Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday to discuss the two nations' economic and security ties.
“He [Mr Johnson] expressed his gratitude to the UAE for their support and co-operation in the fight against coronavirus,” a Downing Street statement said.
“The two leaders also discussed how to further develop the UK and UAE’s close economic and security ties.
“The Prime Minister invited the Crown Prince to participate at the coming virtual Global Vaccine Summit, which the UK is hosting on June 4.”
On March 28, Sheikh Mohamed wished Prince Charles and Mr Johnson a quick recovery after they contracted the coronavirus.
Sheikh Mohamed and Mr Johnson also spoke by phone on March 6, covering issues including trade, investment and counter-terrorism, and how best to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
This month Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab thanked Dubai for sending 60 tonnes of urgently needed coronavirus protective equipment.
Mr Raab also praised the UAE's role in providing airline support for flights to return stranded Britons to the UK.
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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Five famous companies founded by teens
There are numerous success stories of teen businesses that were created in college dorm rooms and other modest circumstances. Below are some of the most recognisable names in the industry:
- Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook when he was a 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate.
- Dell: When Michael Dell was an undergraduate student at Texas University in 1984, he started upgrading computers for profit. He starting working full-time on his business when he was 19. Eventually, his company became the Dell Computer Corporation and then Dell Inc.
- Subway: Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway restaurant when he was 17. In 1965, Mr DeLuca needed extra money for college, so he decided to open his own business. Peter Buck, a family friend, lent him $1,000 and together, they opened Pete’s Super Submarines. A few years later, the company was rebranded and called Subway.
- Mashable: In 2005, Pete Cashmore created Mashable in Scotland when he was a teenager. The site was then a technology blog. Over the next few decades, Mr Cashmore has turned Mashable into a global media company.
- Oculus VR: Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR in June 2012, when he was 19. In August that year, Oculus launched its Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $1 million in three days. Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion two years later.
