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Gulf Cyber Security Heads and International Experts Meet to Combat Evolving Cyber Security Threats

DUBAI, UAE, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Over 1,300 IT and security stakeholders gathered in Riyadh to advance discussions on collaboration, standardization and a unified approach to mitigate cyber threats.Under the endorsement of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the National Cyber Security Center NCSC, representative of Ministry of Interior, in partnership with Naseba organized the 2nd International Cyber Security [...]

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince addresses future generations' majlis – in pictures

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed addresses the Mohammed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi The UAE will need generations of young engineers and scientists as it shifts from oil towards a knowledge-based economy, said Sheikh Mohammed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Hamad Al Kaabi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi [...]

As Dubai’s Skyline Adds a Trophy, the Architect Calls It Stolen

Continue reading the main story But the agent has his passport and has refused to refund his recruitment fee, he said. He has no money for a plane ticket.“There is a huge dependence on migrant workers who have employment terms that are no different than indentured servitude,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group [...]

Your Coffee Habit Could Be Protecting You Against Dementia

Researchers have identified 24 compounds, including caffeine, that showed potential in boosting levels of a brain enzyme exhibiting protective benefits against dementia. For a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from Indiana University screened more than 1,280 compounds to identify which substances could influence production of NMNAT2. The brain enzyme's protective effect was discovered just last year. "This work could help advance efforts to develop drugs [...]

Apple responds to alert after WikiLeaks report

Apple says it is working fast to fix vulnerabilities in the iPhone and other products after WikiLeaks released material said to show the Central Intelligence Agency was stockpiling malware to break into devices.“While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked were already patched in the latest iOS [operating system for iPhones and iPads], we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities,” said [...]

My UAE: Witness the fitness of CrossFit athlete Muneera Al Hubail

Muneera Al Hubail is one of the first women from Abu Dhabi to compete internationally at CrossFit, having reached the finals in the Battle of the East international competition in ­Kuwait in November. The 28-year-old Emirati passed another important milestone last month when she managed to lift the equivalent of her own body weight over her head. Al ­Hubail’s ultimate goal is to be a grandmother who [...]

UAE's Etihad issues US travel advisory after revised Trump order

UAE carrier Etihad Airways has advised passengers travelling to the United States from the six banned Muslim nations to check their travel status prior to boarding their flights from Abu Dhabi airport. The notice on its website was issued following the latest developments in the US, the revised executive order - which becomes effective on March 16 - implements a ban on nationals of Iran, Sudan, Somalia, [...]

Sohar Islamic signs MoU with National Mass Housing

Providing Innovative Financing Solutions to Buyers Interested In Purchasing Residential Units Muscat, March 08, 2017Sohar Islamic, Bank Sohar’s Islamic Banking Window signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Mass Housing, a developer of integrated housing communities, to provide preferential Shari’ah Compliant financing solutions to potential Omani’s buyers for purchasing residential units in the upcoming Areej project - phase 2 located in Muscat. The purpose of this [...]

My UAE: Witness the fitness of Crossfit athlete Muneera Al Hubail

Muneera Al Hubail is one of the first women from Abu Dhabi to compete internationally at CrossFit, having reached the finals in the Battle of the East international competition in ­Kuwait in November. The 28-year-old Emirati passed another important milestone last month when she managed to lift the equivalent of her own body weight over her head. Al ­Hubail’s ultimate goal is to be a grandmother who [...]

New Israeli Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country

Photo A banner calling for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel hanging from the Manhattan Bridge in New York during a protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in 2014. Credit Michael Appleton for The New York Times Israel’s Parliament has struck back at the international boycott movement against the country and its settlements in the West Bank by passing a law barring entry to foreigners [...]

Fitness App Sworkit Now Lets Users Create Custom Workouts With New Builder Feature

Now fitness lovers can further tap into the power of having a personal trainer in their pockets that provides customized workouts thanks the latest update to Sworkit. The popular fitness app announced a new feature on Tuesday that provides flexible workout plans that are tailored to each its users. Called the Sworkit Workout Builder, this first-of-its-kind feature allows users to build the ideal workout plan that best [...]

Lords back parliamentary vote on final Brexit deal

The House of Lords has voted in support of a requirement for the government to bring the final terms of Britain’s exit from the EU before parliament for its approval, inflicting a second defeat on Theresa May’s Brexit strategy in the space of a week.With 634 peers voting — the largest number of peers to participate in a vote in the upper chamber on record, according to [...]

Responding to outcry, SXSW clarifies policies around international talent

With controversial moves to tighten immigration in the works, visitors from abroad and U.S. citizens alike are on edge about international travel. For the organizers of South by Southwest, that climate gave rise to a public outcry over controversial language in its artist contracts. In light of the ensuing backlash among attendees and performers, SXSW has issued a statement asserting its opposition toward the Trump administration’s actions around [...]

Brain Can Be Rewired To Make Better Choices, Says Award-Winning Study

A ground-breaking research in the field of neuroscience offers an in-depth analysis of the brain's reward system, highlighting its influence on the decision-making process. The study encompasses three decades of investigation into the role of dopamine in everyday life choices and shows how the brain perceives different options, prioritizing those which prompt a better reward. For their outstanding merits, Professors Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan, and Ray Dolan received [...]

A synthetic path to green lending that might just work

The biggest impact investing deal to ever see the light of day — that is how a fascinating new hedge fund deal is being touted.Impact investing is the practice of trying to make a measurable, positive societal impact as well as making a financial return on your money. The US hedge fund Mariner Investment Group reckons it has found a way to turn an investment of about $150m into $2bn [...]

VW expects to sanction more employees in emissions scandal: chairman

GENEVA Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) expects to broaden disciplinary action beyond the two dozen employees the carmaker has already suspended in a diesel emissions cheating scandal, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Monday."It is to be expected that there will yet be a whole string of (personnel) consequences," Poetsch told reporters late on Monday on the eve of the Geneva auto show. The automaker has refrained from taking [...]

DNS Privacy: Solutions emerging, but deployment lags

I recently attended the DNS Privacy Workshop colocated with this year’s NDSS 2017 in San Diego, California. DNS privacy has received considerable attention from researchers and engineers since the Snowden revelations of state-backed pervasive surveillance in 2013 and the workshop covered a lot of ground.For some Internet users, anonymity is critically important and a service like ToR exists to obfuscate the location and browsing habits of ToR [...]

Breastfeeding Mom Donates Her Milk To Babies In Need After Losing Her Own Child

After losing her six-week-old son, a grieving mother from Utah decided to donate her breast milk to families who are in need. The toddler had been diagnosed with a rare immune disorder, called DiGeorge Syndrome. Nicura Thompson, who gave birth full-term Oct. 21, 2016, to her fourth child, had known since her fifth month of pregnancy that her child was suffering from seven different heart conditions. The child [...]

Shadow boxing over Panama Papers – Delano.lu

It is a year and a half since the leak of the 11.5m documents related to international financial structures that came to be known as the “Panama Papers”. On 2 and 3 March a European Parliament committee of inquiry was in Luxembourg to check on the country’s response, as part of broader ongoing investigation. The leak of documents belonging to Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider [...]

Eurozone Capital Flight Intensifies: Target2 Imbalances Widen Again

Via Michael Shedlock of MishTalk.com, A quick perusal of Target2 Balances for January shows capital flight from Italy and Spain to Germany intensified again. German target2 imbalances exceed levels hit in the Eurozone crises in 2012. Things improved considerably after ECB president Mario Draghi made his famous statement “Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, [...]

In Israel, Lauding and Lamenting the Era of Trump

But worry spans left and right, even if they disagree on exactly how much to blame Mr. Trump, who is seen here as growing more confusing by the day. What to make of a president who, on the same day, denounced the anti-Semitic attacks but also suggested — in remarks widely covered here — that they might have been carried out by his own enemies? Continue reading [...]

White House asks Congress to probe if Obama ordered wiretap

WASHINGTON The White House on Sunday asked the U.S. Congress to examine whether the Obama administration abused its investigative authority during the 2016 campaign, as part of the ongoing congressional probe into Russia's influence on the election.The request came a day after President Donald Trump alleged, without supporting evidence, that then-President Obama ordered a wiretap of the phones at Trump's campaign headquarters in Trump Tower in New [...]

Visualizing The Worrying Decline Of Freedom Around The World

The 20th century was a bull market for literacy, freedom, prosperity, health, and technology. As a result of these gains, wealth has increased exponentially, and world poverty is now at all-time lows. Life expectancy continues to improve in most countries, global literacy is near 90%, and there are well over 100 democracies throughout the planet. But, as VisualCapitalist's Jeff Desjardins notes, not every positive trend can keep [...]

How ­British artist and designer Zoe Bradley is making a name for herself with paper

Award-winning ­British artist and designer Zoe Bradley is not your average couturier. She ­rarely meets her clients for ­fittings of their gowns, her pieces are commonly only worn once, and some have been "thrown away" after use. This is because Bradley works exclusively in paper.Such is her pedigree that her clients for one-off commissions have included the likes of enigmatic Icelandic pop singer Björk and late British [...]