This artist rendering provided by Airbus shows a vehicle in their flying car project, Vahana. Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing. Nearly a dozen companies around the globe, some of them with deep pockets like Airbus, are working […]
Former Pangasinan representative Rachel Arenas, daughter of socialite and philanthropist Rosemarie Arenas, replaces Eugenio Villareal as MTRCB chief Pia Ranada Published 4:55 PM, January 30, 2017 Updated 5:12 PM, January 30, 2017 NEW MTRCB HEAD. Rachel Arenas is appointed MTRCB chairperson by President Rodrigo Duterte. Rappler file photo MANILA, Philippines – Former Pangasinan congresswoman Rachel Arenas has been appointed the new chairperson of the Movie and Television […]
London Business School’s leading thinkers give us their views on the challenges and opportunities that businesses will encounter in 2017. Disruptive opportunities “2017 will be the year of disruption,” says Costas Markides, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and executive education faculty director. “Every industry will be affected by some kind of discontinuity or disruption – whether it’s the invasion of new business models or the arrival of […]
GE Healthcare and its partner Advanced Technology Company to provide advanced diagnostic imaging and digital technology Aligned with the National Development Plan to modernize Kuwait’s healthcare infrastructure 30 January 2017 Kuwait City, Kuwait – A partnership between GE Healthcare and Advanced Technology Company (ATC) has been selected as the key medical technology provider for five new Ministry of Health hospitals in Kuwait as part of the Ministry’s […]
KINSHASA Two military helicopters crashed in a strife-torn part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with at least four crew members on board, authorities said on Monday. Government spokesman Lambert Mende told Reuters it was not clear what brought down the helicopters on Friday in North Kivu province near the borders with Rwanda and Uganda. Over the weekend, U.N.-sponsored Radio Okapi cited military sources as saying that […]
By Frank McGurty and Nathan Frandino | NEW YORK/WASHINGTON NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations. In New York, Washington and Boston, a second wave of demonstrations followed spontaneous rallies that broke out at U.S. airports on Saturday […]
Jan 30, 2017 11:26 am IST India’s space agency will next month attempt to launch 104 satellites from a single rocket, a mission that could land it in the record books. The Indian Space Research Organization plans to use its workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, to carry three satellites from India, and 101 smaller nano satellites from five countries—the U.S., Netherlands, Israel, Kazakhstan and Switzerland into orbit. If […]
DUBAI A suspected U.S. drone strike killed two men believed to be al Qaeda militants in central Yemen, local officials said early on Monday, hours after American commandos carried out the first military operation authorized by President Donald Trump. The officials said the pilotless plane targeted a vehicle travelling in Baihan in the province of Shabwa, in which two suspected al Qaeda members were travelling. Both men […]
In response to the federal government’s draft guidelines for its Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) has called for greater clarity around what constitutes as “innovative” and for the government to present outcomes that are more tangible than “improving liveability”. The council, which launched in Australia and New Zealand mid-2016, insisted that greater “transparency”, “specificity”, and stronger wording is needed to […]
TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp’s (7203.T) four-year run as the world’s top-selling automaker has ended as the Japanese company said on Monday its global sales for 2016 fell short of Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE). Toyota said global sales across its Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu minicar and Hino Motors Ltd (7205.T) truck brands rose 0.2 percent to 10.18 million last year from 2015. This was less than the 10.3 million sold […]
UAE prime minister Sheikh Mohammed has approved a cabinet decree that will see Russian citizens granted an entry visa at all entry points to the county. The visa will allow citizens of the Russian Federation an entry visa for 30 days for the first time, renewable one time only for another 30 days, as per UAE regulations. The decree is hoped to develop economic and tourism ties […]
Those jilted fans, however, might find some solace in knowing that two former Chargers heroes are finalists for the Hall of Fame, which traditionally gains four to eight new members in a vote on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. Continue reading the main story Running back LaDainian Tomlinson is nearly a sure thing, while Coach Don Coryell is a long-overdue thing. And how appropriate a thing […]
Surgeons of University Hospitals Leuven have been the first to operate on a patient with retinal vein occlusion using a surgical robot. Operated by an eye surgeon, the robot uses a needle of barely 0.03 millimetre to inject a thrombolytic drug into the retinal vein of the patient. KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) developed the robot and needle specifically for this procedure. The operation was successful […]
By Simon Lewis and Wa Lone | YANGON YANGON Human rights group Amnesty International and a thinktank have urged Myanmar to investigate the apparent assassination of prominent Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, whose shooting at Yangon airport shocked the Southeast Asian nation. Sunday’s slaying, amid heightened communal and religious tension in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, appears to be a rare act of political violence in the commercial capital that coincided […]
JERUSALEM: When Benjamin Netanyahu sent a tweet in support of President Donald Trump’s plan for a wall along the Mexican border, the Israeli prime minister can barely have expected it would be retweeted 40,000 times and cause a backlash at home and abroad.Already under arguably the greatest pressure he has faced in his 11 years as prime minister, with police questioning him in two criminal probes into […]
MANILA The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers, but the country’s president vowed on Sunday to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term. President Rodrigo Duterte said he was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping, leading to the death by strangulation of Jee […]
SAHIWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that the Panama Papers case is historic as for the first time the ruling family is being held accountable in Pakistan. Imran Khan addressing a public rally in Sahiwal said that they will fully support the decision of the Supreme Court but will never accept the corruption of the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “No family […]
Phoenix Contact to showcase new innovative products at the Middle East Electricity 2017 Dubai, United Arab Emirates- January 29, 2017, (ME NewsWire) Phoenix Contact, an electrical engineering company is set to participate at the upcoming 42nd edition of the Middle East Electricity (MEE) 2017. The Phoenix Contact stall will be located at booth number 6A10 in hall number 6 at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 14 […]
The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has announced that the United States Copyright Alert System (CAS), designed to combat online piracy, has been abandoned by its members after a four-year run. The CAS was run by the CCI and involved voluntary participation by five ISPs — AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision — which all agreed to send users a warning notice when requested by […]
WASHINGTON/RIYADH Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, in a phone call on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump, agreed to support safe zones in Syria and Yemen, a White House statement said. Trump, during his presidential campaign last year, had called for Gulf states to pay for establishing safe zones to protect Syrian refugees. A statement after the phone call said the two leaders agreed on the importance of […]
QUEBEC CITY Five people were killed after gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers, the mosque’s president told reporters on Sunday. Earlier, a witness told Reuters that up to three gunmen fired on about 40 people inside the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Center. Police put up a security perimeter around the mosque and declined to comment to reporters about the incident. “Why is […]
TOKYO Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp [MTFGTB.UL] is preparing to sue Toshiba Corp for 1 billion yen ($8.7 million) in damages after its share price tanked due to a $1.3 billion accounting scandal two years ago. The trust bank is seeking compensation on behalf of its client pension funds, a spokesman said on Monday. The development is an extra headache for the conglomerate which has plunged […]
The Nintendo Switch is all set for its March 3 global launch, when it will be hitting markets with a $299 price tag. While that date is just over a month away, many questions still remain regarding the upcoming hybrid console. Thankfully, the U.K. version of the official Nintendo website published the official technical specifications of the Nintendo Switch, providing gamers with more information regarding the highly anticipated […]
The continuing conflict in Syria was high on the agenda at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Three films – Cries from Syria, City of Ghosts and Last Men in Aleppo – examined different aspects of the conflict, with one of them rewarded with one of the festival’s main prizes. With diplomatic efforts to end the almost six-year war stalling, and UN estimates of the death toll […]
