic and English by Kalimat Publishing, an imprint of the Kalimat Group that specialises ...

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Two new Dubai Metro stations all set to open on June 1: RTA

Dubai / WAM The Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the Dubai Investment Park Station and Expo 2020 Station on Route 2020 of the Dubai Metro, which runs from Al Rashidiya Station on the Red Line to Expo 2020 Station, would be opened on June 1. The opening of the two new stations comes six months after the ...

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Brexit Britain’s new carbon market makes polluting pricier

Bloomberg The first handful of trades in the UK’s new carbon market indicates that polluting will be more expensive for everyone from power plants to factories than it is under the European scheme. The launch of the UK’s own carbon system is a replacement for the country’s participation in a nearly identical EU program that’s been going since 2005. Putting ...

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India Inc’s profits won’t survive costs, Covid-19

Lately, India has had very little to smile about. Something that Colgate-Palmolive Co’s tepid growth in the world’s pandemic epicenter amply demonstrates. The toothpaste maker’s results offer a fresh look at a puzzle: the Indian stock market’s apparent disregard for the country’s worst humanitarian disaster in almost 75 years. Scientists are forecasting 1.2 million deaths by end-August, hospitals are running ...

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Apple trial delivers an Epic surprise

Epic Games Inc, the maker of Fortnite, may pull out a surprising last-minute victory in its court battle against Apple Inc with potential wide-ranging ramifications for how millions of iOS app developers make money. First, a brief recap: The conflict that spawned the trial began last August when Epic deliberately broke Apple’s App Store rules by updating its Fortnite video ...

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As the Arctic heats up, how to keep the peace

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, back in 1987, called for the Arctic to be a “zone of peace” — and it has been. Yet warmer temperatures are heralding ice-free summers, opening up all sorts of economic opportunities from potential oil and gas riches to new shipping routes. Military might is being cranked up, too. Decades of harmonious exceptionalism may be coming ...

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The US must do more to vaccinate the world

The Biden administration’s decision to begin sharing US-authorised Covid-19 vaccines with the rest of the world is welcome news. Now coronavirus czar Jeff Zients, who will lead US efforts to fight the pandemic abroad, must swiftly craft a global vaccine strategy that’s as focused, ambitious and effective as the one that’s worked so well domestically. Those who ask whether the ...

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JetBlue founder’s new airline set to debut as travel revives

Bloomberg Airline entrepreneur David Neeleman’s newest carrier will begin flying from May 27 with an initial network of 16 cities, making it the year’s second US startup looking to use discount fares to grab a piece of a much-anticipated resurgence in leisure travel. Breeze Airways started selling tickets, and the first flights will connect Charleston, South Carolina; Tampa, Florida; and ...

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Air India’s 4.5m flyers data leaked after cyberattack

Bloomberg Hackers infiltrated the servers of Air India Ltd and gained access to personal data of 4.5 million fliers, the nation’s flag carrier said. Personal data of passengers registered between August 2011 and February 2021 were compromised in the attack, the carrier said in a note to fliers that was shared via Twitter. The details included credit card and contact ...

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