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Asia falls as White House turmoil hits risk sentiment, dollar bruised | Reuters

By Shinichi Saoshiro | TOKYO TOKYO Asian stocks fell on Thursday and the dollar was stuck near six-month lows against a basket of currencies as uncertainty mounted over U.S. President Donald Trump's future following reports that he tried to interfere with a federal investigation. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.4 percent.Japan's Nikkei shed 1.5 percent, Australian shares lost 1.2 percent and South Korea's [...]

Blizzard Prepares To Celebrate First ‘Overwatch’ Anniversary: Event Starting May 23, Game Of The Year Edition, And Free Weekend : CULTURE : Tech Times

Blizzard is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of Overwatch through an upcoming event, a new edition of the game, and a weekend that will allow players to try it out for free. Overwatch, released on May 24, 2016, had an amazing first year. It quickly became one of the most popular multiplayer shooters in the world with its colorful characters and fast-paced gameplay, and continued to generate [...]

Japan Q1 GDP, China property prices

This time, the day’s big Trump-Russia-Comey news waited until around 6:00 to break.Former FBI director Robert Mueller has been selected by the US Justice Department to serve as special counsel to oversee the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.Rod Rosenstein, the US deputy attorney general, said on Wednesday that he had determined it was in the “public interest” to appoint a special [...]

Low-rated schools in Dubai ‘will wither on the vine’ until they raise more money

DUBAI // The lowest ranked schools will "wither on the vine" until they raise more money for the good of their pupils, educators say.Ten schools, catering for about 15,500 pupils, have been rated "weak" and altogether 94,000 attend schools that are acceptable or below, Dubai’s education regulator said this week.The bottom 10 can only raise fees by 2.4 per cent, about the level of inflation, meaning they [...]

Iran’s Khamenei urges massive vote to bolster regime

TEHRAN: Iran’s top two presidential candidates launched a final day of election campaigning Wednesday as the supreme leader called for a massive turnout to bolster the regime against its “enemies.”Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggested Iran’s foes would be deterred from pursuing regime change if they saw voters flock to the ballot boxes in Friday’s poll.“American, European officials and those of the Zionist regime are watching our elections to [...]

Trump crisis grows as Republicans demand to see Comey memo

Donald Trump is facing the gravest crisis of his presidency following the claim that he urged James Comey, the recently ousted FBI head, to halt an investigation into Michael Flynn, the retired general who was briefly his first national security adviser.According to a memo made by Mr Comey after a private meeting in February, Mr Trump asked him to stop investigating Mr Flynn, who had been fired [...]

How Iran Became an Undemocratic Democracy

Over the years, although the government has remained broadly authoritarian, it has oscillated among degrees of democracy. Those fluctuations, while subtle, have often coincided with elections like Friday’s.Photo Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian revolution, returning to Tehran in 1979 after his exile in France. Credit Gabriel Duval/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Islamic Republic: Yes or No?After throwing off their government in 1979, Iranians chose its [...]

Comey memo says Trump asked FBI chief to drop Flynn probe

Donald Trump in February asked James Comey, then head of the FBI, to halt an investigation into Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser, according to a memo that the law enforcement official wrote at the time. During a private Oval Office meeting with Mr Comey, Mr Trump said: “I hope you can let this go,” in a reference to the FBI investigation into Mr Flynn, according to the [...]

Chinese aviation finally takes off with help from the west

The first time China attempted to build a large passenger jet, it tried — and failed — to reverse-engineer a Boeing 707 that crash-landed in Xinjiang in 1971.The latest vehicle for China’s aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.After many mis-steps, [...]

A New Goal for President Trump’s First Foreign Trip: Damage Control

“It’s a huge burden on the American psyche to have a president go abroad when a sword of Damocles is hanging over them at home,” said Douglas Brinkley, a professor of history at Rice University and an expert on the presidency. “It turns our president, instead of representing the best of America on the road, into a traveling can of worms.” Continue reading the main story Mr. [...]

Thailand backs down on threats to block Facebook

Thailand has backed down on threats it made last week to block Facebook in the country, having previously threatened to issue court orders if the social media giant did not remove content the government deems illegal. Takorn Tantasith, secretary general of Thailand's broadcast regulator, said Facebook would not be blocked due to its compliance with demands to remove content it deemed a threat to national security or [...]

NA rejects Opp Panama Papers inquiries bill

Members for presentation of Dawn Leaks report Zahid Chaudhary Islamabad The National Assembly on Tuesday rejected the Panama Papers Inquiries Bill 2016 tabled by the opposition.Minister for Law Zahid Hamid strongly opposed the bill saying there is no need for such proceedings as the Supreme Court has already given its judgment on the matter.He maintained that the bill, framed by the opposition, is discriminatory in nature and [...]

New Theory Behind Stalled Economy: Retirees Are Hoarding Too Much Cash

For years we've written about the fact that Americans, young to old, are lousy savers (see "Retirement Crisis Looms As Average U.S. Household Has Saved $2,500 For Retirement"). Of course, they have to be because how else can a mature economy continue to grow unless every single person levers every asset they own to the maximum extent possible and then spends all of that money?  Anything less [...]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed meets with Rex Tillerson and Paul Ryan – in pictures

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, National Security Advisor, greets Paul Ryan Speaker of the US House of Representatives, at Capitol Hill, prior to a meeting at Capitol Hill. Seen with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive and Managing Director Mubadala and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority (EAA). Nick [...]

Joshua-Klitschko rematch in Dubai? – Sport

British world boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua looks set to fight again in November, with both Dubai and Doha being considered as possible venues, according to the fighter's promoter. Joshua scored a stunning 11th round knockout win against former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley last month, and it now looking towards his next bout. Speaking to media at a press conference this week, the fighter’s promoter [...]

S&P, Nasdaq hit record highs on gains in tech, consumer staples | Reuters

By Yashaswini Swamynathan The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq drifted higher to hit record intraday levels on Tuesday, supported by gains in technology and consumer staple stocks.As the first-quarter earnings season wraps up, investors' attention will turn to developments in Washington that could overshadow Republican legislative priorities such as tax reform, healthcare and simpler regulations.Investors were wary after reports that President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information [...]

Book review: Laline Paull’s chilling tale for our times

"I have been there and, believe me, I have been afraid." This was how the first African-American Arctic explorer, Matthew Henson, described his expeditions to the North Pole in 1912. It is a feeling novelist Laline Paull can empathise with, for totally different reasons.During her trip to the Arctic, which became the inspiration for her fascinating new novel, Paull’s paralysing fear came from the obvious effects of [...]

Trump, in tweets, defends his sharing of information with Russians | Reuters

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his decision to disclose information to Russian officials during a White House meeting last week, saying he had an "absolute right" to share "facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety."The president took to Twitter to counter a torrent of criticism, including from his fellow Republicans, after reports that he had revealed highly classified information about a planned Islamic [...]

DocuSign reveals ‘non-core’ system breach powered phishing expedition

DocuSign has revealed a data breach that has allowed malicious actors to conduct a wide-ranging phishing campaign.In a notice on its website, DocuSign said it found the breach when investigating the cause of an increase in DocuSign-impersonating phishing emails."A malicious third party had gained temporary access to a separate, non-core system that allows us to communicate service-related announcements to users via email," the company said. "A complete [...]

10 things to do today: attend a Zumba class at Alliance Française, enjoy fashion and fitness with GuavaPass and the So Chic pop-up

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for May 16, 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] Abu DhabiFitness classRegister to attend a Zumba [...]

Ransomware attack again thrusts U.S. spy agency into unwanted spotlight | Reuters

By Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON An unprecedented global cyber attack that infected computers in at least 150 countries beginning on Friday has unleashed a new wave of criticism of the U.S. National Security Agency.The attack was made possible by a flaw in Microsoft's Windows software that the NSA used to build a hacking tool for its own use - only to have that tool and others [...]

Trump revealed classified information to Lavrov at White House meeting

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister during their meeting last week, potentially jeopardising a source of intelligence about Islamic State, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing current and former U.S. officials. The newspaper said the information Trump relayed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak had been provided by a U.S. partner through a [...]

Italy tries to bolster Libyan coast guard, despite humanitarian concern | Reuters

By Aidan Lewis and Steve Scherer | TRIPOLI/AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP TRIPOLI/AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP Italy gave the Libyan coast guard four repaired patrol boats on Monday to beef up Libya's efforts to stop people smuggling, but the support worries humanitarian groups operating rescue ships near the Libyan coast.Italy and the European Union promised in February to spend millions of euros to help the Tripoli government upgrade its coast [...]

Moto Z2 Force And Z2 Play Press Render Reveals Design, Confirms Some Rumored Specs : TECH : Tech Times

The rumored Moto Z2 Force and Moto Z2 Play just leaked in a new press render that gives a good look at the smartphone's purported design, front and back. Motorola is expected to unveil its new line of smartphones soon enough and leaks hint at an exciting mix of specs, features, and aesthetics. The latest leak now offers a good glimpse of the purported Moto Z2 Force [...]