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Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at The Rib Room, Emirates Towers

The Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers is the ideal place for a date night: the cosy, elegant décor, along with dim lighting, creates an intimate atmosphere for a memorable dinner.The items that stand out on the set menu offered up during Dubai Restaurant Week are, surprisingly, not meat dishes. Though there is a char-grilled Angus hanger steak on offer, the menu is not geared toward carnivores. [...]

After Panama Papers success, ICIJ goes independent | International … – International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (blog)

It was less than a year ago that the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 other media partners began publishing the largest investigation in journalism history: The Panama Papers.Even here at ICIJ – where we’ve grown accustomed to our work sparking major impacts – we were surprised by the reaction.Citizens hit the streets in protest. Governments and corporations around the world opened at least [...]

10 of the UAE's most luxurious gyms

The UAE is coming of age in the health and fitness arena and this is particularly evident in not only the types of gyms and fitness centres that are opening, but the range of classes on offer too. No longer are fitness fans limited to the below-par gym in their apartment tower or the international chain at their nearest mall. Here’s a roundup of luxurious, unique and [...]

Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at Okku at The H Hotel

While many restaurants are sticking to a three-course set menu for Dubai Restaurant Week, Okku at The H Hotel is dishing up a bit more. The chic Asian restaurant, complete with a glowing wall of live jellyfish, is offering a starter of edamame, a duck salad, baked aubergine, spicy tuna on crispy rice, chilli miso chicken, a side of rice and two desserts. You won’t walk away [...]

Film review: Kangana Ranaut shines in the beautifully made Rangoon

RangoonDirector: Vishal BharadwajStars: Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan, Shahid KapoorFour starsNot that a Kangana Ranaut movie needs any prepublicity stunts – the leading lady’s presence guarantees a peak in interest – but her recent interview and verbal sparring with Karan Johar on Koffee with Karan ensured that even those of us only half-interested in her latest Bollywood project, Rangoon, would at least think about heading to the [...]

Panama Papers: ED widens probe, issues advisories to 137 Indians … – The Indian Express

Written by Ritu Sarin | New Delhi | Updated: February 21, 2017 4:43 pm In majority cases, responses are awaited from offshore entity owners on the purpose of setting up these companies and the nature of financial transactions. The Panama Papers probe in India has gathered pace with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) dispatching what is being described as “advisories” to over 100 people named in the global [...]

Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar

Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar, in the JW Marriott Marquis hotel, is offering a three-course set menu with regional flavours from across the country during Dubai Restaurant Week. We start with an amuse-bouche — chilled quinoa with orange pulp and bits of coriander. The pre-starter of a fried potato patty with yogurt, tamarind sauce, pomegranate and fried potatoes to garnish is delicious. It’s spicy, sweet, crunchy and [...]

Retired Green Beret Warns "There Are Destabilizing Forces At Work Here"

Submitted by Jeremiah Johnson (nom de plume of retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces) via SHTFPlan.com, As of this writing a tremendous number of things are happening in North Korea and Russia.  Although these are not events that seem momentous, they are quite profound when taken into consideration with the grand scheme: the worldwide plot to form a state of global governance.  These [...]

Seven unusual yet tasty street-food bites at Eat the World DXB in Dubai

Eat the World DXB is in full swing this weekend, with 25 international street-food traders from the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore serving up street food with vendors from the UAE (each street food trader is cleverly marked by its country’s flag). Held in Burj Park with a close-up view of the Burj Khalifa, the festival has plenty of food on offer, a host of [...]

Elderly Dubai drivers could face regular medical tests

Elderly drivers could be submitted for regular medical testing under new proposals put forward by Dubai's transport authority to improve safety on the emirate's roads. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said it has made a number of suggestions to the Ministry of Interior covering driving on the highways of Dubai. One of them would see drivers aged over 60 put through mandatory fitness tests every three [...]

Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at Mayta by Jaime Pesaque

Mayta by Jaime Pesaque, the trendy Peruvian restaurant tucked inside DIFC, is putting its best food forward during Dubai Restaurant Week. The three-course menu includes salmon ceviche, a choice of mariscos or lomo saltado, and tres leches for dessert. The thin slices of salmon in the ceviche are combined with ginger, soy sauce, crispy wontons, black and white sesame seeds, scallions and peanuts, which add a textural [...]

While tech giants hire, startups fret — Has Brexit Britain become La La Land?

If you’ve read the latest headlines about Britain’s tech industry, you’d think the country hadn’t be rocked by the greatest political and economic uncertainty since the Second World War. Not only are UK startups raising record amounts of funding year on year, but tech giants like Amazon are investing and doubling down on the UK economy, as if the mood music was taken straight from a dance scene [...]

Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at Al Nafoorah, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

Al Nafoorah in Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray offers an ambience that is at once cosy and friendly, with the staff coming by often for a laugh and a chat. While most menus during Dubai Restaurant Week offer a set three-course meal, you’ll get additional hot and cold mezze at Al Nafoorah. I zeroed in on the hummus and zaatar kuboos, while my dining partner chose the healthier [...]

Oman's Muriya expands beach resort with 84 more rooms

Oman developer Muriya has announced the expansion of its Salalah Beach resort, with the addition of 84 extra keys. The additional rooms have been added to the Fanar Hotel & Residences, taking the total number of rooms at the Salalah Beach development to close to 800, the company said in a statement. The company said the expansion is part of its plans to transform Salalah into the [...]

Google Cracks Old Crypto Algorithm, SHA-1 Now Unsafe: Why You Should Panic

Google has announced that it has cracked the Secured Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) cryptographic function, marking a milestone that spells both danger and opportunity for the computing world. The unprecedented feat was achieved through the real-world collision attack on the cryptographic algorithm, which led to the production of two PDF files that contain similar SHA-1 signature. What Is SHA-1? As a mathematical algorithm, the SHA-1 is capable [...]

Dubai Restaurant Week: what you'll get at Social by Heinz Beck

If you’ve been to Social by Heinz Beck at Waldorf Astoria Palm Jumeirah, then you’ll understand the value of the offer during Dubai Restaurant Week of a three-course meal here for Dh199. Beck, who’s at the helm of La Pergola — the only three Michelin-starred restaurant in Rome — has put his name and his signature dishes on Social’s menu in Dubai and it’s well worth a [...]

UAE hotels see revenue, room rate declines in January

Hotels in the UAE saw revenue and room rates drop during January but occupancy levels were boosted by strong performance in the smaller emirates of Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah, according to latest data from analysts STR. Average daily rates (ADR) across the UAE hospitality market fell by 8 percent last month to AED711.80 while revenue per available room (RevPAR) decreased by 7.5 percent to AED577.09, [...]

Panama Papers scandal: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to learn his political fate soon – Firstpost

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would soon know his political fate with the SupremeCourt on Thursday saying that it would come out with a detailed judgement in the high-profile Panama Papers case.File image of Nawaz Sharif. ReutersThe apex court, which completed hearing the case on Thursday, reserved its verdict to a later date. The case pertains to investments allegedly made by Sharif and members of his family in Mossack Fonseca,an offshore [...]

At a ‘Defense’ Expo, an Antiseptic World of Weaponry

There was so much weaponry inside that visitors got searched not just on the way in, but also on the way out. Continue reading the main story The exhibition served to promote Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, which has distinguished itself as a regional hub for international business at a time when wars and uprisings have upended other Arab states.It also provided a [...]

When test-driving a new car, take the technology for a spin

In this May 26, 2015 file photo, an iPhone is connected to a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu equipped with Apple CarPlay apps, displayed on the car's MyLink screen, top, during a demonstration in Detroit. The rapidly evolving in-car infotainment and navigation systems can be bewildering for all but the most tech-savvy car buyers. The average vehicle on U.S. roads is 11 years old; that means many people last [...]

Netflix March 2017: The Complete List Of Movies And TV Series Being Added And Leaving Instant Streaming

Viewers who love to binge series like Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are about to get introduced a yet another superhero on Netflix. Netflix announced its lineup of new titles coming to the platform in March, with plans to release even more new original content along with viewers favorite titles. This includes the anticipated series based in the Marvel Universe, Iron Fist based on the comic [...]

People can't, can't, can't believe how much some are paying for Justin Bieber's concert tickets

Image: Bednarczyk/Epa/REX/ShutterstockBy Sohini Mitter2017-02-23 08:56:35 UTC We told you that Justin Bieber is performing in India for the first time.  Understandably, there's a lot of excitement, especially in millennials who can't have enough of the 23-year-old pop sensation.   But now there's a problem as we discovered once the tickets went on sale. Firstly, there's a queue. Even if you wait, you are never sure that you're [...]

Film review: Hidden Figures takes liberties with real life facts

Rob GarrattHidden FiguresDirector: Theodore MelfiStars: Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten DunstThree starsHidden Figures is engaging, entertaining and enlightening – but by playing fast and loose with historical fact, it risks blunting some of the story’s eye-opening emotional force. This Oscar-nominated feel-good ensemble drama is already the highest-grossing film fronted by African-American actresses, with an international haul of US$155million (Dh569 million) to date. [...]

Exhibition dedicated to the history of Emirates Post pushes the envelope

The first exhibition to be hosted at Dubai’s Etihad Museum will feature the country’s postal history from 1909 until its unification. Organisers pledge that it will be a virtual tour back in time, as each stamp marks a key event.Visitors under the age of 15 have a lot of questions about the first item at an exhibition dedicated to the history of Emirates Post.Although it is iconic [...]