Business has been difficult for restaurateur Sylvain Belaud ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with turnover plummeting by 60% last year. And now the director of the Cafe Francoeur in the Montmartre area in northern Paris will have to face what feels like yet another obstacle on the way back to business as usual. A “health pass” will soon be required on trains, domestic flights and in long-distance buses, as well as in restaurants and cafes. The pass consists of a QR code on a smartphone or on…
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Sometimes a High Rise Is Better Than a Park
Climate change is hitting home everywhere. Just in the last few weeks, extreme heat, floods, and fires have all come to look like part of the new abnormal, and few places are safe. New York is issuing air quality alerts because of wildfires some 3,000 miles west. Climate policy, too, is increasingly personal, and there’s nothing quite as personal as housing policies—where we live, and how. It’s clear that city living cuts carbon—by around 50% relative to living in suburbia. If cities are part of the answer to climate change,…
Read MoreIncrease in LPG prices resented
The commercial and domestic consumers have demanded the government to withdraw the recent increase in the price of the liquefied petroleum gas. “The price of mega cylinder has reached to Rs7715 and small/ domestic cylinder to Rs2100 following the sudden increase of Rs5 per kg in LPG price in the local market,” Muhammad Ismail, a hotelier, told reporters here on Sunday. He said that the price of both domestic and commercial LPG cylinders had increased by over 50 percent since the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government came into power. He said that…
Read MoreStrategic Growth Of ADNOC Logistics & Services Critical Enabler Of UAE Energy Industry
ADNOC Logistics and Services (ADNOC L&S) is the largest and most diversified integrated maritime logistics company in the Gulf. The company, which provides logistics, shipping and marine operations, plays a critical role in enabling the UAE’s oil and gas sector and ADNOC’s goal to maximise value from every barrel of oil it produces, processes, ships and sells. ADNOC L&S has three major business segments: Shipping, Integrated Logistics and Marine Services. The company’s Shipping arm ensures the reliable supply of crude oil, products, and gas/industry feedstock in more than 50 countries.…
Read MoreEmirates Global Aluminium, Gulf Extrusions Sign Agreement On Industrial By-products
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside the oil and gas sector, today signed an agreement with Gulf Extrusions, which is owned by the Al Ghurair Group, on the innovative reuse of industrial by-products derived from production operations, as an alternative to using raw materials. The agreement adds to the efforts of Emirates Global Aluminium to reuse waste as Primary materials, in cooperation with other industries. Pursuant to the agreement, Gulf Extrusions will provide Emirates Global Aluminium with some 450 tonnes of consumed caustic soda from…
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