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Can internet-beaming balloons outmaneuver shifting winds?

  MOUNTAIN VIEW / AP For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory spun out of Google believes it can outmaneuver the wind. In doing so, the 4-year-old “Project Loon” says it will be able to bring remote parts of the world online more quickly with a smaller fleet of the balloons than it previously thought. Engineers involved in the ...

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DP World wins Djibouti dispute case

  DUBAI / WAM A tribunal of distinguished arbitrators, acting under the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, has exonerated DP World from all charges of misconduct in connection with the award of a 50-year concession to operate the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) in Djibouti. The international tribunal was composed of distinguished arbitrators Lord Leonard Hoffmann, Sir Richard ...

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Mugabe praises Trump’s ‘America First’ policy

  HARARE / AP US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy has an admirer in Zimbabwe’s controversial president, who says the policy resonates with his own thinking. President Robert Mugabe, who turned 93 on Tuesday and is the world’s oldest head of state, spoke in a birthday interview with state-run media. “When it comes to Donald Trump, on the one ...

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