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Authored by Giulio Meotti via The Gatestone Institute, British multiculturalists are feeding Islamic fundamentalism. Muslims do not need to become the majority in the UK; they just need gradually to Islamize the most important cities. The change is already taking place. British personalities keep opening the door to introducing Islamic sharia law. One of the leading British judges, Sir James Munby, said that Christianity no longer influences […]

An iPhone nearly killed a man who fell asleep while his phone was still charging. He was admitted to a hospital with second and third-degree burns to his neck and hands. Wiley Day, from Alabama, was almost killed by electrocution on March 23. He said that his metal dog tags slipped between the charger and the extension cord while he was asleep. Man Survives After Electrocution Day was […]

BEIRUT An Iranian-American detained in Iran since last summer has been released on bail of approximately $60,000, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported Sunday. Robin Reza Shahini was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards while visiting family in the northeastern city of Gorgan last July and subsequently sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on charges of threatening national security, according to HRANA. Shahini went on a hunger […]

PARIS/BORDEAUX French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a political rally on Sunday that the euro currency which she wants France to ditch was like a knife in the ribs of the French people. The leader of the eurosceptic and anti-immigrant National Front (FN) also told the rally in the city of Bordeaux that the forthcoming election for president could herald a “change in civilization”. Encouraged by […]

ABS-CBN News Samal Bridge, Mindanao rail named prioritiesBusinessWorld Online EditionDAVAO CITY — Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno identified the priority projects in Mindanao that are planned for construction starting this year or early 2018, including the Davao-Samal Bridge and the Mindanao Railway System. Fishing boats on the …Summer adventure awaits tourists in SamalABS-CBN News all 2 news articles » (via Google News)

Dubai’s residential market contracted during the first quarter of 2017, with rental rates falling by an average of 1 percent quarter-on-quarter over the period, a new report reveals. CBRE’s latest Dubai Market View said the dip was driven by an increase in available housing options amid more constrained demand. Meanwhile, landlords are becoming increasingly flexible with rental rates and tenants are able to negotiate, CBRE added. Residential […]

By Philip Pullella | CARPI, Italy CARPI, Italy Perhaps the last thing Pope Francis expected to find during a visit to the northern Italian city of Carpi on Sunday was a huge 136-year-old plaque honouring the victims of “papal tyranny”. The pope passed right by the plaque while standing in his white open popemobile after saying Mass in a square a few dozen metres away during a […]

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When visiting the Dubai home of British artist Sacha Jafri – whose work can be found in the collections of Barack Obama, Bill Gates and George Clooney, among many others – it is hard to tell where his personal space ends and the public-viewing gallery begins. His living room, which opens into exhibition rooms, is like a child’s playhouse. There are heart-shaped rugs on the floor, colourful […]

One major feature of the Samsung Galaxy S line that we have seen in place since 2010 is the physical home button. On the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, that button has been removed and this trend may continue with the next Apple iPhone. The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event in New York City last week was very exciting and I enjoyed the opportunity to try out the […]

Paris: The Panama Papers have given ammunition to the fight against tax evasion, but much still needs to happen before the world’s tax dodgers run out of places to hide money, experts say. The papers, published a year ago, linked some of the world’s most powerful leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and former British prime minister David Cameron, as well as sports stars and billionaires to […]

ABU DHABI // Abu Dhabi has pushed ahead with a construction programme that began before crude prices slumped in 2014. From a branch of the Louvre museum in Paris, a new airport terminal and a nuclear power plant, here are the 10 biggest projects under way in the emirate. With a combined value of Dh134 billion they are expected to be completed by 2020, according to a […]

One of the Dubai’s most prominent businessmen has reiterated his faith in the UAE, he says, continues to give him confidence to invest in the country. Khalaf Al Habtoor, chairman of the Al Habtoor Group conglomerate, said in a speech to the FT Family Business Summit that his company is working with the government to maximise investments. “I have trust in the country. I have trust in […]

Like many Hong Kongers with family and business ties in mainland China, Ceci Chong would often carry cash back across the border — until she was stopped last summer by a Chinese customs officer. She was caught bringing Rmb100,000 ($14,500) in family savings to Hong Kong — five times the cash limit imposed by China. Her case was part of a crackdown on “financial ants”, who smuggle […]

SYDNEY Australian authorities on Sunday said they found a third body in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie and accompanying floods that swamped the country’s east coast, as receding waters start revealing the human and economic cost of the storm. The disaster zone stretched 1,000 km (600 miles) from Queensland state’s tropical resort islands and Gold Coast tourist strip to the farmlands of New South Wales state. The […]

Colombians woke up on Saturday to a devastating landslide that left at least 193 dead in the south-west of the country, after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow. The avalanche propelled sediment on to buildings and bridges, as homes and cars were swept away in the city of Mocoa in Putumayo. “We have adults, women and infants,” police commander Colonel Omar Bonilla told a Colombian radio on […]

Kuwait City, April 1st 2017: KAMCO Investment Company, a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, acted as the acquisition advisor to Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company KSCP (“QPIC”) on the acquisition of 20.5% of National Petroleum Services Company KSCP (“NAPESCO”). The transaction has been successfully completed throughout multiple stages that was initiated in the third quarter of 2016 and finalized in March […]

Discovery of a novel rotational force inside magnetic vortices makes it easier to design ultrahigh capacity disk drives, report scientists. (via WSJ)

Didi Chuxing may have defeated Uber, but China’s dominant ride-hailing platform is no match for the country’s local governments after being forced to gut its urban fleet to comply with regulations. Didi’s core business of cheap ride-hailing now faces a tough fight in the big urban markets, which it built after a bruising battle with local and foreign rivals. Uber ceded the Chinese market — its largest — […]

FAISALABAD: State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Saturday said the verdict on the Panama Papers case was expected very soon, which would shatter the evil designs of PTI Chairman Imran Khan Talking to the media, he said Imran should cool down and prepare himself for the third marriage, instead of hatching conspiracies against the elected government of the PML-N. Regarding former president Asif […]

Chinese firm Lenovo has announced the appointment a new president for its operations in Brazil this week. Ricardo Bloj has taken over the role of president at the company, 14 months after joining Lenovo as chief operations officer. Bloj replaces Sílvio Stagni, who stepped down at the start of the year to head local IT distributor Allied. An IT veteran with over 25 years of experience, Bloj […]

By Murad Sezer | DIYARBAKIR, Turkey DIYARBAKIR, Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan described himself as a “guardian of peace” on Saturday as he called on Kurds in conflict-torn southeast Turkey to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum in two weeks time on reforms that would grant him sweeping new powers. Since the collapse of a two-year-old ceasefire in July 2015, the mainly Kurdish southeast has been rocked by some […]

Mars used to be wetter and warmer back in the past, and maybe a good candidate for life the way we know it. The scientific explanation is that it lost its atmosphere because of solar wind. In 2013, NASA launched a robotic probe, called MAVEN or Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, in an attempt to address this mystery of the red planet. The spacecraft arrived in the planet’s […]

DUBAI // Tight rules on where and how dogs can be walked in the emirate have left few options for people who wish to let their pets run free. That is changing, thanks to a joint project by a Saluki breeder and two pet lovers who have opened Dubai’s first outdoor park designed for dogs. The site in Al Awir, backed by Dubai Municipality, is the only […]

By Marc Leras and Simon Carraud | MARSEILLE/BIGUGLIA, France MARSEILLE/BIGUGLIA, France France’s centrist presidential contender Emmanuel Macron singled out the far-right National Front as his chief rival on Saturday, vowing to win the first round on April 23 as a new poll showed the election race getting tighter. “The National Front, our main opponent, is attacking us on all sides. Never boo them. Fight them,” a defiant […]

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