The stick doesn’t seem to be working, so now China’s waving carrots to bring the country’s burgeoning media landscape into line. The State Council and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China plan to boost the development of online outlets by creating new media institutions and encouraging eligible websites to go public, the official Xinhua news agency ...

  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 ...