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Remotely patrolling the Persian Gulf The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries namely Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman are creating and expanding a joint or multinational fleet of unmanned surface vessels (USV’s). The Persian Gulf through which the world’s major oil routes pass is 35 to 200 miles wide at
Advised to abandon Ice Skating Ambitions Credit Tennis.com Elena Andreyevna Rybakina is one of the world’s best woman tennis players. Elena Rybakina indulged in gymnastics and ice skating at an early age and was advised to opt for tennis as she was tall. Credit EUROSPORT Elena expresses her feelings of kinship with Russian and Kazakh
Sports Chauvinism and Subjugation of Gender Credit VOA News The Olympics was about male chauvinism in sports at its worst. To quote the founder of the Olympic movement French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin “female applause as reward for exaltation of male athleticism “. Subjugation of gender role was at its pinnacle and an affront
Carbon Sequestration Credit Carbon Brief There is a scientific consensus that tree and foliage coverage sequesters carbon and reduces the carbon print brought on by burning of fossil fuels. Afforestation is a climate mitigation tool. Trees can store carbon for decades if not longer. Theoretically planting one trillion trees would reduce global warming trend by
Green Hype in the Desert & Women Empowerment Despite decades of hype and hopes for a move towards green energy fossil fuels account for more then 90 % of transportation of people and goods for trade. The phenomenal growth in shale oil production in Canada and the US continue to shake Middle Eastern and OPEC
Diversification in Middle Eastern Economies It seems diversification is the name of the new game being played across the oil producers in the Middle East. The AD Ports Group of Abu Dhabi business model is integrally comprised of Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime and Ports. The UAE is a significant investor in
As reported by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Switzerland is ill-equipped to investigate or deter money laundering, according to an audit by the country's financial authorities. Switzerland's real estate sector, specifically its land registry, is highly vulnerable to proceeds of money laundering and corruption.
Series - Part I Understanding the “United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration” and the “Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards” in the context of External Trade Disputes Introduction Credit
Economic Wizard Enriches himself Riad Salameh the Central Bank of Lebanon's Chief since decades once widely acclaimed as an economic wizard now faces the ire of the public due to the worst economic crisis and prolonged depression Lebanon is going through. The economic crisis worsened as cross border trade reduced to a trickle after the
Drones in the Black Sea Credit CNN The downing of a US surveillance drone (Reaper MQ-9 class) which flew from its base in Romania to carry out its routine mission of capturing images of Russian assets and troops deployment and its falling into the Black Sea may heighten tensions in the Ukraine war zone. What
