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Critic’s Notebook: A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul
Having returned from the brink of financial disaster, the Hallé Orchestra in northern England is a chief custodian of its country’s repertory.
Read More »Corner Office: Marc Benioff of Salesforce: ‘Are We Not All Connected?’
A billionaire tech mogul with a spiritual side, Mr. Benioff riffs on his early days at Apple and Oracle, and what’s wrong with Facebook.
Read More »China vows fast response to US tariffs
China will respond quickly to protect itself if the US hurts its interests, Beijing says.
Read More »UAE drives discussion at annual UN Conference on rights of People of Determination
By WAMNEW YORK, Jun 15 2018 (WAM) The UAE delegation, headed by Abdullah Lootah, Director-General of the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authorities, has participated in the 11th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The UAE’s engagements focused on the empowerment of all people of determination in national development, and …
Read More »IMF: US tariffs could undermine global trade
The IMF warns the Trump administration’s trade policies risk undermining the global trade system.
Read More »Soldiers killed Afghan amputee then drank beer from his prosthetic leg
Australian troops killed an Afghan amputee and kept his prosthetic leg as a souvenir, which they took back to Perth and drank beer from, an investigation has found.
Read More »UN calls for key Yemen port to remain open as conflict rages
The UN Security Council has called for the key Yemeni port of Hodeida to be kept open following the launch of an offensive against the strategic harbour by troops in a Saudi-led coalition.
Read More »Facebook’s Head of Communications and Policy Is Leaving Company
Elliot Schrage, an architect of Facebook’s responses to recent scandals, said Thursday that he was ending a decade of service.
Read More »Civilians flee after Yemeni port pounded by air strikes
Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah for a second day yesterday, as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the port in the largest battle of a war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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