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How the Gulf’s rulers want to harness the power of science

Bayt al-Hikma, or the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, emerged in the ninth century—even before the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, widely considered the first academy of sciences. In Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince, has launched a revamped strategy for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the kingdom’s science hub, which is modelled on Western …

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Syria's new Islamist rulers urge US to lift sanctions during visit to Doha

Hindustan Times

By Nayera Abdallah, Menna AlaaElDin and Andrew Mills Syria's new Islamist rulers urge US to lift sanctions during visit to Doha DOHA -Syria's new Islamist rulers said on Sunday that U.S. sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country's rapid recovery and urged Washington to lift them during a visit by Syrian officials to Qatar. "These sanctions constitute …

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Rare video of Dubai ruler’s wife released as Sheikh Mohammed celebrates accession day: ‘You’re the most beautiful thing'

Hindustan Times

In a touching gesture, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, has dedicated his 19th Accession Day to his wife, Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum. Calling her “the most beautiful thing” in his life, Sheikh Mohammed described her as his “greatest supporter” and “the soul of Dubai.” Mohammed bin Rashid celebrated Accession Day by launching the 'Thank You …

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Myanmar’s military rulers enact cybersecurity law with wide-ranging censorship provisions

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Military-ruled Myanmar, already notorious for cracking down on free speech, has enacted a new cybersecurity law with wide-ranging controls on the flow of information, according to a text of the measure published Friday in state-run newspapers. The new law, which came into effect on Wednesday, has extensive provisions mainly targeting means of communications and providers of services such …

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French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers

Al Jazeera

Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’. The French and German foreign ministers have met Syria’s new de facto rulers in Damascus, marking the first trip by top European officials to the country since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad last month. “A political solution must be reached with …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Syria FM in Saudi Arabia on maiden trip as new rulers reset regional ties

Al Jazeera

Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Riyadh in his first overseas visit since the removal of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Syria’s top diplomat says he hopes to open a “new, bright page” with Saudi Arabia upon arriving in the kingdom, the first foreign visit for Syria’s new rulers. “I have just arrived in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, accompanied by …

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DC Edit | India needs harmony most in New Year

Deccan Chronicle

As the world leaves behind a parlous 2024 there is no end in sight yet of two major wars in Ukraine and around the Gaza Strip and civil wars are raging in Somalia, Haiti, Myanmar and many other countries, besides an uprising in Bangladesh, with no sign of the issues being resolved. Making 2024 such a tumultuous year beyond the …

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Gabon’s Junta Gets Direct Access to $620 Million Timber Industry

Live Mint

-- The junta in Gabon, the world’s second-most forested nation, has taken full control of the nation’s timber company, giving it direct access to a $620 million industry. The military rulers took over control of the Société Nationale des Bois du Gabon from the Gabon Special Economic Zone, which is managed by Dubai-based Arise IIP and the African nation’s government. …

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1 week, 5 days ago

China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers

Live Mint

FOR DECADES China has put foreign capital to work. China’s firms have so far resisted hiring local workers, buying from local suppliers or sharing technology, leading recipient countries in Asia and Europe to press for more tech transfer. Tariffs introduced by Donald Trump during his first term as president encouraged Chinese firms to move production in order to change their …

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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women

Al Jazeera

Ministry of Economy warns that any NGO that does not comply will have its activities suspended and its licence revoked. The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations employing women in Afghanistan. The directive came two years after the government told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they did not adhere …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

British rulers distorted India’s history: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

India TV News

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said the British rulers of India distorted the country’s history to propagate the message that the local populace was unfit to govern by themselves. “In 1857, the British rulers of India realised that despite innumerable castes, sects, languages, geographical disparities and Indians fighting among themselves, they stay united till they evict foreign invaders from the …

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King of pilgrimage sites: How Chinese scholar described Prayagraj 1,400 years ago

India Today

Prayagraj, which will be hosting the Maha Kumbh, has been a favoured destination for people from China for nearly 1,400 years, as mentioned by famous Chinese traveller Xuanzang in his writings. Xuanzang, also known as Hiuen Tsang, who spent 16 years studying various parts of India, had visited Prayagraj, the statement said. In his book 'Si-Yu-Ki', Xuanzang wrote about the …

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Travis Head calls BCCI rulers, ICC second in a cheeky one word game

Deccan Chronicle

In a cheeky game, Australian players including Steve Smith and Travis Head were made to describe the International Cricket Council, Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Indian team in one word. 🤭 Describe the BCCI, the ICC and Indian cricket in one word. pic.twitter.com/AxJZJT15P8 Seven Aussie players including skipper Pat Cummins, vice captain Head, Steave Smith, Nathan …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Syria's new rulers name Asaad al-Shibani as Foreign Minister amid push for international relations

The Hindu

Syria's new rulers have appointed a Foreign Minister, the official Syrian news agency said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. Syria's de facto ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has actively engaged with foreign delegations since assuming power, including hosting the U.N.'s Syria envoy and senior U.S. diplomats. The United States, other Western …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations

Hindustan Times

- Syria's new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations The ruling General Command named Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as foreign minister, SANA said. Syria's de facto ruler, Ahmed …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

US diplomats arrive in Damascus to meet Syrian rulers days after Assad's ouster

India Today

Top diplomats from the Biden administration are in Damascus on Friday to meet new Syrian authorities led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a State Department spokesperson said, the first in-person and official meeting between Washington and Syria's de-facto new rulers. The State Department's top Middle East diplomat Barbara Leaf, Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and newly appointed Senior Advisor …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world

Raw Story

Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade. After meeting Syria's new leaders, the United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday he was "encouraged", and that there was a "basis for ambitious …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’

Live Mint

A man who was recently freed by the rebels from a Damascus jai lwas reportedly a former intelligence officer of the ousted Syrian regime The man was found while the news outlet was looking for missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice. He said he was being held in a jail that had been run by the Syrian air force’s intelligence services …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

With Assad gone, Russia withdraws from Syrian military bases & changes tone for new rulers

Firstpost

Satellite imagery and videos from the ground appear to show that Russia is thinning its military presence in two military bases in western Syria and withdrawing personnel and equipment from the rest of the country This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on Friday shows an Antonov An-124 heavy transport aircraft preparing to load equipment at Khmeimim airbase in …

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HT This Day: December 17, 1947 -- Orissa and Chhattisgarh rulers sign merger agreement

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: What Dalhousie failed to achieve and what the Political Department did not feel strong enough to do in spite of the recommendations of the Attlee Committee of the Simon Commission, Sardar Patel has achieved during his two-day visit to Cuttack and Nagpur. In addition to the “B” and “C” Class Orissa States which signed on Sunday night the …

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Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

CNN

CNN — Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s already seeing some success. On Sunday, he secured a meeting in Damascus with Geir Otto Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, who said the international community will “hopefully see a quick end to …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq

Al Jazeera

In these first days of what is being hailed as a “new era” in Syria, the authorities now controlling Damascus are sending mixed signals. The path they eventually choose to follow will determine whether the mistakes and miscalculations that devastated not only al-Assad’s Syria but also Iraq and Lebanon will be repeated here in this “new era”. This appointment, made …

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Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

CNN

CNN — Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s already seeing some success. On Sunday, he secured a meeting in Damascus with Geir Otto Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, who said the international community will “hopefully see a quick end to …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Turkey says Syria's new rebel rulers agreed to dismantle Kurdish forces

Hindustan Times

Turkey said Syria’s new rebel government agrees with Ankara on the need to dismantle Kurdish military forces — a critical US ally in the northern region of Syria — as countries rush to shape the future of the region after the downfall of the Assad regime. “It is out of the question for the Syrian people, or the new administration, …

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How the Gulf’s rulers want to harness the power of science

Syria's new Islamist rulers urge US to lift sanctions during visit to Doha

Rare video of Dubai ruler’s wife released as Sheikh Mohammed celebrates accession day: ‘You’re the most beautiful thing'

Myanmar’s military rulers enact cybersecurity law with wide-ranging censorship provisions

French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers

Syria FM in Saudi Arabia on maiden trip as new rulers reset regional ties

DC Edit | India needs harmony most in New Year

Gabon’s Junta Gets Direct Access to $620 Million Timber Industry

China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women

British rulers distorted India’s history: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

King of pilgrimage sites: How Chinese scholar described Prayagraj 1,400 years ago

Travis Head calls BCCI rulers, ICC second in a cheeky one word game

Syria's new rulers name Asaad al-Shibani as Foreign Minister amid push for international relations

Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations

US diplomats arrive in Damascus to meet Syrian rulers days after Assad's ouster

Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world

Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’

With Assad gone, Russia withdraws from Syrian military bases & changes tone for new rulers

HT This Day: December 17, 1947 -- Orissa and Chhattisgarh rulers sign merger agreement

Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq

Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

Turkey says Syria's new rebel rulers agreed to dismantle Kurdish forces