May, 2017

• 16 May

  UAE-US ties reflect positively on region

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Political science experts and analysts have described the close relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America as strategic and dynamic. The UAE’s inspiring model in various developmental, economic and foreign policy fields, explains the United State’s interest in communicating directly with the UAE’s leadership. UAE-US relations, which began since the US ...

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• 16 May

  Development of young Emirati talent a priority for ADNOC: Al Jaber

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), hosted, on Tuesday the latest in a series of Youth Circles with over 30 employees, to discuss how to excel and capitalise on opportunities created by a performance-driven culture, in the presence of Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and CEO of the ADNOC Group, ...

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• 16 May

  Aldar Academies to operate 4 ADNOC schools

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), signed an agreement appointing Aldar Academies to operate and manage four ADNOC Schools in Abu Dhabi and across the Al Dhafra Region: Sas Al Nakhl Campus, Ruwais Campus, Madinat Zayed Campus, and Ghayathi Campus. The agreement, which reinforces ADNOC’s commitment to delivering the highest quality education across its ADNOC ...

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• 16 May

  How to boost productivity and make it last longer

  

  Economics pundits like me spend a good deal of time worrying about productivity. When discussing the issue, we often begin by noting that in the long run, productivity increases are the only way that living standards can improve. We recount the history of technological breakthroughs like the internal-combustion engine and the invention of electricity that supercharged productivity. And we wring ...

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• 16 May

  Until Palestine issue is resolved, idea of Arab rail link will wither

  

  An Israeli Cabinet minister is proposing that they all share a railway link that could cut overland travel distances between the Mediterranean and key Arab destinations by a half or two-thirds. The Regional Landbridge & Hub Initiative has been developed by Yisrael Katz, Israel’s minister of transportation and intelligence and a potential rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for leadership ...

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• 16 May

  Donald Trump just did something good on trade

  The mini-deal on U.S. trade with China announced by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last week deserves a cautious welcome. It’s narrow in scope, and the reasoning behind it, as related by Ross, is questionable at best, but it gets the main thing right: It expands rather than contracts the opportunities for mutually beneficial commerce. One can only hope that the ...

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• 16 May

  Assad must be punished for Syria war crimes

  How many more atrocities committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on its own people will go unpunished? What will it take for Syria’s allies to say ‘enough is enough’ and international community to act decisively against the brutality of Assad regime? Syrian president has carried out worst atrocities — widespread kidnappings, torture, barrel-bombings and chemical weapons attacks — unleashed against ...

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• 16 May

  Trump claims ‘absolute right’ to disclose terrorism secrets

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump claimed an “absolute right” to share information about terrorism with Russian officials, but some lawmakers in both parties expressed alarm over reports he had disclosed highly classified material in an Oval Office meeting last week and demanded a fuller accounting. “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I ...

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• 16 May

  Israeli minister: Time has come to assassinate Assad

  Bloomberg President Bashar al-Assad should be eliminated to stop the atrocities taking place in Syria, according to an Israeli minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Gallant, a retired major general who led the Israel Defense Forces’s southern command, which includes the Gaza Strip, pointed to U.S. allegations that the Assad regime built a crematorium at a ...

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• 16 May

  Macron draws up cabinet with help from new premier

  Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron was spending Tuesday selecting his cabinet with new Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Just back from meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Macron is huddling with Philippe throughout the day with the list of ministers is due to be released at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in Paris. Macron this month became the first French president to ...

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