April, 2021 - Iraq Bulletin

Fitbit announces Luxe – a fitness and wellness tracker

adminApril 20, 2021

April 20, 2021

Fitbit announced Fitbit Luxe, a fashion-forward fitness and wellness tracker designed to help you take a more holistic approach to your health and wellness. Luxe offers the motivation and support you need to stay healthy in today’s world with everything from stress management tools to automatic activity and sleep tracking......

Travel

Vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists welcome in Malta

adminApril 18, 2021

April 18, 2021

Tourism and Consumer Protection Minister Clayton Bartolo announced recently, that the Maltese islands are reopening for tourism in summer 2021. Both vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists will be welcomed to the island of Malta from June 1st 2021. Located about 50 miles south of Sicily in the Mediterranean, Malta is a......

Automotive

Self-driving truck company Plus upsizes fundraising

adminApril 17, 2021

April 17, 2021

Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading provider of self-driving truck technology, announced it has added $220 million in new financing co-led by FountainVest Partners and ClearVue Partners, with participation from Quanta Computer Inc., Phi Zoyi Capital, and Millennium Technology Value Partners. The company’s existing investors including Sequoia Capital China, SAIC Capital,......

Business

ADNOC L&S increases fleet size with new VLCC acquisitions

adminApril 16, 2021

April 16, 2021

ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced the acquisition of two additional Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), bringing the total number of VLCCs added to its fleet in 2021 to eight. The VLCC fleet expansion plays a......

Luxury

Ramadan treat for lovers of gourmet chocolates from La Lu

adminApril 15, 2021

April 15, 2021

La Lu gourmet chocolates, delightfully delicious creations fashioned from the finest ingredients in Italy intended to satiate the most discerning of tastes, luxuriously smooth in finish and ultra-refined in texture, crafted into a fascinating array of products is now available in the Middle East in time for the holy month......

Health

Abu Dhabi doctors save lives of Emiratis with intricate surgery

adminApril 14, 2021

April 14, 2021

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has carried out UAE’s first deep brain stimulation operations saving the lives of four Emirati nationals from Parkinson’s disease. The surgeries, which each lasted between four and eight hours, took place over just four days following comprehensive evaluations to ensure the patients were good candidates for......

Automotive

Dubai first non-US city in the world to have self-driving cabs

adminApril 13, 2021

April 13, 2021

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, witnessed the signing of an agreement between the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) and Cruise, a leading US-based autonomous vehicle company, as part of which Cruise will operate self-driving taxis and......

News

Sheikh Hamdan happy with Expo 2020 Dubai preparations

adminApril 12, 2021

April 12, 2021

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, visited the Expo 2020 site. He was accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee; and other senior officials of the......

News

Sheikh Mohammed empowers vulnerable across MENA

adminApril 12, 2021

April 12, 2021

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has launched 100 Million Meals campaign to provide food parcels for families and people in need across 20 countries during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Launched as an expansion from last year’s locally-held 10 Million Meals......

News

UN Special Envoy on Libya calls on Abdullah bin Zayed

adminApril 11, 2021

April 11, 2021

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Jan Kubis, UN Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. During the meeting, which was held at the ministry’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed......