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There’s something enchanting about doll’s houses. These miniature pieces of real estate look grand and make for great gifts, with the added advantage of allowing your child’s imagination to run wild. Here are three exquisite doll’s houses from the United Kingdom-based Dragons of Walton Street. A select range of life-size nursery and children’s bedroom furniture from Dragons is available at Nest For Kids in Abu Dhabi Mall, […]

SAHIWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that the Panama Papers case is historic as for the first time the ruling family is being held accountable in Pakistan. Imran Khan addressing a public rally in Sahiwal said that they will fully support the decision of the Supreme Court but will never accept the corruption of the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “No family […]

WASHINGTON/RIYADH Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, in a phone call on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump, agreed to support safe zones in Syria and Yemen, a White House statement said. Trump, during his presidential campaign last year, had called for Gulf states to pay for establishing safe zones to protect Syrian refugees. A statement after the phone call said the two leaders agreed on the importance of […]

President Donald Trump’s most far reaching action since taking office plunged America’s immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal US residents who were turned away at airports and feared being stranded outside the country. Immigration lawyers and advocates worked through the night trying to help stranded travellers find a way back home. Lawyers in New York sued to block the order, […]

ABU DHABI // Donald Trump’s decision to impose swingeing restrictions on travel to the US is not only an effective ban for thousands, but also leaves many in a bureaucratic limbo. For Sudanese Lubna Hakim, whose mother Maryam has permanent residency in the US, the president’s executive order is effectively a locked gate. Her mother travelled home to Sudan to visit family for an extended holiday. But […]

The continuing conflict in Syria was high on the agenda at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Three films – Cries from Syria, City of Ghosts and Last Men in Aleppo – examined different aspects of the conflict, with one of them rewarded with one of the festival’s main prizes. With diplomatic efforts to end the almost six-year war stalling, and UN estimates of the death toll […]

The president detailed his intentions during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network on Friday, saying his administration is giving priority to Christians because they had suffered “more so” than others, “so we are going to help them.” Continue reading the main story But if Mr. Trump had hoped for Christian leaders to break out in cheers, that is, for the most part, not what he has […]

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Is “mobile-first” really the key takeaway for SEO in 2017? The message for SEO in 2017 is loud and clear: Design your website in a fashion that makes mobile users the priority. If you listen closely, you can almost hear Google whisper, “Or be left behind, mwah ha ha…” Now, where you may have been focusing very little (if at all) on mobile up to this point, […]

Arabs and Iranians planning US trips have been hit by travel curbs, with many stopped from boarding flights since President Trump’s order on “extreme vetting” was signed. Here’s a look at what’s included in the new measures: Temporary suspension of visas for certain countries • The order bars the entry of foreign nationals from certain countries for 90 days. While no countries are specifically named in the […]

“It seems to me like a lot of people think we’re in a new inflationary boom,“ but, warns Gluskin-Sheffs David Rosenberg, “the answer is no… that’s just not gonna happen. It’s not like Ronald Reagan at all in that regard.” Full podcast: Submitted by Patrick Ceresna via Macrovoices.com, This time around, not only are valuations at 15-year highs but we’re entering it into the eighth year of […]

The new KDE-branded Slimbook aspires to offer hardware that runs smoothly out of the box with Ubuntu-based KDE neon. Image: KDE/Slimbook KDE community developers and Spanish brand Slimbook have teamed up to launch the 13.3-inch display KDE Slimbook, running the Ubuntu-based KDE neon operating system. The new KDE-branded Slimbook aspires to give KDE fans hardware that runs smoothly out of the box with its software, which doesn’t […]

One of the most thought-provoking installations at the current edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in southern India is by French-Indian artist Chittrovanu Mazumdar. Spread out over four rooms, the interactive artwork invites the visitor to walk through dark tunnels and wider spaces featuring tangled wires, suspended lights inside metal bowls and boxes stuffed with metal and scraps. With time the key theme, the work is intended to […]

Bahraini entrepreneur Mohamed Anwar Sheikhaldeen considers an opportunity to sell technology developed in Bahrain to Japanese clients among the major milestones achieved by EXA.iO, his Manama-based start-up which provides an affordable high-speed rendering service. Sheikhaldeen explains that EXA.iO, a cloud 3D processing service for architects, studios, interior designers and engineers to accelerate their 3D and VR processing workflows at a fraction of the cost, is the first […]

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, photo, a fake news story is positioned near ads from major global corporations on The Red Elephants website. It may not be intentional, but major corporations are helping prop up sites that publish false news stories. Experts say it’s not so easy for brands to make sure they don’t end up on websites that publish false stories. (The Red Elephants via […]

The law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co in Panama City, Panama | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Center-right MEPs want to water down rules proposed in the aftermath of last year’s Panama Papers scandal — a leak of more than 11 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca — over concerns about privacy. The proposed changes to EU anti-money laundering laws are currently bogged down in confidential discussions between MEPs […]

DUBAI // As professional cycling teams power through the streets of Dubai this week, one group of riders will carry a special message of hope for the country’s many diabetics. Team Novo Nordisk is ­making its third appearance in the ­Dubai Tour, which begins from the Marina Club on Tuesday with a 181-kilometre opening stage. The team is the world’s first all-diabetic professional cycling outfit and was […]

newslide Iranian director and crew may be banned from attending Oscars The motion picture academy says the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film The Salesman is nominated for a best foreign language Oscar, is “extremely troubling.” In a statement released over the weekend, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressed concern that Farhadi and his cast and crew may not […]

Photo Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. He said before the meeting, “Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and it is proper that not only should the American Embassy be here, but all embassies should come here.” Credit Abir Sultan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who had been closemouthed on the […]

Emirates has been forced to amend pilot and cabin crew rosters for services to the US following the States’ travel ban on seven countries with majority Muslim populations, while Etihad said it had offered refunds or re-bookings to affected passengers. Emirates also said a “small number” of passengers had been affected by the changes to US immigration rules enforced by President Donald Trump on Saturday. In one […]

GE Healthcare’s latest advanced solutions designed to accelerate sustainable healthcare development, now on show at Arab Health 2017 As demand for better healthcare grows, GE firmly committed to partnering with governments and private providers to upgrade health infrastructure and build capacity across the region Tackling breast cancer, GE’s, new Senographe Pristina system, launched at Arab Health, reduces discomfort, pain and anxiety of a mammogram Jeddah; […]

We are in between CES and Mobile World Congress, but as you can hear in MobileTechRoundup show #389 Kevin and I still have plenty of mobile tech to chat about. Image: ZDNet Someone on the show sold a Pixel. How many did Google sell? Thoughts on a potential Android One program in the U.S. Samsung reveals Note 7 battery investigation results Google releases final Android Wear 2.0 […]

An off-duty policeman was shot dead in Bahrain on Sunday in what the interior ministry called a “terrorist act,” state news agency BNA reported. The shooting follows increased unrest in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom after the execution this month of three Shi’ites convicted of killing three policemen in a bomb attack in 2014. “The Interior Ministry mourns with great sadness and sorrow the martyr Lieutenant Hisham Hassan […]

It takes a discerning eye to look at the way the sun casts shadows on your balcony and use that as an inspiration for an artwork. But Mohammed Kazem, one of the country’s most-important conceptual artists, is known for using quotidian information and material as part of his creative process. The Emirati is perhaps best known for Directions, a performative series of works created from records of […]

The new indicator in Chrome 56 stating ‘Not secure’ for HTTP login or payment pages will eventually apply to other HTTP pages. Image: Google Google’s Chrome 56 launch this week ushers in its plan to begin warning users that all HTTP pages are not secure, starting with the pages that collect login details or credit-card numbers. Given Chrome has more than one billion users, this change to […]

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