BANJUL Gambia’s longtime leader Yahya Jammeh said on Saturday he would step down from power in a statement made in the face of pressure from West African armies that invaded his country to remove him after he refused to concede an election defeat to President Adama Barrow. “I have decided today in good conscience to relinquish the mantle of leadership of this great nation,” he said on […]
Whatever has happened to cloud? From risk bête noir to flavour of the month – how did that happen? Surveys across the board show huge growth in the adoption of cloud computing, especially hybrid cloud: in a recent report, 95% of IT professionals said they were using the cloud, and 75% said they were using hybrid cloud. And the report also found that security was no longer […]
SYDNEY Thousands of protesters in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday joined the first of hundreds of womens’ marches organised around the world in a show of disapproval of U.S. President Donald Trump as he began his first day in office. In Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, about 3,000 people – men and women gathered for a rally in Hyde Park before marching on the U.S. consulate downtown. […]
By Nate Raymond and Ju-min Park | NEW YORK/SEOUL NEW YORK/SEOUL The U.S. government has asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex, a U.S. prosecutor said on Friday. During a court hearing in federal court in Manhattan, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Noble […]
The intrinsic ability of graphene to superconduct (or carry an electrical current with no resistance) has been activated for the first time. This further widens the potential of graphene as a material that could be used in fields such as energy storage, high-speed computing, and molecular electronics. (via WSJ)
SEOUL South Korea’s culture minister was arrested on Saturday suspected of involvement in drawing up a blacklist of artists critical of President Park Geun-hye amid a graft scandal that led to the president’s impeachment by parliament. Cho Yoon-sun is the first sitting minister ever to be arrested, the special prosecutor’s team, which had applied for an arrest warrant, said. Seoul District Court said on Saturday in a […]
Donald Trump’s November victory ignited the steepest rally from election day to inauguration for a first-term president since John F. Kennedy won the White House in 1960. The charts below tell the tale of the vigorous, and in many ways unexpected, reaction to the rise of the billionaire property developer to the pinnacle of American politics. The S&P 500 index, a broad measure of the performance of […]
By Diane Bartz and Stephen Nellis Apple Inc filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones. Qualcomm is a major supplier to both Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for “modem” chips that connect phones to wireless networks. The two […]
Samsung has tinkered with the screen resolution in the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, after the Android 7.0 Nougat update. The screen resolution now automatically switches to a FHD mode, differing from Android Nougat’s default WQHD resolution. ( Răzvan Băltărețu | Flickr ) Samsung has finally released the Android 7.0 Nougat update for its Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones. This update had been eagerly awaited by Samsung users and […]
In strange and confusing times, with disenchantment at successive governments aggravated by feelings of insecurity after terrorist attacks, looming elections threaten to produce a socially-divisive outcome France may come to regret. One essential question faces French voters: should they embrace the extraordinary political turmoil that has swept the West and elect Marine Le Pen, leader of the anti-immigration Front National, a party many see as racist, as […]
President Trump signs his first executive order in the redecorated Oval Office of the White House © AP Anti-Trump protestors confront police in Franklin Square, Washington DC, not far from the White House © EPA President and Mrs Trump walk a short part of the inaugural parade along Pennsylvania Avenue © AP President Trump’s limousine moves along the route of the inaugural parade flanked by security © […]
WASHINGTON — As the clock wound down on Barack Obama’s presidency, an Air Force B-52 bomber carried out a punishing airstrike against a training camp of Al Qaeda in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The attack, which took place west of Aleppo, killed more than 100 fighters, according to the Pentagon. Armed drones were also involved in the operation, which took place Thursday evening local time. It […]
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed his first executive order on Friday, heading into the Oval Office shortly after his inaugural parade to direct agencies to ease regulations associated with Obamacare, the signature healthcare law of his predecessor that Trump has vowed to replace. The White House also directed an immediate regulatory freeze for all government agencies in a memo […]
By Melissa Fares and Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to “buy American and hire American.” It was a moment rich in irony. Many of those supporters were sporting Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps that were made in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Some were horrified when […]
A British man has died while working on the construction of a stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, authorities said. An investigation was under way to determine the cause of death, the Supreme Council for Delivery and Legacy, which is responsible for World Cup infrastructure, said in a statement. The 40-year-old man died on Thursday at the Khalifa International Stadium, it said, without giving other […]
Just hours after President Trump was sworn into office, amid Chuck Schumer’s jabs over HUD, the Senate has confirmed retired Marine General James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Marine General John Kelly as homeland security secretary. They were both expected to be confirmed easily, and were, but Democrats promised fights over several other nominees. Mattis was the first to be confirmed by a vote of 98 […]
By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an “American carnage” of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. “From this day […]
VIENNA An Austrian man suspected of having jihadi contacts was arrested on Friday in Vienna in a move the interior minister said prevented an imminent attack and police urged citizens to report any abandoned bags. Special forces arrested the 18-year-old with a migrant background in a Vienna apartment at around 1700 GMT, police said. “The decisive leads came from foreign intelligence services,” Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka told […]
Soyabeans and soya meal extended their gains this week, as heavy rain in Argentina’s key growing areas deepened fears over a disruption to production. In the first two weeks of the year, parts of the soyabean growing areas have suffered six months worth of precipitation, ruining the fields which had been seeded. Farmers had until this week to replant, but sustained rainfall has meant that the fields […]
Morgan Stanley (MS.N) Chief Executive Officer James Gorman’s overall pay rose 7 percent in 2016 to $22.5 million, according to a securities filing. While rising 7 percent against the previous year, Gorman’s total pay for 2016 was flat compared with his compensation in 2014. (Reporting by Olivia Oran; Editing by Alan Crosby) ‘); $(‘.second-article-divide’).append($(‘.slider.slider-module’)); $(‘.third-article-divide’).append(”); var median = (relatedItemsTotal / 2); var $relatedContentGroupOne = $(‘.related-content.group-one ul’); var […]
Rubble and snow cover the luxury Hotel Rigopiano in Italy, where more than 30 people were staying when an avalanche came crashing on the site on Wednesday afternoon. Rescuers are still hopeful as they search for survivors. Experts are now looking into the cause of the massive avalanche, and if the earthquake that occurred mere hours before the mishap had caused a chain reaction. So far, two bodies […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for January 21, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Film screening Catch a screening of the 1925 Charlie Chaplin comedy film The Gold Rush at Cinema Space. The film is considered to be Chaplin’s masterpiece, and follows his character the Little […]
Friday 21:00 GMT Overview Financial markets gave a relatively muted response to Donald Trump’s inaugural speech as US president, with US stocks edging higher, Treasuries putting in mixed performances and the dollar easing back against its main rivals. Oil prices rose sharply amid hopes that producers would show compliance to a global deal to cut output. Gold initially struggled for traction but held above the $1,200 an […]
While Turkey’s government later said that Mr. Simsek’s remarks had been misconstrued, it was clear that he had said a settlement without Mr. Assad would be “not, you know, realistic.” Continue reading the main story Both developments came as Russia, Turkey and Iran prepared to convene Syrian peace talks in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, beginning on Monday. For the first time, it looked likely that the […]
