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  If Donald Trump loses the election and doesn’t concede, it won’t violate the U.S. Constitution. But it would break a tradition of concession that dates back more than a century and has achieved quasi-constitutional status. And like most enduring political customs, its value goes beyond graciousness: It helps ensure the continuity of government and offers a legitimating assist to ...

  If you were at work last Friday, you might have noticed that you couldn’t get on Twitter, Spotify, or whatever it is you do to avoid work. The sites themselves were fine, but users across the US lost access due to a large-scale attack on Dyn, a company whose servers provide infrastructure and routing services for the internet’s top ...

  Democracy requires dignity to sustain itself. This shouldn’t surprise. The ruling system that democracy replaced had been divinely chosen; the royals had God-given dignity, with all the trappings. For democrats to compete, they had to prove first that the electoral rabble could govern its passions and temper its prejudices, and next that their leaders would be chosen from the ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE has participated in the opening of the Global Investors Summit, which kicked off recently in Indore City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh in central India. HE Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, led the UAE delegation with the presence of Dr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Deyaar Development PJSC (“Deyaar”), one of Dubai’s leading property developers and real estate service providers, today reported its financial and operational results for the third quarter and nine-month period ending September 30. There was a strong year-on-year increase in revenues for the first nine months of this year which totalled AED 261 million, an 85 ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Health Authority (DHA) discussed the importance of healthcare IT transformation, opportunities and challenges in the field and its future vision up to Dubai Plan 2021, at a forum held recently in Dubai. The forum also discussed how to keep up with new trends in digitisation and eHealth and ways to promote continuous innovation. Dr. Manal Taryam, CEO ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The 7th Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) is set to run from April 2-4, 2017, at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the theme of this edition will be “International Investment, Path ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), in partnership with the Conway Advisory and Global FDI Association, has launched the region’s first specialised programme to qualify leaders in the public and private sectors to successfully pursue foreign investment and support investors. Named ‘Dubai FDI Capacity,’ the ...

Frankfurt / WAM A new exhibition centre will be built in Sharjah, as an extension to the existing Sharjah International Book Fair, H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, revealed on Sunday. Speaking to Emirati journalists during a tour of the Frankfurt International Book Fair, Sheikh Sultan said a budget has already been ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) on Monday approved 40 development projects, stretching over an area of seven million square metres, and raising the percentage of approved development projects to three per cent, compared with the same period of 2015. The UPC also endorsed expansion of the Mayan residential project, located near Yas Links Golf ...