Ford Motor Company, joining forces with firms including 3M and GE Healthcare, is lending its manufacturing and engineering expertise to quickly expand production of urgently needed medical equipment and supplies for healthcare workers, first responders and patients fighting coronavirus. In addition, Ford plans to assemble more than 100,000 face shields per week and leverage its
MG Motor’s remarkable rise through the ranks of the Middle East automotive world has been crowned with the British-born brand picking up the region’s most prestigious motoring award – the MG HS has been named 2020 ‘Car of the Year’ by a panel comprising some of the region’s leading automotive experts. The MG HS was
The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organization dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, has announced the conversion of The Big Heart Secondary School for the Deaf and Mute in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in the West Bank, into a quarantine centre for residents in the area who are
This year marks the 125th anniversary for Swarovski, a brand whose mission it is to add sparkle to people’s lives all over the world. For Spring/Summer 2020, the brand extends its reach with new Swarovski Symbolic Collection pieces designed exclusively for the Middle East, bringing more ways for women in the region to express themselves.
As the world holds its collective breath over the full human and geographical impact of COVID-19, which is developing on an hourly basis and which remains unclear amidst the uncertainty of exponential transmission rates, one common consideration is to what extent private insurance policies respond to the cost of treatment in countries that adopt a
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it will convene a video conference on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus epidemic, headed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. In a statement, the Kingdom said that the meeting will advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its
In response to the continuing COVID-19 outbreak, Nissan has announced a temporary suspension to production in its Africa, Middle East and India region. This action follows the advice and guidance of respective national governments, and is being taken to safeguard the wellbeing of staff, customers and communities. The measures taken are as follows: Production at
