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Spotlight | UAE
UAE's parastatal mining fund IRH goes on hiring spree to compete with China in strategic minerals

Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser.
Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser. © Rashed Al Mansoori/UAE Presidential Court/Handout via Reuters

Through IHC's mining subsidiary, Abu Dhabi's national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed is assembling a team of trading and geology experts to conquer the metals sector, part of a race to secure the raw materials required for the transition to clean energy.

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Spy Way of Life | France
Chez Françoise serves traditional French cuisine to spies, politicians and diplomats

The Chez Françoise restaurant in Paris.
The Chez Françoise restaurant in Paris. © Chez Françoise

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, on the eve of its relocation, Intelligence Online explores Chez Françoise restaurant in Paris, where politicians, military officers and diplomats have for decades discussed budgets and traded gossip.

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Russia
A former Glencore Swiss executive at the heart of a court battle over a Russian nickel mining firm

Christian Wolfensberger, chairman of the board of Molumin, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on 11 September 2018.
Christian Wolfensberger, chairman of the board of Molumin, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on 11 September 2018. © Tass/Host Photo/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The battle between the current and former owners of a large nickel deposit in the Kamchatka Peninsula may impact Swiss businessman Christian Wolfensberger, who left Glencore ten years ago with a vast fortune and is accused of being the man behind the curtain at the company managing the nickel mine.

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