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Forces ICANN to move meeting again — Donald Trump

Forces ICANN to move meeting again — Donald Trump

U.S. President’s war means meeting will be relocated once again.

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Donald Trump’s war in Iran has forced ICANN to change meeting locations away from Oman for the second year in a row.

The organization disclosed that the October Annual General Meeting will take place in Bali, Indonesia.

It’s a rather difficult place to get to. From L.A., it takes regarding 24 hours. London is a 16-hour trip. Even flying from Muscat, Oman, to Bali takes at least 12 hours and a stopover.

But ICANN wanted to keep the meeting in the Asia-Pacific region, and finding a facility that can host the conference on such short notice is probably challenging. (Last year’s meeting was moved to Dublin.)

Of course, if the fighting in the Middle East isn’t resolved by October, it’s possible there won’t be enough jet fuel to get to the conference, anyway.

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