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...Along with the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf powerhouse is seeking to compete with AI companies and create bespoke models for Arabic speakers....
...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the two biggest powers in the Gulf, are equally wary of Iran. They have long considered Iran to be a malign actor and a hostile power in their backyard....
...For resource-rich nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the entrance of these middle powers into the critical minerals battleground is a welcome alternative to decades of exploitative arrangements underpinned...
...But the . . . what would Joe Nye used to call the soft power of the United States? That’s the way the United States would influence global affairs, right?...
...The event stresses the “power of place”....
...As such, the sale agreement by the Angelos family to Rubenstein and company caught Maryland state officials by surprise....
...The United Kingdom has another rain bomb alert just today. We saw a third of Pakistan under water....
...Some state legislatures, including Florida, Kansas and Idaho, have passed laws that ban or limit the consideration of ESG....
...At the state level, groups like Idaho Leaders United are doing something similar, rallying business and civic leaders to reject bigotry and political violence....
...COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber is also the boss of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company....
...When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...that have a “continuous surface connection” with “waters of the United States”....
...“The United States will, in certain circumstances, need to pursue targeted actions to protect its national security,” Yellen said....
...There is also acknowledgment that much of the kind of state-of-art tech the Gulf wants to tap into is being developed by American companies....
...Eurostar narrowly dodged bankruptcy in 2021 after being bailed out by shareholders including French state railway SNCF, Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Hermes...
...Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, son of one of Qatar’s richest men who had been the only party looking to buy 100 per cent of United, withdrew from the bidding on Saturday....
...The trouble is that the rest of football can’t exactly laugh at the drawn out Man United takeover saga....
...The review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an inter-governmental agency that vets whether deals can harm national security, is in its early stages and a decision is not expected...
...being undermined by the leadership of United Arab Emirates oil executive Sultan al-Jaber....
...Promotion to head the emirate’s investment vehicle signalled a further consolidation of power around the UAE’s new ruler and Sheikh Tahnoon’s full brother, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan....
...The precedent of Saudi officials sitting for depositions could have altered the kingdom’s broader ability to do business in America....
...The state’s push for solar development could lead to the deforestation of nearly 30,000 acres annually....
...A graduate of Georgetown university, he is a deputy national security adviser and chair of the executive committee of state oil company Adnoc....
...Bank of America is advising Sheikh Jassim on the Manchester United bid. Sheikh Jassim has long been in his father’s shadow....
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