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Davos in the Swiss Alps has been unusually quiet as delegates stay away due to the coronavirus crisis. EPA

What role does Davos play in a world gone virtual?

January 26, 2021
Photo credit Callie Chee

Neom’s head of technology describes his vision for the future city: Business Extra

January 20, 2021
epa08923391 A Trump supporter holds a placard reading ÔDeep State Voter Fraud! Media and Big Tech Information WarfareÕ as Pro-Trump protesters demonstrate in support of US president Donald Trump in front of the City Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA, 06 January 2021. Right-wing conservative groups are protesting against Congress counting the electoral college votes. Dozens of state and federal judges have shot down challenges to the 2020 presidential election, finding the accusations of fraud to be without merit. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

Left holding the mic: will shareholders still love Twitter and Facebook?

January 13, 2021
The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at its office in Beijing. The company is planning to raise $5bn through a bond sale this month. Reuters

What the US-China economic rivalry means for the Middle East: Business Extra

January 6, 2021
Dubai non-oil private sector economy returned to growth at the end of 2020. Reem Mohammed / The National

Counting down 10 big business moments from 2020: Business Extra

December 23, 2020
epa08885417 Containers are loaded on the CMA CMG Champs Elysee freighter at the Port of Southampton, Britain, 15 December 2020. Talks are still ongoing between the European Union (EU) and Britain over the final Brexit trade deal. New rules in travel, transport and trade will come into place on 01 January 2021 as the UK's transition period for leaving the EU will end. EPA/NEIL HALL

Feryal Ahmadi of DMCC on how global trade will be remapped in the 2020s

December 16, 2020
Wind turbines beside a highway in Jordan's Ma'an governate. George Kell, chairman of ESG-focused fund manager Arabesque Partners, says artificial intelligence will play a greater role in responsible investing. Alamy

‘Adapt or die’: the UN’s corporate sustainability pioneer shares lessons of 2020

December 9, 2020
Noor Sweid, founder of Global Ventures. Courtesy: Global Ventures

Noor Sweid on how to pitch start-up investors in a challenging time

December 1, 2020
Changes to the Commercial Companies' law are expected to boost FDI to the UAE and spur business activity. Reem Mohammed/The National

What changes to UAE company foreign ownership rules mean for you

November 25, 2020
Covid-19 has disrupted transportation and mobility. Antonie Robertson / The National

Listen: What mobility looks like post Covid-19

November 18, 2020
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 15, 2019 illuminated Huawei and 5G signs are on display during the 10th Global mobile broadband forum hosted by Chinese tech giant Huawei in Zurich. A Swedish court has suspended a decision banning Huawei equipment from the country's 5G network while it considers the merits of the case against the Chinese telecoms giant. The ruling by the Stockholm administrative court forced the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) to announce late on November 9, 2020 that it would postpone an auction of 5G network frequencies that was due to have taken place on November 10, 2020. / AFP / STEFAN WERMUTH

Listen: Huawei CTO says 'there's no back door' on questions of 5G security

November 12, 2020
Campaign signs in support of Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. After striding into the 2020 election year with a white-hot economy and beating Democratic efforts to remove him from office, Trump was ready to cruise to a second term. But then came the coronavirus pandemic and economic devastation. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

Markets 'pre-positioned' for Biden to beat Trump but main worry is a contested election

November 2, 2020
Jennifer Zhu Scott

Should Google and Facebook users be paid for their data?

October 28, 2020
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 11 DECEMBER 2019. SALT Abu Dhabi in partnership with Mubadala at the Emirates Palace. Incubating Innovation: How to Accelerate Technological Progress. Ibrahim Ajami, Mubadala Investment Company, Head of Venture Capital and Moderated by Rachel Pether, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI), Senior Advisor.. (Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National) Journalist: Dan Anderson. Section: National.

Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami on a long-term approach to tech investments: Business Extra

October 21, 2020
Samples of the University of Oxford coronavirus vaccine trials are handled at a laboratory. Another issue is making enough shots of any successful jabvto vaccinate the world. AP

Why the UAE joined Russia's Covid-19 vaccine trial: Business Extra

October 13, 2020
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Lebanese anti-government protesters burn dumpsters to block al-Nour Square in Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli on January 26, 2021, as anger grows over a total lockdown aimed at stemming an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases. / AFP / -

Second night of unrest with riots in Lebanon

MENA
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Ines Boubakri of Tunisia celebrates victory over Eleanor Harvey of Canada during the women's individual foil quarterfinal on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 10, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Olympic Dreams: Boubakri on her ferocious nature and securing a legacy

Sport
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen as a long-time confidant of President Joe Biden. AP Photo

Antony Blinken confirmed as US Secretary of State

The Americas
A woman clutches her daughter as she weeps in front of the ruins of her house in Bhuj, Gujarat state, in western India, on January 27, 2001. AFP 

Twenty years on, painful memories of India’s 2001 earthquake still haunts survivors

Asia

UK policy makers failed the young, not just the 100,000 dead

Paul Dolan
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The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine requires two injections for people to get the full benefit.. AP

Pfizer vaccine rescheduled, vaccinated people can still spread virus, 3,566 cases - The Daily Update

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A medic holds up a vaccine vial at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

Sinopharm vaccine, Abu Dhabi the safest city, 3,579 new cases - The Daily Update

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FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvi/File Photo

Vaccines, Apple topples Amazon, cloud seeding - The Daily Update

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The International Air Transport Association and Etihad Airways are partnering to launch the IATA Travel Pass for the Abu Dhabi airline's passengers. Courtesy Etihad Airways.

Etihad and Emirates sales, UAE to shut private maid agencies, 3,491 new cases - The Daily Update

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