Tuesday 08:45 GMT What you need to know ● Markets recovering their poise after “Trump trade” wobble● S&P 500 futures higher and helping European to open on the front foot ● Energy stocks underpinning bourses as oil prices gain ground● Dollar steadies after sliding to four-month lows, Treasury yields nudge up● Gold prices ease back as haven flows dwindle——————- Hot topic Investors are rediscovering their risk appetite […]
A year since the leak of some 11 million documents from Mossack Fonseca, the owners of the vast wealth hidden away by the Panamanian law firm appear safe from everything but embarrassment. The founders of the law firm were less fortunate. Juergen Mossack and his colleague Ramon Fonseca, were arrested in Panama City in February in connection with Brazil’s sprawling car wash corruption scandal. The investigation is […]
ABU DHABI // Two teams of UAE researchers are among the first to receive grants from a total of Dh45 million being awarded by the British government in the Arabian Gulf to tackle global challenges. Researchers at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Khalifa University are each receiving Dh1.8m for work on sustainability, in desalination and algae control. Eight grants are being given. Clare Grundy, deputy […]
In pictures: Silent tribute to London attack victims Children are seen with floral tributes to the victims of the March 22nd terror attack on the railings of the Houses of Parliament in central London. British police investigating the terror attack on parliament made a new arrest on March 26th as authorities try to piece together the assailant’s motive. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images) Source link
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 28, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini 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] newslide Abu Dhabi Family fun Visit […]
LONDON British police said on Monday they had found no evidence that Khalid Masood, who killed four people in an attack on parliament last week, had any association with Islamic State or al Qaeda, but he was clearly interested in jihad. Masood drove a car through a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing three and injuring about 50, then ran through the gates of parliament and […]
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. So when President Trump raised the white flag on Obamacare Friday, did he pick up the phone and gave the exclusive to Breitbart, The Daily Caller or LifeZette? Nope. He called reporters at The Washington Post and The New York […]
Defendants may find themselves taken into custody if they travel abroad. Their assets could be seized in other countries. Continue reading the main story “It starts a process of accountability,” said Stephen J. Rapp, former United States ambassador at large for the Office of Global Criminal Justice and now a nonresident fellow at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, who helped to file the case. “We could […]
HONG KONG Hong Kong protest leaders said on Monday that police intend to charge at least nine activists, including students and academics, who helped organise or lead Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in 2014. News of the move to charge the activists comes a day after a new Beijing-backed city leader was chosen to run the Asian financial hub and vowed to unify a divided Hong Kong. The […]
LONDON Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in the central English city of Birmingham in connection with last week’s attack on parliament, “on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts”, the Metropolitan Police said on Sunday. The police said in a statement they had arrested 12 people since Wednesday’s attack when British born Khalid Masood killed four people and was himself shot dead. But nine had been released […]
BELFAST Northern Ireland could be set for a fresh election or a return to direct British rule of the province after one of the two main parties negotiating to form a new government said on Sunday that talks had run their course without success. The British province’s nationalist and unionist parties have until Monday to form a new power-sharing government following snap elections this month or risk […]
Last week, the Office for National Statistics released the inflation results for the British economy. Even though most analysts weren’t expecting any huge differences, the numbers (updated until February) paint a completely different picture. In February, the inflation rate increased rather sharply. On a month-on-month basis, the CPI increased by 0.7% (whereas January was a month with deflation). The current YoY inflation rate based on the CPI […]
HONG KONG Carrie Lam, who won an election to become Hong Kong’s first female chief executive on Sunday, is a former student activist who climbed the rungs of the civil service over 36 years, and a tough, capable and possibly divisive Beijing-backed leader. Lam, 59, most recently Hong Kong’s number two official, has to unify the Chinese-ruled city as public resentment swells at Beijing’s growing interference in […]
WASHINGTON — A Pakistani militant who planned a devastating truck bomb attack on a hotel in Islamabad in 2008 — which left two members of the American military and dozens of others dead — was killed in recent days by an American drone strike in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Saturday night. The militant, Qari Yasin, had ties to the Pakistani Taliban, who are closely aligned with […]
ILOILO CITY — More than three decades since he last visited Iloilo, United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the Philippines Richard Graham was all praises for the development of the city when he landed at the airport Friday morning. Graham and the other members of the British delegation were briefed of Iloilo City’s Urban Renewal Project, a pet project of Senator Franklin Drilon, by landscape architect […]
HONG KONG Carrie Lam, who won an election to become Hong Kong’s first female chief executive on Sunday, said afterwards that her first job is to reduce social tensions. She was chosen from among several candidates by a 1,200-person “election committee” stacked with pro-Beijing and pro-establishment loyalists. Most of Hong Kong’s 7.3 million voters have no say in the choice of leader in the former British colony […]
HONG KONG Former senior Hong Kong government official Carrie Lam was on Sunday elected the city’s next leader by a 1,200-election committee stacked with Beijing loyalists, according to broadcaster Cable TV. Most of Hong Kong’s 7.3 million voters have no say in the choice of leader in the former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, at a time when tensions with Beijing have been […]
Schroders has become the first FTSE 100 company to publish details of its gender pay gap as pressure mounts on the financial services industry to stamp out imbalances in how much men and women earn. Schroders found that fixed pay for its female staff was 33 per cent less on average when compared to salaries for male employees at Europe’s second largest listed asset manager. It also […]
LONDON Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to protest against Britain leaving the European Union, just four days before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the start of the formal divorce process from the bloc it joined 44 years ago. The Unite for Europe march was due to end with a rally in Parliament Square, scene of this week’s attack by British-born Islam convert Khalid Masood […]
The chairman of the UAE’s aviation authority has expressed his “surprise” after local airports were included in a US ban on laptops and tablets being carried onto aircraft cabins. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said in a statement that the UAE has seen “outstanding performance of the aviation industry and airports”. The implementation of a ban on carrying electronic devices […]
Many families with airline tickets to the United States are groaning at the prospect of flying tablet-free. On March 21 the US government put an electronic travel ban in place that forces passengers travelling on direct flights from 10 destinations, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports to check in their laptops, e-readers, tablets and other devices with their luggage and parents are speaking out. “I am a […]
Organised by the United Nations, Session Draws Participation of Government Communication Specialists 24 March 2017 Sharjah, UAE – Held under the partronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the 6th edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2017) hosted a specialised workshop on ‘Global Media Trends in Coverage of Sustainable Development’ for government communication specialists […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 23, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini 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] newslide Abu Dhabi Family fun Attend […]
By Andrew MacAskill and Anjuli Davies | LONDON LONDON Britain’s Labour party has won five seats at elections in the City of London, the heart of the country’s financial district, as it seeks to challenge the borough’s centuries-old policy of independence from party politics. Britain’s main opposition party, lagging far behind the Conservatives in national opinion under its current leader, veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, has had its […]
