Emmanuel Macron, who started his own party En Marche! — or On the Move! a year ago, defeated National Front’s Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential election. The election threw up many surprises. Although Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, was projected as a winner by opinion polls, what is remarkable is that he became France’s youngest elected president just a …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), signed new strategic partnerships with Etisalat and du telecommunications at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The memoranda are part of the TRA’s plan of action aimed at achieving the objectives of the UAE National Vision 2021 to raise the country’s ranking among the top 10 countries in the National Readiness Index …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The three-day International Conference on Investigation and Prosecution in Terrorism Financing, organised by the Ministry of Justice in co-operation with the US Department of Justice and the US Criminal Division, with the participation of a delegation of authorities from Gulf countries, representatives from local and federal prosecutions, and experts from France, Austria and Jordan, started in …