Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates is leading nations in utilising artificial intelligence (AI), and disruptive technologies to create a smarter, more innovative governance environment that is enabled to explore future opportunities and risks. Following the announcement of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence — the world’s first AI university to open in the nation’s capital, Abu ...

Bloomberg China threatened unspecified “strong countermeasures” if the US Congress enacts legislation supporting Hong Kong protesters, in a sign of the deepening strain between the world’s two largest economies as they attempt to seal a trade deal. China’s foreign ministry issued the warning on Wednesday after the US House passed a package of measures backing a pro-democracy movement that has ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that the US withdrawal from Syria has left American-allied Kurds abandoned against the Turkish military and that Russia has moved into the region to fill the void. “Syria may have some help with Russia and that’s fine,” Trump said. “It’s a lot of sand.” Trump also said the Kurds, who fought alongside American troops ...