ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE National Cyber Security Council (NCSC) launched on Sunday phase one of the “National Bug Bounty Programme”, which aims to enhance the UAE’s cybersecurity systems, reinforce the country’s leading stature in global competitiveness indexes, as well as engage community members and public and private sector entities in the protection of infrastructure. The NCSC announced that ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp’s knockout second-quarter results did little to entice investors because much of the extra cash coming from soaring energy and petrochemical prices will be used to pay down debt rather than reward shareholders. The oil giant and rival Chevron Corp swung to their biggest profits since pre-pandemic days, fuelled in large part by stellar performances from their ...

Among the arguments that persuaded British people like me to oppose Brexit was that it would create a raft of new diplomatic headaches the UK does not need, in exchange for an anemic sort of new “freedom.” True, the European Union is a mess: I do not think it can survive into the next decade without radical upheaval. But it ...