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Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines on Tuesday signed an agreement for a strategic operational partnership in air cargo transportation. The deal, the first of its kind in the air cargo industry between a mainline airline and a specialised freighter operator, will allow cooperation between two carriers with complementary strengths and shared values for customer service excellence, they said in a joint statement. Under the terms of the […]

The question might not just be how, but why? Why would you even attempt to adapt a graphic novel about robots in love into a puppet-show/real-time movie, soundtracked by a live string quartet and turntables? In Kid Koala’s case, the answer could perhaps be summed up as happenstance, circumstance and a smidgen of blind ambition. The genesis of Nufonia Must Fall – the multidisciplinary performance, which will […]

A UN forum held in Riyadh last week amounted to a “slap in the face” for Saudis jailed in a country which does not allow independent NGOs, a rights group said Monday. Adam Coogle, Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW), was commenting on a two-day UNESCO NGO Forum staged in the Saudi capital. “To host a prestigious NGO event in Saudi Arabia is a slap […]

ABU DHABI // Bollywood spectaculars, live stage shows featuring popular children’s cartoon characters and crowd-pleasing stand-up comedians are all part of the line-up for Abu Dhabi Summer Season 2017. Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority has teamed up with UAE event organisers to bring international ticketed and free events and activities to multiple venues across the emirate from July 20 to August 20, said Mubarak Hamad Al […]

Mouthwatering images of toast smeared with rainbow-hued cream cheese, topped with picturesque sprinkles, fresh flowers and star-shaped strawberries, are what you might find if you search Instagram for “mermaid toast”, the latest pretty-food trend to hit the web. Pretty food – it’s a thing. You may be surprised to learn that food bloggers put just as much, if not more, effort into their food posts as fashion […]

Feathery clouds hang above a stretch of aquamarine water, bordered by a hilly island landscape speckled with pastel-coloured houses. There’s a cruise ship, some yachts, a couple of chase boats and some sailboats – but not the typical kind, with soft fabric sails fluttering in the wind. These are professional racing sailboats, with statuesque sails that sport the logos of luxury brands. They are riding the waves […]

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s most-wanted member of the Islamic State militant group has been killed in Syria, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said on Monday, citing intelligence information. Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, 26, who was on a U.S. list of global militants, was the alleged mastermind behind a grenade attack on a Kuala Lumpur bar last June which injured eight people. It was the first and so far […]

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ABU DHABI // Doctors hope that Eman El Aty will be able to sit upright in a chair within two months – the first time she has been able to move out of her bed in 12 years. The Egyptian, who weighed 500 kilograms in February this year, is being treated at VPS Burjeel Hospital after being flown from a hospital in India last week on a […]

  It’s 6pm. You’ve just finished work. You’re exhausted, hungry and probably even sleepy. Hitting the gym is the last thing on your mind, but you’ve got an expanding waistline and hips that don’t fit in your jeans anymore. How do you get yourself to exercise? Fitness Director at Olympic-standard training center Embody Fitness in Dubai, Rob Richards, has several tricks up his sleeve. He shares motivational […]

Two Emiratis who went to treat the suffering in conflict zones are fine examples of the spirit needed to win the Abu Dhabi Award. ABU DHABI // Dr Ayesha Al Memari and Dr Aysha Al Dhaheri imagined a life walking the wards of a modern hospital when they embarked on their careers. But when the call came, they left their duties to go on missions they now […]

“Firstly, you have permission to parent. You had a child – no one else needs to give you any more qualifications.” When it comes to fostering healthier habits, parenting coach, author and speaker Andalene Salvesen, aka “Super Granny”, does not mince her words, making it clear that parents need to show their children who is boss. “One of the biggest issues I see is that parents don’t […]

Live Feed from France 24: After an extraordinary election campaign full of twists and turns, Emmanuel Macron won dramatic victory over Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, taking 65% of the vote, with Le Pen collecting roughly 35%, according to early estimate from four separate French pollsters. Macron, 39, will become the youngest president of France’s Fifth Republic. As BBG notes, the firms sampled real […]

The USDA recalls more than 5,600 lbs of meat produced in Pennsylvania after authorities tested it positive for E.Coli. Affected states include Illinois, New York, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.  ( Pixabay ) Another distributor of pre-packaged fresh food item issues a recall due to possible contamination in its products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a Class I recall — a health hazard that could cause […]

If you travel a lot and you need to listen to livestreams, webinars and podcasts — and, of course, music — on the go, then noise-reducing or noise-isolating headphones are a boon. Noise-reducing headphones use white noise and other tricks to mask the background noise, while noise-isolating headphones are earbuds that fit so snugly into your years that the background noise doesn’t get in. That also has […]

Government agencies want their own backdoor into communications. Image: iStockphoto More details of how the UK’s new surveillance law will operate have been revealed, in details about the use of encryption. Under draft regulations to support the new Investigatory Powers Act, the government will be able to issue ‘technical capability notices’ to companies with more than 10,000 UK users to make it easier for police, spy agencies […]

Islamabad: The three-member bench of the Supreme Court overseeing the implementation of the apex court’s verdict in the Panama papers case on Friday named the five members who will probe Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family business dealings abroad. File image of Nawaz Sharif. AP The officials included in the inquiry team are Brigadier Nauman Saeed from the Inter-Services Intelligence, Aamer Aziz from the State Bank […]

Justin Bieber’s concert in India on May 10 will not only be remembered for being the first time the Canadian pop star performs in the country but for a tour rider that reportedly has demands for a Rolls Royce throughout his stay, a ping pong table, playstation and sofa set flown in for him and a redesign of his suite to incorporate Mogul paintings, antique furniture and […]

Saudi women no longer need a man’s consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on Friday, but activists said the royal order does not go far enough. Saudi Arabia has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women, and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive. Under the guardianship system a male family member, normally the father, husband or brother, must […]

Earlier in the week we shared Pierre Andurand’s hedge fund note blame-casting his fund’s dismal drawdowns on “CTA flows eclipsing the gradual improvement in fundamentals.” The market sell-off is missing the larger picture, he proclaims. “Market participants remain extremely focused on micro developments like US crude inventories while the big picture has been telling us a different supply story for quite some time,” he wrote. “In fact, […]

Image: Sarah Tew/CNET After three years of hard work and very little in the way of system maintenance, my MacBook Pro was starting to feel tired. But all it took to bring a spring back into its step was 20 minutes and MacPaw’s CleanMyMac 3. Must read: iPhone 8: Here’s what we think we know about Apple’s 10th-anniversary iPhone I’m normally wary of “system cleanup utilities” because, […]

Iceland says its geothermal power station at Reykjanes can produce clean energy independent from fossil fuels by generating electricity from the heat stored inside the earth It’s named after a Nordic god and drills deep into the heart of a volcano: “Thor” is a rig that symbolises Iceland’s leading-edge efforts to produce powerful clean energy. If successful, the experimental project could produce up to 10 times more […]

DUBAI // Almost 1,000 animals at Dubai Zoo will be relocated to the new Dubai Safari Park, which 4,000 creatures will call home when it opens. The 119-hectare park is tentatively due to open in late 2017 in Al Warqa 5. It will replace Dubai Zoo and offer animals a better quality of life. Timothy Husband, the park’s technical director, said that some of the animals will […]

Not what you want to see at the start a long work day or business trip! Picture this: You’re leaving your home or office in 20 minutes and your smartphone’s battery is almost dead. How do you get the maximum amount of charge into the device in the shortest amount of time? Here’s the best method I’ve found, and it works well for iPhone and Android smartphones, […]

Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, In Part One of this article I detailed how propaganda has been utilized by the Deep State for decades to control the minds of the masses and allow those in control to reap the benefits of never ending war. In Part Two I will discuss recent events, false flags, and propaganda campaigns utilized by the Deep State to […]

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