SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) signed an MoU with the Directorate of Town Planning and Survey in Sharjah. The agreement was signed by Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Chairman of SCTDA, and Salah bin Butti Al Muhairi, Head of the Directorate of Town Planning and Survey, in an effort to bolster cooperation between governmental, …

  What the former assistant secretary of the Navy said is descriptive of the entire military. Each service’s culture, and interservice rivalries, and bureaucratic viscosity are resistant to reform. Which is why the next secretary of defense, retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, has the most difficult management challenge in American government. He comes from a service whose core mission, …

  Last week, when the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates, it was a sign for many investors that things were getting back to normal. For China, facing large-scale capital outflows and a declining currency, it was a sign of a serious problem. For the past decade, China has maintained a “soft peg” of the yuan, allowing it to rise …