MAG 5 Property Development has announced the launch of MAG 5, the third phase of its MAG 5 Boulevard community in Dubai. The developer said in a statement that MAG 5 has been released in response to “increasing investor demand for studios and both one and two bedroom apartments”. MAG 5 Boulevard is the second project developed by MAG 5 PD, and is its first in the […]
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) self-driving car unit Waymo on Friday added a new patent claim to its intellectual property lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc and requested a preliminary injunction to stop the ride-sharing service from using what it says is proprietary information, a court filing showed. The two Silicon Valley companies are fighting over technology that is seen as part of the foundation of the future of transportation, […]
Harmonix, the developer behind the Rock Band franchise, and Hasbro, the company behind several popular trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering, are teaming up for a music mixing trading card game. Named DropMix, the game will be made available in September this year. ‘DropMix’: The Music Mixing Game DropMix, as described by Harmonix in its announcement, is a fast-paced music mixing game that allows players to […]
By Keith Coffman | NEDERLAND, Colo. NEDERLAND, Colo. Every March the cryogenically frozen corpse of a Norwegian man breathes fresh life into sleepy Nederland, Colorado, where throngs of fun-lovers fill the streets for “Frozen Dead Guy Days,” a festival in honor of the town’s most famous resident. The annual three-day festival is the brainchild of a local businesswoman who came up with the whimsical idea 16 years […]
Hedge funds run by women have outperformed a broader benchmark of alternative investment managers over the past five years, raising fresh questions about why there are so few female portfolio managers. The HFRI Women index has returned 4.4 per cent over the past five years, compared with a 4.2 per cent return for the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index, a broader gauge of hedge funds across all […]
MOSCOW Russia and Britain discussed relations between the two countries and preparations for a visit by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to Moscow, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov met Britain’s Minister for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan on Friday to discuss bilateral relations which had “significantly deteriorated in recent years”, the ministry said in a statement. The two […]
By Fathin Ungku and Hillary Teo | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE More than 100 people gathered in Singapore’s Speakers’ Corner on Saturday for a rare protest against a government plan to hike water prices that has stirred discontent over sluggish economic growth and rising unemployment in the city-state. Singapore’s government enjoys strong popular support but is also known for having little tolerance for dissent. Residents are only allowed to […]
Saudi women from adventurers to inventors are hoping a unique conference in Riyadh on Saturday will highlight their changing role and inspire younger women to push for new opportunities in the ultra-conservative kingdom. The event comes at a time when reforms are slowly changing women’s lives in one of the world’s most gender-segregated countries – where women live under the supervision of a male guardian and cannot […]
By Kawa Omar | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq After two and a half years under Islamic State control, all that is left in Mosul’s museum are the traces of looting and destruction. Inside the rubble-strewn building, where militants filmed themselves destroying ancient artifacts, the large stone wing of a statue of lamassu — an Assyrian winged bull deity — lies on the dusty floor among other broken […]
ABU DHABI // From exploring the ocean’s depths and deep space to supporting emergency personnel in natural disasters, researchers believe robots are the key to solving many of the world’s most difficult challenges. Unmanned systems have the potential to transform military operations, the way first responders fight fires and how researchers explore the ocean depths, experts have said. The world will also witness greater human-machine collaboration, artificial […]
STERLING, Va. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that the United States Secret Service did a “fantastic job” stopping an intruder who scaled a White House fence late on Friday and entered the grounds. Trump, who was in the White House at the time, said he was told about the intruder on Friday night, and called the intruder a “troubled person.” Trump made his comments […]
Her name is synonymous with delicate fragrances in luxury packaging; the very scent of aspiration. But Jo Malone spent years wondering if her sense of smell would ever find a new outlet, after selling her eponymous brand and walking away from the business – a decision she now says was “the biggest mistake” of her life. Yet after a lengthy hiatus in which she found her creative […]
BERLIN A brown bear broke out of its cage at a zoo in northern Germany on Saturday and was shot dead by a zoo keeper after shocked visitors were led to safety, police said. Nord West Media TV said the bear escaped through a hole in its cage and that staff at the zoo in Osnabrueck took visitors into the monkey house to shelter. “Numerous police officers […]
By Gilbert Reilhac | STRASBOURG, France STRASBOURG, France Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is expected to address a public meeting in France on Sunday, a local official said, a day after the Netherlands barred his plane from landing in a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish emigres. Cavusoglu is scheduled to speak in Metz, eastern France, at 1200 GMT, an official at the Moselle regional prefecture […]
Protect your device against water, dust, and shock damage starting at KD 1 monthly 11 March 2017 Kuwait – Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced the launch of a new innovative service to protect smart devices in partnership with Liquipel. The new service offers postpaid customers two unique options to protect their devices starting at KD 1 monthly. Zain is keen on introducing the latest […]
By Emily Stephenson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON An intruder carrying a backpack entered the White House grounds late Friday and was arrested at an entrance near the part of the building where the president resides, the U.S. Secret Service and CNN said on Saturday. President Donald Trump, who was in the White House at the time, was not in any danger from the security breach, CNN reported, citing […]
Raising more money on Kickstarter isn’t the only goal.Image: WDnet Studio/stocksnap By Emma Hinchliffe2017-03-11 16:19:51 UTC Every Kickstarter project wants to meet its fundraising goal. But a new study suggests that raising a ton of money doesn’t predict how much success a crowdfunding project will ultimately find. Researchers at North Carolina State University found that the number of people who supported a project on Kickstarter — rather […]
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. British reporter Iona Craig went to the al Ghayil, the Yemeni town stormed by Navy SEALs in the raid that President Trump says was a great success even as it claimed the life of the operator whose widow was honored […]
ESSEN, Germany German police sealed off and closed a shopping mall in the heart of the western city of Essen on Saturday after the security services warned of a possible terrorist attack. Germany is on high alert following deadly militant Islamist attacks in France and Belgium and after a failed asylum seeker from Tunisia drove a truck into a Berlin Christmas market in December, killing 12 people. […]
This report marks the end of a series of three big trains of thought. The first explained how we’re living through the Mother Of All Financial Bubbles. The next detailed the Great Wealth Transfer that is now underway, siphoning our wealth into the pockets of an elite few. This concluding report predicts how these deleterious and unsustainable trends will inevitably ‘resolve’ (which is a pleasant way of […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | NEW YORK NEW YORK The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin, the digital currency. Investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been trying for more than three years to convince the SEC to let it bring the Bitcoin ETF to market. CBOE […]
PARIS France’s far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon said on Saturday he had secured the 500 endorsements from elected officials needed in order to run in the election. “We have our 500 sponsors!” Melenchon tweeted. The European parliamentarian, whose “Indomitable France” grouping is backed by the country’s Communist party, had reached 432 signed endorsements from lawmakers and mayors on Friday, according to France’s constitutional court. Former Economy Minister […]
My dad bought me a Nintendo to celebrate my first birthday in 1988, despite it being quite obvious the gift was intended for himself. Over the years though, I managed to develop some semblance of motor skills and we began taking turns playing Mario. I bonded with siblings over beating a boss in Zelda and fought with my cousins over who got to play Star Fox next. […]
March 11, 2017 by: Mehul Srivastava in Istanbul and Duncan Robinson in Brussels Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the Dutch authorities of being “fascists” after they blocked a flight carrying his foreign minister from travelling to Rotterdam. He also threatened to stop flights to Turkey from the Netherlands. Mevlut Cavusoglu had been due to address a Turkish rally as part of a campaign to win […]
