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UAE national carrier Etihad Airways and German airline Lufthansa have announced a “deep and wide” partnership that includes codesharing, catering and aircraft maintenance. Etihad’s outgoing CEO James Hogan described the deal as “the most significant non-equity partnership with an airline that we have announced”. It marks a shift away from equity investments towards operations collaborations at a time when Etihad is reviewing the equity partnerships with an […]

It’s like straight from a psychological thriller, as retired policeman Brian Thomas remembers the shocking tales he heard from victims of the Malaysian serial rapist. PETALING JAYA: A retired police officer who was tasked with investigating Malaysian serial rapist Selva Kumar Subbiah more than two decades ago has warned that he still poses a threat upon his return to Malaysia. “If he were to stay in Malaysia […]

Brooding sportswear was the inspiration behind Versace’s spring/summer 2017 menswear show. Courtesy Versace A tuxedo-sporting model was sent down the runway at the end of Versace’s spring/summer 2017 menswear collection. Courtesy Versace Oversized outdoor wear at the men’s show. Courtesy Versace A sports-inspired blouson jacket is nipped in at the waist with drawstrings. Courtesy Versace Fabric is gathered in tent-like swaths for spring/summer 2017 at Versace. Courtesy […]

This worldview borrows from the “clash of civilizations” thesis of the political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, and combines straightforward warnings about extremist violence with broad-brush critiques of Islam. It sometimes conflates terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State with largely nonviolent groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots and, at times, with the 1.7 billion Muslims around the world. In its more extreme […]

Designs have been unveiled for largest tertiary children’s hospital, the largest hospital of its kind in the world, which is to be built in Kuwait. Design firm SSH was appointed by Kuwait’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Works last year, with the project being undertaken by SSH in association with global architects HKS and engineering firm WSP. The hospital will feature a total of 792 […]

Image: Rick Rycroft/AP/REX/Shutterstock/@JohnJohnsonson By Ariel Bogle2017-02-02 06:27:02 UTC Telstra probably hoped the hashtag #TelstraOutage would be left behind in 2016. Sorry honey, no such luck. On Thursday afternoon, Australia’s largest phone network went down for some users following a fire at a Chatswood exchange, which impacted mobile and fixed services.  While the outage was genuinely disruptive, many could not resist making the joke of the day. And […]

Two men were convicted on Wednesday by the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals for joining terrorist organisations and promoting their ideologies, state news agency WAM reported. A third was convicted for illegally possessing firecrackers. The court sentenced a Comoros national, identified as AHA, to three years in prison for possessing firecrackers without obtaining a licence from the authorities and fined him AED1,000. The court also ordered that […]

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Samsung Electronics will launch Samsung Pay Mini, the company has announced, which will offer online payment services for all Android-powered smartphones. To be launched within the first quarter, the new app will also allow non-Samsung Android phones to use Samsung Pay services such as membership, lifestyle, and transportation. They will not be able to use offline payments using a reader, however, as offline payment support requires Samsung’s […]

This May 13, 2014, file photo shows a row of Google self-driving Lexus cars at a Google event outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. California regulators release safety reports filed by 11 companies that have been testing self-driving car prototypes on public roads on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. The papers report the number of times in 2016 that human backup drivers took control from […]

A law clerk from Toronto and a paralegal in Montreal commanded a prolific corporate empire of nearly 200 companies over the past 25 years — while knowing nothing about the businesses or the multimillion-dollar deals bearing their names, they say. Karen McIntyre of Toronto and Annette Laroche of the Montreal area both say they filed company tax returns without any idea if the numbers were accurate, signed […]

Saudi Arabia will invite international and domestic companies to bid for renewable energy projects in April, the energy minister said on Wednesday, adding that he expected to award the deals in September. Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, speaking at a news conference in Riyadh said the projects would include two new solar and wind power plants with a capacity to produce 700 megawatts of power. The projects are […]

According to a transcript obtained by AP of the phone call which took place on Friday morning between President Trump and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, and which was intended to patch things up between the new president and his Mexican peer a day after Pena Nieto called off his visit to the US, Trump threatened to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” […]

Forget about the flowers, cards and candy because there is nothing better to love this month than Amazon’s lineup for what to stream in February. New titles include the latest Marvel movie Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the surgeon turned superhero, as well as the thriller Desierto about a migrant who leads 13 others along the U.S.-Mexico border starring The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Both […]

As the creative director of Tumi, one of the world’s best-known luggage brands, Victor Sanz is well placed to offer packing advice. “Lay out all your clothes for your trip. And then cut that in half. That will get you closer to what you really need,” he suggests. “Also, bring plenty of power because you never know when you’ll need it,” he adds. “And stay positive. That’s […]

When a newsroom shuts down, there’s usually a series of announcements, internal memos and “I’m looking for work” tweets. Most times, it ends there. But in one Washington newspaper this week, there’s a full-page advertisement devoted to helping soon-to-be jobless journalists find work again. Here’s what it says on page five of today’s Issaquah Press: “We’re professional journalists. On Feb. 25, we’re for hire.” Below that is […]

Lufthansa believes the rapid growth phase of Gulf airlines is coming to end, which could help to ease some of the pressure in a highly competitive industry, its chief executive said on Wednesday. Speaking after signing catering and maintenance deals with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said there were signs Gulf rivals were reaching the limits of their recent growth. “I’ll leave that to the […]

The robotic ‘bio-bat’ demonstrates self-contained autonomous flight by mimicking morphological properties of flexible bat wings. Credit: Cover photo, reprinted with permission from AAAS. Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing conformations as well as more than forty active and passive joints on the wings. However, their wing flexibility and complex wing […]

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AT&T announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out so-called 5G “evolution markets” in Austin and Indianapolis this summer, as part of a broader push to upgrade its networks. This showcase markets will start out with theoretical peak speeds of 400Mbps. That’s five times faster than what AT&T currently offers in terms of wireless connectivity, AT&T CTO Andre Fuetsch noted at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. […]

By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A top adviser to President Donald Trump delivered a tough warning to Iran on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and declared “we are officially putting Iran on notice” for what he called a provocation. A statement from White House national security adviser Michael Flynn condemning the test was an example of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy that Trump has […]

Snapchat is making the platform more appealing for businesses thanks to its new feature that automatically launches any website after a user scans its unique QR code. As part of its most recent update the popular photo and video app is now allowing users to create their own custom QR codes known on the platform as Snapcodes, which will then go to their website when scanned. To […]

newslide Polish fans buy Tom Hanks iconic ‘toddler’ car Residents of a city in southern Poland have bought American Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks an iconic communist era “toddler” car after he shared a photograph of himself with the automobile on social media last year. It all started with a picture of Tom Hanks and the words which the actor posted on Twitter: “I got a new car! […]

Photo President Hassan Rouhani, left, visited a Tehran exhibition of Iran’s achievements in space technology on Wednesday. With him were the minister of communications, Mahmoud Vaezi, center, and the defense minister, Hossein Dehghan. Credit Office of the Iranian Presidency, via Associated Press TEHRAN — Iran confirmed on Wednesday that it recently conducted a missile test, but it rejected accusations from the United States that the launch had […]

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