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...really do want to be part of Russia, et cetera....
...Dave Penman, head of the FDA, the union that represents senior civil servants, reckons that while “every government talks about civil service reform”, the approach of the Johnson government is a marked change...
...On the same day as the release of a damning United Nations report on Myanmar, Facebook suspended the accounts of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and a handful of other senior officers....
...An Islamist extremist accused of funding the 2009 Jakarta suicide bombings has been selling advertising space on his website to international brands including Citigroup, IBM and Microsoft using a service...
...Yes, that does mean the tax pot shrinks a bit so services are squeezed and the burden of funding public services falls on ordinary workers — but that is only fair since they do not have any better ideas...
...I watched market traders, government officials and on-duty police officers chew khat....
...The US group indicated it was preparing a lawsuit in the UK against Mr Lynch and Shushovan Hussain, Autonomy’s former chief financial officer, over its disastrous 2011 acquisition of the UK company....
...The lengthy indictment also provides an official imprimatur to what has long been suspected – that the PLA not only hacks on behalf of the government, but also subcontracts its services to Chinese state...
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...David Gardner is the FT’s international affairs editor Photographs: Rex; Getty; Reuters; AP...
...George Lee is moving from co-head of the technology, media and telecoms practice to chairman and adding the title of chief information officer for the investment banking division....
...Unions were resistant to change....
...Abe et al are keen on ending deflation — but they are going to hinder that push with a fiscal tightening. No tension there, then....
...Value growth at the top of the market shows no sign of slowing. Manchester United is the standout performer, accumulating deals at a dizzying pace....
...Mearsheimer, a doyen of the gloomy “realist” school of international relations, predicts that relations between the US and China will be characterised by “intense security competition with considerable potential...
...Let’s agree, right here, right now, to keep the people’s government open, pay our bills on time, and always uphold the full faith and credit of the United States of America....
...It also said it needs time to consult with the African Union. If the decision is made at the full security council, South Africa does not have the power of veto....
...Between 1982 and 1985 she was the head of the BBC’s engineering computer services....
...Its officers shiver when they recall accounts of their mission being stormed and burnt to the ground in 1979....
...United Kingdom....
...According to the Bank for International Settlements’ latest quarterly report, the notional amounts of outstanding contracts totalled $513,275bn as of June....
...Also making news is Dell, as the computer maker has agreed to pay $100m, while Michael Dell, the chief executive officer will pay $4m to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over claims that...
...That is why the international community is more united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated....
...Organised by the SEIU trade union, the demonstrators attacked Goldman for its unusually close ties to government – its alumni include former Treasury secretaries, senior White House staff and regulators...
...In July 2007, Qatar said it would unify the three-pronged regulation of its stock exchange, local banks and international institutions based at the Qatar Financial Centre engaged in non-retail services,...
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