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Utusan, Guan Eng agree to out-of-court settlement – The Star Online

GEORGE TOWN: Utusan Melayu Berhad has agreed to an out-of-court settlement on a suit brought against the publication by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Both parties agreed to the settlement with the publication's legal officer Siti Nurzulaikha Ibrahim reading out an apology in the High Court on Wednesday regarding an article published by the paper on Aug 20, 2015. Siti Nurzulaikha said the article should have stated [...]

As the world watches, Rachel Maddow slow-plays Trump tax return scoop

NBC coined the slogan "Must-See TV" more than two decades ago; tonight, MSNBC invented "hurry-up-and-wait" TV. In an excruciatingly delayed primetime media extravaganza that was reminiscent of Geraldo Rivera's slow-as-molasses unveiling of Al Capone’s vault in 1986, Rachel Maddow used her show Tuesday night to release a portion of President Trump's tax returns from 2005. In doing so, the broadcast became a cautionary tale about the dangers [...]

Mada Provides Accessibility for all at QITCOM 2017

The non-profit organization's Innovation Program was a huge success at QITCOM this year DOHA, QATAR, 14 MARCH 2017Qatar Assistive Technology Center (Mada) successfully created  an accessible venue for all as the official QITCOM 2017 Accessibility Partner, as well as signing a new MOU with the Digital Incubation Center (DIC). During the event, the non-profit organization demonstrated its Innovation Program and created awareness about Assistive technology on its stand [...]

PlayStation 4 Games Coming Soon To Windows PC Through PlayStation Now Streaming Service

Sony announced that the PlayStation Now streaming service will soon expand to allow gamers to stream PlayStation 4 titles on their Windows PCs, in addition to the PlayStation 4. PlayStation Now allows subscribers to stream hundreds of PlayStation 3 titles to their PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. With the announcement, PlayStation 4 titles are expected to be added to the service's catalog soon. What Is PlayStation Now? [...]

Rahal card system to buy cheap gas being exploited by consumers in other emirates

ABU DHABI // People are smuggling gas from Abu Dhabi to Dubai after illegally stocking up on cheap LPG cylinders by using the e-gas cards of the capital’s residents.An investigation by The National found that residents let friends and relatives use their pre-paid Rahal e-gas cards to exchange empty LPG cylinders for full ones, which they transport in their cars to Dubai. Rahal cards were introduced by [...]

Trump’s Envoy to Mideast Meets With Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank

Photo Mahmoud Abbas, right, the president of the Palestinian Authority, met with Jason Greenblatt, President Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, in the West Bank on Tuesday. Credit Mohamad Torokman/Reuters JERUSALEM — President Trump’s new envoy to the Middle East met on Tuesday with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, striving in the administration’s first diplomatic undertaking here to maintain a public evenhandedness amid the [...]

Microsoft adds LinkedIn co-founder Hoffman to its board

Microsoft has added LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board of directors. As of Hoffman's appointment, announced March 14, Microsoft's board is back up to 12 members.Hoffman is a partner with Greylock Partners. He cofounded LinkedIn in 2002 and before that, was an executive vice president at PayPal.Microsoft purchased LinkedIn last year for $26.2 billion. Earlier this year, Microsoft made Kevin Scott, LinkedIn's head of engineering, Microsoft's [...]

Key to social media is authenticity, Dubai forum hears

DUBAI // The UAE has more open communication with its citizens than people abroad realise, acording to a senior adviser at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy. Tom Fletcher, former British ambassador to Lebanon, said there was a perception in the West that the region was a more "closed world". "But when most people come here, they can see it’s not the case and they can see this effort [...]

Blizzard blankets northeast U.S. with late-season snow

By Jonathan Allen and Scott Malone | NEW YORK/BOSTON NEW YORK/BOSTON A blizzard swept through the heavily populated northeastern United States on Tuesday, grounding thousands of flights, cancelling classes and pummelling those who ventured out onto snow-bound streets.Some 50 million people from Pennsylvania to Maine faced a "rapidly intensifying nor'easter" over the course of the day that was unusual for striking so late in the winter, according [...]

OnePlus 5 Rumors: Specs, Features, Release Date, And Everything We Know So Far

Rumor has it that the successor to OnePlus 3T will skip the "4" and just jump into OnePlus 5, a la Note 5 jumping into the Note 7 naming scheme. The 3T has only been out for a few months, becoming available this past November. Yet, because of how fast-paced smartphone development has become, we're now seeing rumors of the OnePlus 5, and they're all sounding pretty good [...]

Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 Smartwatch Leaked: $1,650 Price Tag, Android Wear 2.0, 'Swiss Made' Certification

After several rumors and teases, Tag Heuer itself leaked the details of its upcoming Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch before the device's official announcement. Tag Heuer posted information regarding the smartwatch, named the Connected Modular 45, on its official website before the March 14 announcement date, revealing a few things that customers can expect from the device. Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 Specs And Features The Tag Heuer [...]

UK PM May's hand moves closer to Brexit trigger

By Kylie MacLellan and William James | LONDON LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May cleared the final hurdle standing between her and the start of Brexit negotiations on Monday after parliament passed legislation giving her the power to start the EU exit process.Members of the lower house of parliament voted to throw out changes to the bill made by the upper house earlier this month, after the [...]

Airbnb has no specific plans for IPO yet: CEO Chesky

By Angela Moon | NEW YORK NEW YORK Airbnb, the leading online marketplace for short-term lodging, has no specific plans yet to go public, its chief executive officer Brian Chesky said on Monday."We don’t have any announcement to make. We are working to make sure that the company is ready," Chesky said at an event at the New York Exchange when asked about plans for an initial [...]

Was Russian whistleblower murdered in UK with poisoned soup?

By Michael Holden | LONDON LONDON A British judge investigating the sudden death of a Russian mafia whistleblower heard on Monday that he might have been murdered by eating poisoned soup.Alexander Perepilichny, 44, was found dead near his luxury home on the exclusive gated St George's Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey, southwest of London, after he had been out jogging in November 2012. The sudden nature of [...]

Fed embarks on a beautiful policy normalisation

In textbook fashion, the Federal Reserve has prepared traders and investors for a 25 basis points increase in policy interest rates this week. When it comes to lasting effects on markets, however, the Fed is likely to deliver more than the third rise in 10 years. It will also signal an important evolution in its policy approach aiming for a beautiful rate normalisation.Facing an implied probability of [...]

Joelle Mardinian on how to become an influencer and grow your social media

Business Social media superstar and CEO of the company that bears her own name, Joelle Mardinian, headlined the ITP Live: Influencer Marketing Summit on the 20th of February 2017. In her keynote speech, she told an audience of journalists, editors and advertising and social media professionals why social media is integral to her brands, including ways to boost your own social media.(Source: CEO Middle East YouTube channel) [...]

New research points out that climate change will increase fire activity in Mediterranean Europe

In the forthcoming decades, risks of summer fire may increase in Mediterranean Europe. A recent study, researchers show that the direct effect of climate change in regulating fuel moisture (droughts leading to larger fires) is expected to be dominant, regarding the indirect effect of antecedent climate on fuel load and structure -that is, warmer/drier conditions that determine fuel availability. The researchers drew this conclusion after analyzing a [...]

Trump under pressure to fill top enforcement jobs

The Trump administration’s sweeping dismissal of dozens of US attorneys held over from the Obama administration leaves the president with sudden gaps in top law enforcement positions across the country.The swift dismissals which began with Friday phone calls from Dana Boente, the acting deputy attorney-general, to 46 US attorneys, now puts pressure on the Trump administration to select candidates who will pass congressional scrutiny to fill the [...]

Your Brain May Still Work After You Die

Latest study on brain activity of dead patients has suggested that brain activity continues even after the heart stops beating. As part of the research, one of the patients' brains carried its activity for more than 10 minutes after the person was considered clinically dead. The brain activity was very similar to the one recorded from people who were engaged in deep sleep. The study, published in [...]

Abu Dhabi blossoms as a city of romance during filming of Duvvada Jagannadham

Allu Arjun takes a seat in Ray’s Bar at Jumeirah Etihad Towers, sets his bag by his side and slides back. The camera moves in as he prepares for his scene, a confrontation between the film’s hero, played by Arjun, and the villain, who is trying to steal his girl. It’s the 11th day of filming for the Telugu film stars of Duvvada Jagannadham, the latest in a series [...]

Gov’t, NDF to resume peace talks, truce – Philippine Star

DAVAO CITY , Philippines  – The government and communist rebels have agreed to resume peace talks and restore the truce following an escalation of deadly clashes. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza yesterday said the government and rebel negotiators would resume talks early next month and discuss the terms of a broader ceasefire. Dureza said the decision to resume the peace talks came after backchannel [...]

7 newsrooms closed their PolitiFact chapters since the presidential campaign

PolitiFact, the national political fact-checking franchise started by the Poynter-owned Tampa Bay Times, has lost seven of its statewide partners since the presidential campaign. Partners in Providence, Rhode Island, Des Moines, Iowa and Richmond, Virginia all discontinued their PolitiFact franchises within the last year, according to a report from the Duke Reporters' Lab. E.W. Scripps Television Stations, which operated four statewide PolitiFact affiliates, opted not to renew [...]

Why Saudi Arabia, China and Islamic State are courting the Maldives – South China Morning Post

Saudi King Salman’s stop in the Maldives on his month-long tour of Asia brings into focus how this tiny archipelago – best known for high-end tourism and an existential battle against climate change – has emerged as a key player in a regional struggle for influence. Both Riyadh and Beijing are currying favour with the strategically located 820km-long chain of Indian Ocean atolls, in efforts analysts believe [...]

The Strategic Triangle That Is Changing The World

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, While the world continues to decipher, or digest, the new Trump presidency, important changes are afoot within the grand strategic triangle that lies between Russia, Iran and China Away from the current chaos in the United States, major developments are progressing, with Iran, Russia and China coordinating on a series of significant moves crucial for the future of [...]