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Kuwait's anti-austerity lawmakers threaten reform plans

A parliament packed with lawmakers who oppose wage cuts and taxes, and who want to keep Kuwait's sumptuous welfare state intact, is threatening the government's attempts to close a gaping budget deficit. Opposition candidates won about 24 out of 50 seats last month in a parliamentary election seen by Kuwaitis as a referendum on austerity measures aimed at dealing with the 2016/17 shortfall, forecast at 9.5 billion [...]

Wahat Al Karama memorial to open for public

ABU DHABI // The memorial site dedicated to honouring UAE’s heroes will be open to the public for the first time on Tuesday. Visitors will now be able to explore Wahat Al Karama’s more than 46,000 square metres from 9am to 7pm every day – excluding national occasions, special events and visits from official delegations.Twice a day the memorial will feature guide-accompanied tours, one at 10am and [...]

Russia Says It’ll Discuss With U.S. a Deal on Exit for Insurgents in Aleppo

Photo Destroyed buildings dominate an eastern Aleppo neighborhood as pro-government troops advanced toward the area on Monday. Credit George Ourfalian/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — With the Syrian rebel enclave of eastern Aleppo shriveling, Russia said on Monday that it would start talks with the United States this week on a deal for holdout insurgents to leave, and that any who refused would be regarded [...]

Feature: The End of the Anglo-American Order

In the United States, too, I found resistance to the idea that Brexit was a harbinger of a Trump victory. I was assured over and over by liberal friends that Trump would never be president. American voters were too sensible to fall for his hateful demagogy. Trump, I was told, was a product of peculiarly American strains of populism that flare up periodically, like the anti-immigrant nativism [...]

Dubai Airports offers unlimited, free high-speed Wi-Fi at DXB and DWC

Dubai Airports has rolled out an upgraded Wi-Fi service across both Dubai International and Dubai World Central airports that allows passengers to access unlimited free high-speed. The airports authority said the new service was launched after extensive research into passenger expectations. Dubai Airports said access to the Wi-Fi has also been made simpler with only one click required on the landing page to connect to the service. [...]

Abu Dhabi agencies design battle plan in war on childhood obesity

ABU DHABI // A panel from 12 government agencies has designed a plan of attack against childhood obesity.Measures range from promoting healthy foods and exercise to improving the health care of women before and after they become pregnant.The head of the panel, Health Authority Abu Dhabi chairman Dr Mugheer Al Khaili, presented statistics from the World Health Organisation showing that 15.1 per cent of pupils in the [...]

Bollywood Parks Dubai guide: How to blitz the glitz

newslideWant to make the most of your day at the new Bollywood Parks Dubai but not sure how? The new park, which is off Sheikh Zayed Road near Legoland Dubai has five zones packed with attractions – Bollywood Boulevard, Rustic Ravine, Royal Plaza, Mumbai Chowk and Bollywood Film Studios – plus restaurants and food carts. The choice can appear overwhelming. We have a handy guide to help [...]

These Countries Have Nearly "Eliminated Cash From Circulation"

The cashless society is catching up to all of us. As SHTFPlan.com's Mac Slavo notes, Most of Europe has shifted that way, and now India is forcing the issue. In the United States, people are being acclimated to it, and may soon find that no other option is practical in the highly-digitized online world.   Once that takes hold, the banksters, bureaucrats and hackers will have total [...]

Battle plan in war on childhood obesity

ABU DHABI // A panel from 12 government agencies has designed a plan of attack against childhood obesity.Measures range from promoting healthy foods and exercise to improving the health care of women before and after they become pregnant.The head of the panel, Health Authority Abu Dhabi chairman Dr Mugheer Al Khaili, presented statistics from the World Health Organisation showing that 15.1 per cent of pupils in the [...]

The biggest threat to artificial intelligence: Human stupidity

  Don't worry about the robots, worry about the humans. Image: iStock There's a huge difference between the modest aims of the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning being used today, and the grand ideas of creating an artificial general intelligence that could match -- and then rapidly exceed - the capabilities of a human mind As they develop, AI and machine learning will be able to [...]

Yemeni president visits Wahat Al Karama memorial

ABU DHABI // The president of Yemen visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the newly opened Wahat Al Karama memorial on Sunday. Abdrabu Mansur Hadi visited the Abu Dhabi landmarks as part of his official visit to the UAE. He visited the memorial, which was inaugurated last Wednesday for Commemoration Day, to honour killed UAE heroes and their sacrifices in defending their country. Mr Hadi toured [...]

Snowden says Petraeus shared 'far more highly classified than I ever did'

Image: CBS News Edward Snowden blasted the US justice department in an interview with Yahoo News on Sunday, saying "we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States" that allows the well connected to get off with light punishments. Snowden, a fugitive and former NSA contractor who revealed the organization's worldwide spying powers in 2013, pointed to the case of former CIA Director Gen. David [...]

High drama in story of UAE soldiers' bid for Everest glory

When you think of the UAE Army’s special forces, you might imagine specialists in desert warfare, hiding behind sand dunes in camouflage as they sneak up on the enemy while a sandstorm rages across the landscape. You probably wouldn’t think of them in minus-60°C temperatures, 2,438 metres above sea level, as they attempt to conquer the slopes of Mount Everest. But that is exactly what we see [...]

A terabyte too tight? Small businesses, beware the cloud storage ceiling

Bizarrely enough, it's difficult to determine what constitutes a "small business" in the United States. The US Small Business Administration has a table of standards [PDF] that ranges from about 250 to over a thousand employees. On the other hand, the Affordable Care Act kicks in certain requirements for businesses with over 50 employees. So, what exactly is small? When I researched my book, How To Save [...]

Can we dress ourselves fit? How your work out clothes affect your psyche

A gym membership can cost about Dh800 per month but the price of motivation to work out can cost triple that for some fitness fanatics, who feel that if they do not look the part – in the trendiest, branded activewear – they aren’t training right. What was once a niche market, targeted at serious athletes and serviced by big sports brands such as Nike and Reebok, [...]

How deep learning will transform the future of the auto industry

One of CES' major trends over the last few years has been the connected car -- the concept of adding Internet connectivity and networking to our vehicles.Stealing the spotlight this year was Nvidia, which launched the Drive PX 2 -- an in-car artificial intelligence system. PX 2 is designed for automakers exploring autonomous driving and includes 360-degree situational awareness, deep learning and the processing power of 150 [...]

10 things to do today: atttend a Yoga Dance Body Rhythm class or book Stephen Moccio tickets

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for December 4, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun.newslide Abu DhabiYoga classSign up for a Yoga Dance Body Rhythm class with Yvette Campbell at Bodytree Studio. This yoga-inspired dance class is set to the percussive rhythms and is a fun full-body workout. Campbell has [...]

Abu Dhabi's ADIB says $500m sukuk repaid in full

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has announced that it has repaid in full a $500 million Islamic bond or sukuk from its own resources. The bank said in a statement carried by news agency WAM that the repayment reflected "its strong liquidity position amid difficult market conditions". The sukuk matured on November 30. The five-year sukuk, which were listed on the London Stock Exchange, were more than [...]

Thousands create carnival atmosphere at Dubai Rugby Sevens

DUBAI // Thousands of fans from home and abroad gathered at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai yesterday to cheer on their national teams in a rugby extravaganza. Music, dance, fancy dress, friendly banter and an electric atmosphere were the order of the day for the Dubai Sevens.Spectators became an intrinsic part of the entertainment as fans dressed as sailors, nuns, Superman and more whistled and applauded as [...]

In beauty terms, one size does not fit all, says Hollywood surgeon

The latest "8-point filler" or "vampire" facelift might seem like the perfect quick fix to the drooping and wrinkling that comes with age.But when it comes to finding the right doctor to help slow the march of time, aesthetically speaking, those who offer handy marketing tools with catchy names and one-size-fits-all approaches are not the best way to go, says Dr David Alessi."Most people who do that [...]

The Orwellian War On Skepticism

Submitted by Robert Parry via Strategic-Culture.org, Under the cover of battling “fake news,” the mainstream U.S. news media and officialdom are taking aim at journalistic skepticism when it is directed at the pronouncements of the U.S. government and its allies. One might have hoped that the alarm about “fake news” would remind major U.S. news outlets, such as The Washington Post and The New York Times, about [...]

Google launches new Dubai Street View series for National Day

Google has launched a new series of Dubai’s iconic sites on Street View, a feature by Google Maps that allows users to view and navigate 360-degree imagery of major locations across the world.  As the United Arab Emirates gears to celebrate its 45th National Day on December 2, Google Maps’ one billion daily users can now explore some of Dubai’s world-renowned landmarks such as the city’s picturesque [...]

The sky's no longer the limit for unusual dining experiences

Dining in the darkEating without looking first hit the culinary scene in 1999 when a blind man in Switzerland opened Blindekuh in Zurich, the world’s first restaurant where diners ate their meals in the dark. Usually, eating is an act that involves all the senses. When you lose one of the most important ones – sight – the others are heightened, leading to an extraordinary dining ­experience. [...]

Book review: Of All That Ends by Gunter Grass – a fitting farewell from the Nobel winner

Günter Grass died last year, just months before the German publication of his final book. Of All That Ends was neither a late novel nor another overdue confession but, fittingly, a series of absorbing meditations on growing old, looking back and preparing to move on. Grass’s swansong now appears in English (superbly translated by Breon Mitchell), enabling a wider audience to marvel at a unique talent reflecting [...]