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UAE to take part in key Egypt government conference

Abu Dhabi / WAM With the support and participation of the Government of the UAE, Egypt will host the Egypt Government Excellence Conference 2018. Sponsored by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the country’s first event of its kind seeks to modernise government work, activate a strategic partnership and facilitate exchange of experience between the two countries with the aim of ...

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Space defense makes some sense, if done seriously

President Trump has hurled so many thunderbolts recently that people may have missed the one that could have the greatest long-term impact on America’s national security — his directive to the Pentagon last week to start creating a new military service that he dubbed the ‘space force.’ It’s certainly a Trumpian idea: big and bold, with a Hollywood glitz factor; ...

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Draghi can’t save Europe this time

Europe’s leaders will face an awkward truth when they meet at a crucial summit on July 5. For much of the past decade they’ve been able to duck difficult decisions, secure in the knowledge that the European Central Bank (ECB) would step in and fix things. Mario Draghi did this repeatedly, first by providing a backstop to the monetary union ...

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