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IMF chief warns global recession worse, recovery slower due to growing pandemic

In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the global recession will be worse, and the economic recovery slower, than was anticipated. Georg...

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Blue Prism finds 86% in UAE see process automation solving productivity problems

Delivering new insights into the future of work, Blue Prism announced the findings of its annual global survey in a report titled, The Impact of a Digital Workforce on Business Agility and Survival. The report,...

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Dimension Data offers free incident response service to UAE hospitals

Following a significant spike in Covid-19 themed cyber-attacks on the healthcare sector, Dimension Data is offering world-class Incident Response Remediation assistance at no cost to UAE hospitals combatting th...

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Global CIO Forum, Bahrain’s AI Society host Session 2 of BotTalk on AI and Covid-19

On June 28 Global CIO Forum, in partnership with Bahrain’s Artificial Intelligence Society, hosted the second session, in Arabic, of the BotTalk AI Virtual Conference. The topics discussed included AI Ethics, R...

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Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all

Ahead of a major pledging summit, they updated journalists on a recently announced initiative to speed up production of these treatments, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. “It’s clear tha...

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IOC joins forces with WHO and the United Nations to fight COVID-19

On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and WHO together with the United Nations launch a partnership to encourage individuals and communities around the world to be #HEALTHYTogether. ...

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WHO: 10 million infections milestone looms 

Addressing journalists from Geneva during the agency’s regular press briefing, WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that more than 9.1 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported thus far, an...

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Global CIO Forum, Bahrain’s AI Society host BotTalk on AI and Covid-19

On June 21, Global CIO Forum in partnership with Bahrain’s Artificial Intelligence Society, hosted the region’s first BotTalk, titled AI in Navigating the Pandemic. The virtual event was held under the patronag...

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UNDP, MCIT Egypt and Avaya collaborate on AI-powered Covid-19 diagnosis bot

As further demonstration of its commitment to deliver equality of experience for all segments of society, Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, MCIT, has joined forces with United Natio...

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WHO reports largest single day increase in COVID-19 cases

“It seems that almost every day we reach a new and grim record”, said Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing journalists on Monday at the UN health agency’s latest media briefing. Some countrie...