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Mokha / WAM A UAE ship carrying tons of food aid supplies has docked in the Yemeni port of Mokha, as part of the second phase of the UAE’s humanitarian drive in Yemen this year. The aid is being distributed by the UAE’s humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in districts that include Bayt Al Faqih, Al Hawak, Ad ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, will welcome an international inaugural cohort of students when the first semester begins on January 10, 2021. MBZUAI extended admission offers to 101 students from 31 countries for the first academic year commencing in January 2021. Initial plans ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Economy has partnered with noon.com, the region’s leading homegrown digital marketplace, to connect local startups that have a Dubai Economy’s DED Trader licence with customers across the region through its Mahali digital store. The creation of Mahali on noon.com and the partnership with the Dubai Economy reflect the efforts of both entities to further drive digital ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Municipality (DM) have announced the launch of the “Future of Construction Tech” programme within Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA). The programme drew the participation of 10 companies from the UAE and across the world with the aim of creating quality and technologically-advanced solutions to enhance supervision and inspection services in buildings either under ...

Bloomberg Quantafuel AS, a Norwegian company turning plastic waste into motor fuels, jumped the most ever in Oslo trading after finally starting operations at its first plant. The company, which was founded in 2014, has more than tripled in value since listing on Oslo’s Merkur Market in February. It’s now valued at more than $1 billion. Quantafuel started production at ...

Regional elections are often dull and predictable. Unfortunately for President Vladimir Putin, the ones in Russia will be neither, when the world’s largest country goes to the polls. The dramatic poisoning of opposition campaigner Alexey Navalny adds to a string of events that will make it harder than ever for the Kremlin to guarantee its desired results. A dress rehearsal ...

At last we have at least a partial explanation for why Tesla Inc’s stock gained 500% this year: Massive bets on high-flying technology shares by SoftBank Group Corp and others using equity derivatives. The extraordinary rise valued Elon Musk’s electric car business at $464 billion at the peak in late August, when only six US companies were worth more. Unfortunately ...

New York City (NYC), the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, and the largest public school district planning to begin at least some in-person instruction, has botched its reopening plans for the fall. Its mistakes are a cautionary tale for school systems across the US that are struggling to balance the benefits of resuming their educational programs against the ...

As President Donald Trump repeatedly touts the possibility of a Covid-19 vaccine winning approval by Election Day, the companies he needs to make that happen are pushing back. And that’s a good thing all around. Nine major coronavirus vaccine developers — including Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc, and Moderna Inc — signed a joint pledge under which they committed not to ...

Bloomberg Almost every Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner may have a newly disclosed manufacturing flaw in its horizontal stabiliser, said a person familiar with the matter. While Boeing says the issue doesn’t pose an immediate hazard, engineers are studying whether the fault could prematurely age the jets’ carbon-fiber structure. Improper gaps in the stabiliser, the small wing in the aircraft tail, ...