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They include coal executives Christopher Cline, founder of coal company Foresight Reserves LLC, and J Clifford Forrest, president of Rosebud Mining Company — each gave $1 million. Also contributing $1 million each: Hushang Ansary, a longtime oil executive and businessman, and his wife, Shahla Ansary. Inaugural committee donors who gave at least $1 million were invited to a long list of exclusive events over the inauguration weekend, […]

Actor Dev Patel was in Dubai on Tuesday to be honoured as one of the Chivas Icons at the H Hotel venue Play. The 27-year-old has been having a very good year. The Brit earned a best supporting actor Academy Award nomination for his turn in the real-life tale Lion, in which he portrayed Saroo Brierly, who was adopted by an Australian family after he was lost […]

Louvre Hotels has announced plans to open 10 new hotels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by the end of 2017, adding 1,600 keys to its current room inventory. The new properties will take its total regional keys to more than 11,000 and follows a productive 2016 when Louvre launched 12 properties in key markets including the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Tunisia and Lebanon. […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces speaks with winners and organisers of the Dalma Dhow Race, during a Sea Palace barza. Seen with Ahmed Al Romaithi (2nd L) and Maj Gen Faris Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (back R). Hamad Al Kaabi / Crown Prince Court — Abu Dhabi Sheikh […]

(Corrects professor’s name in paragraph 7) SANAA Famine and disease haunt the living, but not even the dead are spared the calamities of Yemen’s two-year-old civil war. Ancient mummies are withering away in a major museum for lack of electricity and preservative chemicals from abroad – a sign that the conflict is harming not only the country’s present and future but also its rich past. The dozen […]

Ismael Al Baloushi, an environmental inspector working in Ras Al Khaimah has been honoured for rescuing a woman and a young girl from drowning in the sea. Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Happiness, and Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Al Hammadi, director general of Public Works and Services Department in Ras Al Khaimah, led the praise. They said Al Baloushi’s bravery echoed “the […]

By Laila Kearney | NEW YORK NEW YORK New York is bracing for President Donald Trump’s first trip back to his hometown since taking office in January in a Thursday visit that is expected to draw protests and snarl traffic in the United States’ most populous city. The trip could mark a repeat of the chaotic 2-1/2 months between the real estate developer’s Nov. 8 election and […]

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Photos of Fitbit‘s first “proper” smartwatch have leaked. The company is currently developing the follow-up to its Blaze Smart Fitness Watch of yesteryear, and it appears that the said device features a more evolved look of Fitbit’s Blaze line. Fitbit Higgs Specs Codenamed “Higgs,” the watch will reportedly feature specs that can hold a candle to the Apple Watch Series 2. As per Yahoo Finance, which nabbed the exclusive […]

GENEVA Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, 50 percent more than estimated in January, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The new figure includes more than 275,000 children potentially facing a life-threatening severe acute form of malnutrition, who are nine times more likely to die of cholera or measles, UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said. “The combination […]

DUBAI // A cleaner accused of attacking a woman from behind and snatching a smartphone out of her pocket presented a receipt in court to show that he had bought the device. At Dubai Criminal Court on Tuesday morning, the 28-year-old Filipino denied stealing from his 31-year-old countrywoman on February 10 as she was unlocking her apartment door. “I bought the phone,” he said through a translator […]

By Ahmed Aboulenein | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when Islamic State swept into Mosul and declared a caliphate in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the militants, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis. His family have lost their home and his father […]

By Andrew Cawthorne and Alexandra Ulmer | CARACAS CARACAS Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday the creation of a new popular assembly with the ability to re-write the constitution, which foes decried as a power-grab to stifle weeks of anti-government unrest. “I don’t want a civil war,” Maduro told a May Day rally of supporters in downtown Caracas while elsewhere across the city security forces […]

ABU DHABI // Heavier fines will be levied on petrol smugglers in the UAE’s drive to protect its petroleum industry. FNC members will on Tuesday debate a legislative bill to jail petrol smugglers for between one and three years and impose a Dh500,000 fine for repeat offences. The current penalty is a jail term and a Dh30,000 fine. A national law is needed to govern the transfer, […]

Strength of a Woman Mary J Blige (Capitol) Three stars Mary J Blige has a way with hurt. Staples such as like Not Gon’ Cry and No More Drama might even prove that she is at her best musically when she’s at her worst personally. Her latest album supports this theory. Thanks in no small part to real-life drama involving her estranged husband, Martin “Kendu” Isaacs, from […]

TORONTO An explosion rocked Toronto’s financial district on Monday afternoon, prompting the police to close off a section of the downtown area as heavy smoke billowed out of sewer grates. Toronto’s fire chief told CBC’s French-language channel that the blast may have been caused by a power transformer explosion. Heavy smoke was pouring out of sewer grates at the corner of King and Bay Street, in the […]

By Ayesha Rascoe and Soyoung Kim | WASHINGTON/SEOUL WASHINGTON/SEOUL U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday opened the door to meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he would be honoured to meet the young leader under the right circumstances, even as Pyongyang suggested it would continue its nuclear weapons tests. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be […]

In other words, the FEC can’t really do much to shut down these groups, even if they do have the mailing address of a state prison, as is the case with Pesce’s PAC. (Update: 10:51 a.m., April 7, 2017: The FEC on April 6 sent Pesce a letter asking him to verify the accuracy of his “Impeach the Assole” PAC filing. The letter reminds Pesce that it’s […]

Credit: North Carolina State University A study comparing acceptance rates of contributions from men and women in an open-source software community finds that, overall, women’s contributions tend to be accepted more often than men’s – but when a woman’s gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. “There are a number of questions and concerns related to gender bias in computer programming, but this project was focused […]

The practice of “stealthing” refers to men secretly removing or damaging condoms without their partners’ knowledge. Apart from the health concerns associated with this practice, the experience is jarring for the victims, and leaves them feeling violated, confused, and upset. Alexandra Brodsky, fellow at the National Women’s Law Center, studied the phenomenon back when she was a student at Yale Law School and detailed her findings in […]

Abbas Beydoun is tired of excuses. The 72-year-old Lebanese author and poet urges readers and writers to avoid complacency – and to always look beyond the surface. To explain why, he highlights the central theme of his acclaimed novel, The Autumn of Innocence, which tackles the nature of tyranny. “It’s not good enough to look at violence as just something abnormal or new to us,” he says. […]

By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Negotiators in the U.S. Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military build-up. The full House of Representatives and Senate must still approve the bipartisan pact, which would be the first major legislation to […]

DUBAI // A man threatened to show a woman’s family a video he claimed was of her having sex unless she agreed to meet with him, Dubai Criminal Court was told. The 35-year-old Syrian told judges he found the video of the 25-year-old woman, also Syrian, online by accident. “We were in a relationship and planning to get married then I came across this recording of her […]

TOKYO The United States will begin an investigation into whether thermoplastic components used in some Japanese and German vehicle models sold in the country violate its patent laws, trade authorities said late last week. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on Friday listed 25 companies in the probe, including BMW, Honda Motor Co Ltd, Toyota Motor Corp, along with Japanese parts suppliers Aisin Seiki Co Ltd and […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for April 28, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE. Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] newslide Dubai Concert The Fridge Concert […]

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