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‘Finest’ evacuation sees more than 6,seven-hundred other folks stride away Ghouta

At least 6,750 people have been evacuated from towns in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, marking the largest evacuation to date, according to state media. A convoy of 100 buses departed on Tuesday morning from the Irbin corridor towards rebel-held Idlib province in the north, state news agency Sana reported. In previous evacuations about 6,000 people have already…

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Qatar denies recent UAE accusations of airspace violations

Qatar has denied accusations of intercepting two of the United Arab Emirates’ passenger flights, the third such incident over airspace since the blockade on Doha began last summer. The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday that two Qatari fighter jets had « dangerously approached » two UAE-registered commercial aircrafts while flying over Bahraini airspace, and…

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Foxconn buys peripheral maker Belkin for $866M

Foxconn, best known for manufacturing practically everything in the world, has just announced the purchase of Belkin, the PC peripherals company, for $866 million in cash. That certainly makes it one of the larger consumer electronics acquisitions in recent memory. You probably know Belkin for its various lines of accessories, peripherals, and assorted consumer electronics;…

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How Alibaba and Tencent turned Asia’s most spirited dealmakers

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Are we witnessing a ‘fresh hotfoot for Africa’?

The world’s most powerful nations are once again competing for the control of the abundant natural resources of the African continent. Some analysts describe this phenomenon as a « new scramble for Africa » in reference to the first « scramble for Africa », which took place between 1881 and 1914 and resulted in powerful European nations dividing, occupying and colonising…