Opinion – The Calibrated Brussels-Effect: Regulatory Power and Investment Risks
CEPA signals Brussels may adopt a calibrated approach: maintaining strict regulatory rules, but showing flexibility on governance and procedural clauses when necessary.
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal
MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bnTrump signs executive order to transfer TikTok to US ownersThe Abu Dhabi royal family is to take a stake in TikTok’s US business, as Donald T…
Wounded Gazan Children Flown to Abu Dhabi for Treatment
A recent flight to the United Arab Emirates from Israel carried 155 Palestinians in need of medical treatment, most of them children. It was the latest in a string of evacuations facilitated by the Emirates and the World Health Organization.
Dozens Killed in Missile Strike on Sudan Mosque: ‘Harrowing Beyond Description’
A doctor who spoke with The Times last week was among those killed when a missile hit a mosque on Friday as paramilitaries stepped up their brutal siege of the city of El Fasher.
Gulf leaders call on Trump to rein in Israel after Qatar emergency summit
Arab states say US should use its leverage and influence as they promise to ‘activate joint defence mechanisms’ Gulf leaders meeting at an emergency summit in Qatar have called on the Trump administration to use its leverage to rein in Israel following…
How an Emirati Royal Won the Battle for A.I. Chips
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates secured a tentative A.I. chip deal with the United States. His company also struck a $2 billion deal with President Trump’s crypto start-up. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for T…
A Times Investigation Into Trump, UAE and 2 Giant Deals: 5 Takeaways
A $2 billion crypto deal and an agreement to sell valuable chips to the United Arab Emirates were intertwined in ways that have not been previously reported.
Boris Johnson secretly lobbied UAE for billion-dollar private venture, leak suggests
Former prime minister courted senior Abu Dhabi official he had hosted in No 10 in apparent breach of rulesIn early 2024, a vape lobbyist, a Vote Leave campaigner and a Vienna banker set out to persuade the rulers of an oil-rich Gulf emirate to give the…
Targeted by the Emirates, an Arab Dissident Vanished Across Borders
After criticizing the United Arab Emirates on social media, an Egyptian activist was extradited to the Gulf country, where he has been detained without trial for months.
Photos From a Gaza Airdrop
A photographer accompanied a Jordanian aircrew as it dropped aid to Gaza, where starvation is rising.