ISTANBUL A Turkish court on Saturday remanded in custody an Uzbek national accused of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day, state-run media said, an attack the authorities blamed on Islamic State. Abdulgadir Masharipov, who was caught in a police raid in Istanbul on Jan. 16, was formally charged with membership of an armed terrorist group, multiple counts of murder, possession of heavy […]
Record investment deals on the show floor of Cityscape Abu Dhabi in 2016 have resulted in more than 90 percent of show floor space already sold for this year’s event, the organisers have announced. With sales permitted directly from exhibitor stands for the third year running, a host of new property developers have confirmed their participation at the three day event in April. Organisers said that the […]
Angels: OPEN Maybe they’re kidding themselves, but the Angels haven’t acted like a team in retreat. With Albert Pujols still slugging and Mike Trout still sublime, they have quietly improved the lineup with Danny Espinosa, Cameron Maybin and Luis Valbuena, players whose defense should prop up a shaky pitching staff. It’s a long shot, but with Trout in his prime and few top prospects coming, the Angels […]
BEIJING Six officials in central China’s Hubei province have been punished for dozing off in a meeting on how to motivate lazy bureaucrats, state media and the local government said. Pictures of the sleeping officials have received widespread coverage in Chinese media over the past two days, amid President Xi Jinping’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, extravagance and dereliction of duty. The Communist Party discipline bureau in Hubei’s […]
By Nick Tattersall and Gulsen Solaker | ISTANBUL/ANKARA ISTANBUL/ANKARA Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16 on replacing its parliamentary system with the stronger presidency long sought by incumbent Tayyip Erdogan, electoral authorities announced on Saturday. The proposed constitutional reform would mark one of the biggest changes in the European Union candidate country’s system of governance since the modern republic was founded on the ashes of […]
In a centrally planned economy decisions on what to produce, how to produce and for whom are taken primarily by the government. The term is usually associated with communist economies. However, since US President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented a robust range of government policies in the 1930s to counter the effects of the Great Depression, using principles that would be popularized by UK economist John Maynard Keynes, […]
The heads of the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal have been refused bail following their arrest by police in Panama. Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca were taken into custody on Thursday as part of an apparently coordinated swoop by prosecutors across Latin America investigating the massive Brazilian Lava Jato scandal. Their defence lawyers have confirmed that they will remain in custody. Elías […]
ROME Hundreds took to the streets in the northern Italian city of Genoa to protest against a meeting of European far-right political groups on Saturday, and tension simmered at times with police. Demonstrators gathered in a square to the east of the coastal city ahead of the meeting, which was organised by hardline Italian group Forza Nuova and went ahead as planned. They waved banners reading, “Genoa […]
“Now we have all the prospects of a fresh start,” Ilnur Cevik, a senior adviser to Mr. Erdogan, said during an interview at the presidential palace in Ankara, the Turkish capital. “We have an opening with Mr. Trump.” Continue reading the main story Turkish-American relations frayed over differing views on the war in Syria and the widespread belief in Turkey that the United States played a role […]
I’m on a mission, and that mission is to save on my power bill. I’ve already done the obvious stuff, like replace lightbulbs – especially the 500W halogens floodlights I have outdoors – with low-power LEDs, and I’m being more careful as to how I use heating and cooling. But along with making big changes, I’ve also been looking at just how much power all the random […]
Six Construct has announced the completion of the Gabbro Terminal expansion project in Mesaieed for Qatar Primary Materials company (QPMC). The work has doubled the capacity of the terminal by replacing the current operation system (4,000 daily rotations) with a conveyor system, which will help boost the terminal’s annual turnover to 30 million tons of aggregate, the company said in a statement. To support the new supply […]
Qatar Petroleum is the hidden giant of the global energy industry, overshadowed by its neighbor Saudi Aramco. Yet, the country’s colossal natural gas resources allow the state-run company to pump more oil and gas than Rosneft PJSC or Exxon Mobil Corp. After almost two decades of breakneck growth, the company needs to change tack. QP plans to expand abroad as domestic crude output declines and the government […]
By Maher Chmaytelli and Saif Hameed | BAGHDAD BAGHDAD An Iraqi policeman was killed and seven others wounded in clashes with protesters loyal to prominent Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who had gathered in Baghdad on Saturday to demand political reforms, the interior ministry said. Thousands had gathered in the square to demand an overhaul of the commission that supervises elections ahead of a provincial vote due in […]
newslide Amal Clooney expecting twins Reports have been swirling about a possible baby on the horizon but now, the actor Matt Damon has confirmed that Amal Clooney is expecting twins. The prominent human rights lawyer and wife of George Clooney will welcome their babies, reportedly a boy and a girl, in the summer, said Damon to Entertainment Tonight Canada. He said Clooney had told him the news […]
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, is to develop a waste-to-energy plant in Sharjah, in partnership with Bee’ah, the environmental management company, it has been announced. Diverting as much as 300,000 tonnes of solid waste from landfill each year, the project will help Sharjah reach its “zero waste-to-landfill” target by 2020 and the UAE deliver on its 2021 goal of diverting 75 percent of solid waste from […]
Ingest, data prep, analysis, visualization and export. They’re all part of the Big Data analytics life-cycle. The good news? The market sports multiple product categories that handle each of these. The bad news: there are far fewer products that handle many of these areas together. It’s getting more complex too, as other big data lifecycle categories, like data lake management/data cataloging and Big Data operations/DevOps are emerging. […]
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and with strategic support from the Ministry of Economy Event a key indicator of smart-service adoption as an important tool for conducting business, supporting smart trade and a knowledge economy Dubai, UAE, 3 February 2017 Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler […]
HAMBURG, Germany A German tourist attraction that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump’s plan to build a full-sized one on the border with Mexico. The display at Miniature Wonderland, which Trip Advisor rates as the top destination in the city of Hamburg, is a hit with tourists, including […]
New Yorkers march against Trump executive order on immigration. INQUIRER/Elton Lugay NEW YORK—When nurse practitioner Cristina Pajara saw a post on an alleged travel ban to include the Philippines, she wasted no time in canceling her scheduled trip to the homeland next month. “Nothing is certain under this new government, I don’t want to take my chances,” Pajara, a nurse practitioner based in Las Vegas told INQUIRER.net. She is among many Filipino Americans who are skeptical about traveling to the Philippines during these “uncertain […]
RedfestDXB has announced new timings for its closing day. It will be held on Saturday, after severe winds forced organisers to postpone the original date. To cater to young fans with Sunday school commitments the festival will run from 2pm to 8pm. Fans and ticket holders are urged to follow the event social media channels for further updates on ticket refunds, updated performance times and opening times. […]
MEXICO CITY Mexico and Turkey will speed up negotiations to sign a bilateral trade agreement, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Friday at an event in Mexico City with his Turkish counterpart. “A point of interest for both countries is to continue dialogue to build a free trade agreement between Turkey and Mexico,” Videgaray said, flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We’ve agreed to an […]
Strong winds reaching up to 80km per hour across the UAE forced major sporting events in Dubai to be postponed on Friday. The second round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament was cut short with South African George Coetzee leading by one shot as winds made play impossible. The windy conditions added to a difficult day for tournament organisers following the withdrawal of former world number […]
Dubai, UAE, 3 February 2017 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed its participation in the eighth cycle of Dubai Municipality’s (DM) green initiative Car-Free Day, to be held on 5 February 2017. The initiative is organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, to raise awareness on the environmental […]
GENEVA A renewed assault on Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Mosul could force 250,000 civilians to flee, if they can find a way out, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. Such an exodus would be on top of roughly 162,000 people already displaced by Iraqi government efforts to retake the city since October. Such numbers, although high, remain well below UNHCR’s initial […]
