| |OCTOBER 20269ITALY'S MELONI PASSES CALABRIA TEST AS FAR-RIGHT RIVAL LOSES GROUNDNETANYAHU VISITS ABU DHABI FOR TALKS WITH UAE PRESIDENT MOHAMEDKAKAO NAMES KIM DO-YOUNG AS CO-CHAIR AHEAD OF 2027 GROUP SPLIT PLANSItaly's ruling coalition has cleared an important by-election test in Calabria, giving Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a boost as the country moves closer to a general election expected next year.The vote was closely watched because a new far-right party led by former army general Roberto Vannacci is trying to build support on the right of Meloni's coalition.The government-backed candidate won around 53% of the vote in the Reggio Calabria constituency, while the candidate supported by Vannacci's National Future party received about 10%. The centre-left candidate won roughly 35%. The result showed that Meloni's coalition con-tinues to have a strong presence in the constit-uency, while Vannacci's party has yet to make a major electoral breakthrough. GLiIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday and met with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Israeli official told Reuters.The visit was not announced beforehand, and neither Netanyahu's office nor the UAE government immediately gave details about the meeting.The visit comes as Israel-UAE relations continue fol-lowing the establishment of diplomatic ties in 2020.It also comes at a time of continuing Middle East tensions and renewed attention on reported contacts between Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed before the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. GLiKakao Group has appointed Kakao Investment CEO Kim Do-young as co-chair of its Corporate Alignment (CA) Council, alongside Kakao Corp. CEO Chung Shin-a.The move comes as the South Korean technolo-gy group prepares to reorganize its businesses and split its operations into two separate entities.Kim and Chung will jointly oversee the CA Council, which handles major decisions across Kakao and its affiliates.The new leadership structure is expected to guide the group through the restructuring process, with Kakao aiming to complete the split in January 2027. GLi
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