Editorial - GulfToday

Editorial

Aggravating anger, discontent in Lebanon

It is unacceptable that snipers should be firing at peaceful protesters as they did on Thursday, and killed six people including those who were not part of the protest march.

15 Oct 2021

Iraq’s poll verdict promises no big change

The early indications of Iraq’s Sunday parliamentary election with a low 41 per cent turnout show that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s group has improved its position

14 Oct 2021

UAE spearheads awareness on climate change

The move by the Arab Youth Council for Climate Change (AYCCC) to increase the knowledge and skills of Arab youth in global climate action is praiseworthy, to say the least. It inked a pact with Posterity Institute, a UK-based think tank specialising in sustainable development and climate change, to this effect.

13 Oct 2021

Dark times for a beleaguered Lebanon

Lebanon’s condition seems to be going from bad to worse. The predicament seem to be throwing the Lebanese nationals back into the Dark Ages, literally.

12 Oct 2021

Nuclear programme problem

Chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation (IAEO) Mohammed Eslami told the State TV that Iran has produced more than 20 kilogrammes of 20 per cent more enriched uranium,

11 Oct 2021

America’s culture wars over abortion laws

When Republican-dominated Texas passed a law making abortion illegal, but introduced the provision that ordinary citizens can file a case against abortion clinics

10 Oct 2021

Praise for UAE Net Zero ’50 drive well-deserved

The praise from world leaders for the UAE’s Net Zero 2050 initiative is very noteworthy and appreciable. The US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry,

09 Oct 2021

UAE performs brilliantly in tackling coronavirus

The appreciation by Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed for the efforts of the National COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Management and Governance Committee is the biggest testimony yet that the Emirates has tempered considerably the impact of the pandemic.

06 Oct 2021

Drones, useful carriers of essentials amid virus

The recent move by the Department of Health (DoH) - Abu Dhabi, the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate, to adopt advanced drones to distribute and transfer medical supplies

05 Oct 2021