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‘Investing in education key to surviving economic challenges’

DUBAI / WAM Investing in education, know-how and inter-governmental integration to ensure urban development and social cohesion are all essential factors to reducing poverty, inequality, mitigating the effects of climate change, and addressing the negative sides of new technologies, according to the Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Paul Ladd made the remarks while addressing ...

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Mena’s US egg imports grow 73 percent

Dubai / Emirates Business Middle Eastern consumers are showing a fast-growing appetite for eggs. According to thelatest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US egg imports to the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region grew 73 percent in USD value in 2017 over the imports in 2016. This represents a volume growth of 88 percent for US table ...

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Brexit battle lines redrawn within Theresa May’s cabinet

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Bloomberg The battle within Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet over the shape of the Brexit trade deal they want to strike with the European Union is still raging—but the front line has moved. According to two senior UK officials, the warring sides of ardent Brexit campaigners and pro-Europeans within May’s team are now fighting over how the new rules that ...

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