The California leaders going (and not going) to Dubai for COP28

A group of California lawmakers and members of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Tuesday made their way to Dubai for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 28. Despite his climate-focused trip to China in October and participation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting earlier this month,

UAE and The Telegraph: putting press freedom up for sale?

RedBird IMI is close to sealing a deal to take control of Telegraph Media Group, which owns The Telegraph newspapers and The Spectator magazine, in exchange for the repayment of £1.15 billion owed by the Barclay family, the long-standing owners of The Telegraph, to Lloyds Banking Group.

UAE university joins China’s moon project after initial bid by Arab nation killed by US sanctions

A UAE university has joined China’s International Lunar Research Station, a project which aims to build a base at the moon’s south pole It comes as the race to return to the moon heats up between China’s lunar mission and the US-led Artemis Accords A national university in the United Arab Emirates has become China’s latest partner in the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) project,