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New start for DWTC to welcome UAE’s 50th anniversary

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has played a major role in diversifying Dubai’s economy and has worked to create a broader economic impact, cementing Dubai’s position as a global centre for trade and business tourism. The centre, which was established in 1979, introduces the region to international exhibitions and conferences industry and has become the vibrant ...

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As Kabul falls, academic dreams of many cut short

As the Taliban entered the Afghan capital of Kabul, university lecturers gathered their female students for some final goodbyes. Telling the shocked young women “we may not meet again,” the lecturers, along with everyone else, were evacuated, and the universities, along with schools, offices and shops, were shuttered. I spoke by phone with Aisha Khurram, one of those students whose ...

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What will you sacrifice for ‘climate’?

Ours is a populist age, dominated not only by the anti-elitist posturing of Donald Trump and the Republican Party but also by a resurgent left that views “billionaire” as a dirty word. Many of our most profound problems, however, originate not in the pathologies of a narrow ruling class but among the broad mass of humanity. A powerful reminder came ...

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