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On Syria, the US and Turkey need each other

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey Here’s a positive move by Turkey, a country that often seems to be heading in the wrong direction: Despite Ankara’s severe misgivings, it is allowing the US military to fly daily bombing missions from here against the IS — in support of a Syrian Kurdish militia called the YPG that Turkey regards as a terrorist threat. ...

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Global coop can combat cyber crime

  The internet has undoubtedly revolutionized the way we live and think. Most importantly, it has transformed the communication and information technologies, ease of doing business, education and advanced them to an unprecedented level of excellence and performance. Having said this, the very instrumental tool that has been the powerful driver of global economic growth is now being used by ...

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Foxconn: From worker suicides to plastic workers

  Sara Hsu SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Foxconn, the Taiwanese technology-assembly company infamous several years ago for its spate of worker suicides, has replaced more than half its Kunshan, China workforce with robots. While this reduces Foxconn’s labour costs and H-R headaches, it also pushes down employment for migrant workers, and does not bode well for ongoing changes in China’s ...

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