Wanting to be part of the huge projects afoot on the Arabian-Persian Gulf, the French ministry of the economy and finance is working on plans for Bruno Le Maire to visit the region, as much as to capitalise on its close ties with the United Arab Emirates as to further French business interests in Saudi Arabia.
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Russian Patriarch Kirill and his Hungary-based right-hand man Hilarion have taken stock of their faux pas at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and are manoeuvring on various fronts to try to emerge from their religious and diplomatic isolation.
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FBI head Chris Wray needs to continue adapting the bureau to meet new internal and external threats. Paradoxically, the supposedly traditionally conservative organisation is confronted by increasingly fierce attacks from the Republican Party.
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As well as tracking down "moles" and "traitors" and making the necessary preparations for the coming months of war, Kyiv has changed its security chiefs. In this way, it has highlighted short- and medium-term priorities like the Belarusian border, Kherson and Donetsk.
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In order to have a free hand to develop its naval holdings in the country, Beijing has ensured that it has a dedicated team of businessmen in Prime Minister Hun Sen's entourage.
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With the threat of a Chinese military invasion in the air, Taiwan is building up its military defences, prompting local and international companies to mobilise their defence consultants.
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ENRC's founding trio have passed the baton to the next generation, the latest of whom, Mounissa Chodieva, has recently joined their galaxy of companies.
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The French interior ministry is taking an interest in virtual human intelligence, or HUMINT, tools, that create and manage avatars on the darkweb. It is evaluating products from Cognyte, a spin-off of the Israeli cyberintelligence market leader Verint.
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