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My Kind of Place: Tavira, Portugal

Why Tavira?At the eastern end of southern Portugal’s perma-sunny Algarve region, Tavira has none of the brashness and concrete overdose that afflicts many of the resort towns in the centre. With a proud heritage dating back through Islamic Al-Andalus, the Roman era and Phoenician traders, Tavira has an authenticity that lends historical weight to its good looks.And boy does it have good looks. Built on either side [...]

50 Million Americans Brace For "Crippling Blizzard" In Northeast

A major Nor'easter threatens to shut down travel due to heavy snow and strong winds from Washington, D.C., to New York City and Boston early this week, as weather forecasters on Sunday put the U.S. East Coast on a blizzard watch, warning some 50 million people of potential snowfall from 12 to 18 inches, coupled with wind blasts in some areas from Monday night into Wednesday. New [...]

For Children Caught in Syria’s War, 2016 Was Worst Year Yet, U.N. Says

Photo Babies are carried away away from destroyed buildings following an air strike in Aleppo, Syria, in 2016. Credit Ameer Alhalbi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Children suffered a “drastic escalation” in violence from the Syrian civil war in 2016, the United Nations said Sunday in a report that showed child deaths jumped at least 20 percent from the year before and recruitment of child combatants more than [...]

Turkey’s Relations With Europe Sink Amid Quarrel With Netherlands

The anti-Dutch remarks from Turkey inflamed tensions among the Turkish community in the Netherlands, who protested in Rotterdam until the early hours of Sunday, when they were dispersed by police officers wielding batons and water cannons. The police arrested 12 people, and seven were injured, including a policeman, whose hand was broken. Continue reading the main story Though Turkish law technically bars the practice, Turkish ministers are [...]

Natural solution: Saudi's renewed plans meet growing energy demands

When it comes to renewable energy in Saudi Arabia, there still remains more than a hint of scepticism. Multi-billion dollar plans have come and gone and the kingdom has made little progress developing renewable energy capabilities to harness its advantageous climatic conditions. In 2010, the King Abdullah Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-Care) was established to develop the country’s renewable and nuclear capabilities, as the country [...]

Why Saudi Arabia, China and Islamic State are courting the Maldives – South China Morning Post

Saudi King Salman’s stop in the Maldives on his month-long tour of Asia brings into focus how this tiny archipelago – best known for high-end tourism and an existential battle against climate change – has emerged as a key player in a regional struggle for influence. Both Riyadh and Beijing are currying favour with the strategically located 820km-long chain of Indian Ocean atolls, in efforts analysts believe [...]

The Strategic Triangle That Is Changing The World

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, While the world continues to decipher, or digest, the new Trump presidency, important changes are afoot within the grand strategic triangle that lies between Russia, Iran and China Away from the current chaos in the United States, major developments are progressing, with Iran, Russia and China coordinating on a series of significant moves crucial for the future of [...]

Botox injections can ease pain of migraines, UAE doctors say

DUBAI // It’s usually thought of as a cosmetic treatment that can make people look younger. But now Botox injections are being used to relieve the misery of migraine sufferers.Those with chronic neurological conditions, neck pain, muscle cramps, twitching eyelids or even excessive sweating could benefit from injections.Doctors at the German Neuroscience Centre have used Botox on patients who may have developed a resistance to conventional medication [...]

When This All Blows Up…

This report marks the end of a series of three big trains of thought. The first explained how we’re living through the Mother Of All Financial Bubbles. The next detailed the Great Wealth Transfer that is now underway, siphoning our wealth into the pockets of an elite few. This concluding report predicts how these deleterious and unsustainable trends will inevitably ‘resolve’ (which is a pleasant way of [...]

UAE retailers urged to offer more rewards as competition intensifies

Retailers in the UAE need to offer more rewards and offer a personal service to customers to thrive in a marketplace where competition is becoming more intense, according to a new report. New research from ICLP said that despite efforts to engage millennials, retail brands in the UAE are still failing to truly understand this customer base, with only 4 percent of UAE consumers feeling devoted to [...]

Barev dzez! You are listening to Radio MENQ. The voice of the visually impaired of Armenia.

Beyond the Net Journal: Armenia Chapter #3 Episode When Armenia declared independence in 1991, the Internet access finally became available, allowing people to be part of the world again. The creation of an Internet Availability Center in 2012 (funded by Internet Society’s grant) at the Culture House for the Blind in Yerevan, triggered creative ideas among active members of the center. They came to conclusion that an [...]

Ajman university students design smart bed for disabled

AJMAN // Four electrical engineering students have designed a one-of-a-kind smart bed for disabled people.The students at Ajman University of Science and Technology saw the problems paralysed people face and came up with the smart bed idea and decided to use it as their senior project. They combined four essentials that paralysed patients need into one bed: a manual and auto controller used to flip the patient [...]

'Each and every song of mine is special to me and has the appropriate place to be performed', says singer Mohamed Abdo

The Abu Dhabi Festival’s main programme kicks off with arguably the most-important singer from the region.Tickets to Mohamed Abdo’s long-awaited concert on Tuesday evening at Emirates Palace have been sold out for a while now. Popularly known as "Fanan Al Arab" or "Artist of the Arabs" (a title he was given in the 1980s during a concert in Tunis by then president Al Habib Bou Rakiba), the [...]

Preppers Stuck In Cities: Elite Chartering "Getaway Boats In Case Of Manhattan Emergency"

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, There is an inherent dilemma for most of the people living in cities. Even those who are aware of the extremely fragile fabric of society are often stuck living urban lives. Perhaps they plan to retire to a country abode, or construct a hideaway to escape to if the need ever arises, but for now, they are stuck in the city [...]

Your brain is unique – here's how it could be used as the ultimate security password

Think to log in, please. Credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock Biometrics – technology that can recognise individuals based on physical and behavioural traits such as their faces, voices or fingerprints – are becoming increasingly important to combat financial fraud and security threats. This is because traditional approaches, such as those based on PIN numbers or passwords, are proving too easily compromised. For example, Barclays has introduced TouchID, whereby customers [...]

Disney Launches ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Content Across Its Apps, Standalone Mobile Game Coming This Summer

It's a tale as old as time, and now the story of Belle and the Beast can be explored in some of Disney's popular mobile games. In celebration of the upcoming theatrical release of the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, Disney announced that it is adding brand-new content related to the classic film across its library of apps. The new Beauty and the Beast-themed content [...]

The Saturday Profile: Reporting From Syria, an American With a Point of View and a Message

The report from January was one of hundreds that Mr. Abdul Kareem has made inside Syria in recent years, building his reputation as a unique voice covering the war from rebel-held areas that other Western journalists have fled for fear of kidnapping and beheading by jihadists. Continue reading the main story Along the way, Mr. Abdul Kareem has interviewed foreign fighters from Britain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere [...]

Middle East's digital makeup: Here are seven key findings on region's tech trends

Turkey saw just four percent growth in its internet population, but that means two million more people are online. Image: Getty Images "Digital is growing faster in the Middle East than anywhere else in the world," Simon Kemp, founder of Kepios, tells ZDNet. Kemp, a marketing strategist based in Singapore, is the author of six annual studies charting the trends in mobile, the internet, and social media [...]

Erdogan Gives Germany A Public Slap Across The Face

Via Dmitriy Sedov of The Strategic Culture Foundation, The things European politicians have had to listen to from Recep Tayyip Erdo?an! Over the 14 years of his administration, this charismatic Turkish leader has managed to tally up a long list of the sins committed by the European Union and has often promised to make the EU pay a price for each of them. European politicians have not [...]

UAE Portrait of a Nation: A champion of dry agriculture

DUBAI // The Middle East needs more people like Dr Ismahane Elouafi. In fact, much of the world does.An expert in food and water security, she has a crucial role to play at a time when farmers across the region are increasingly struggling to grow crops in what is clearly a harsh climate.But the director general of the Dubai-based International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture relishes a challenge.Growing [...]

10 things to do today: Watch Badrinath Ki Dulhania, attend Celebrating the Seasons in Al Ain and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 10, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Aarti Jhurani rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] NationwideNew filmBadrinath Ki Dulhania is the story [...]

What The Hell Is Going On? – Part 3

Via Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog, In Part One and Part Two of this article I revealed how the Deep State’s fake data and fake news propaganda machine can be overcome by opening your eyes, observing reality, understanding how Fed created inflation has destroyed our lives, and why the election of Trump was the initial deplorable pushback to Deep State evil. “The notion that a [...]

Google Cloud Platform Committed Use Discounts trump AWS Reserved Instances for now

Google Cloud Platform may not be the only cloud provider in an enterprise, but it's willing to offer discounts to make sure it gets its share. (Image: Google Cloud/YouTube)Google Cloud Platform rolled out Committed Use Discounts, which are designed to pass along savings to enterprises for a one- or three-year purchase commitment to Google Compute Engine. Special Feature Cloud Computing: Moving to IaaS Infrastructure as a Service [...]