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Delegates at the United Nations climate summit agreed Wednesday to transition away from fossil fuel consumption, in what was called an unprecedented deal to possibly end the oil age, NBC News reported. The agreement, which came at the conclusion of the two-week UN Conference of Parties...

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Need to Know

December 12, 2023

A Heater in a Fridge in a Desert

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An oil man oversaw the United Nations summit on climate change, which ended Tuesday. Sultan al-Jaber was recently both the president of the 28th UN Conference of Parties (COP28) as well as the chief executive of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as delegates...

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The World Briefly

November 28, 2023

A Risky Opportunity

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to use its position as the country of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to negotiate oil and gas deals, according to a series of leaked documents that have cast a pall on the international talks...

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The World Briefly

September 06, 2023

Game On

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The United Arab Emirates established a federal “commercial gaming” authority this week, a move that could see it become the first Gulf nation to allow gambling and casinos in the Muslim-majority region, the Middle East Eye reported. State-affiliated media announced the creation of the General Commercial...

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The World Briefly

January 10, 2023

A Little Knowledge…

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The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools, a move that underscores the normalization of relations between the Gulf country and Israel, the Associated Press reported. The UAE embassy in the United States confirmed the changes...

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The World Briefly

November 17, 2022

Keeping Friends Close

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The United Arab Emirates, a close ally of the United States, has been engaged in extensive efforts to influence US policy, according to a new classified intelligence report, The Hill reported. According to the report, the Gulf nation used legal and illegal measures to try to...

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The World Briefly

June 01, 2022

A New Bromance

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a free-trade agreement Tuesday, a landmark deal that will boost business ties and comes less than two years after both nations normalized relations in a US-brokered deal, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agreement will cover 96 percent of...

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The World Briefly

March 21, 2022

Back In The Fold

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Syrian President Bashar Assad visited the United Arab Emirates over the weekend in the first trip to an Arab country since the start of Syria’s civil war a decade ago, Bloomberg reported. Assad met with de facto UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and...

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The World Briefly

March 07, 2022

Shades of Gray

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A global anti-money laundering watchdog placed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on its “gray list” over concerns that the Gulf country has not taken enough steps to curb illegal financial activities, CNBC reported. The French-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that the UAE was subject...

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