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By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday released details of the personal finances of his staffers late on Friday, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka, confirming that he has surrounded himself with some very affluent advisers. White House ethics officials said the legally required disclosure documents provided a snapshot of assets and positions held by personnel when they […]

By Lesley Wroughton and Robert-Jan Bartunek | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reassured his nervous European counterparts over Washington’s commitment to NATO on Friday and pressed them again to spend more on defence, triggering a rebuke from Germany. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it was neither “reachable nor desirable” for Germany to spend the agreed NATO target of two percent of member states’ economic […]

By Gayathree Ganesan and Akankshita Mukhopadhyay Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) said on Friday it will shut its Aurora, Illinois, plant, costing about 800 employees their jobs as the world’s largest construction and mining equipment maker shifts production to other U.S. facilities. Caterpillar was among companies that met with President Donald Trump in February to talk about job creation, at a time when about 2,300 U.S. workers at five […]

California is known far and wide for it’s wacky regulations.  In fact, just last fall we wrote about SB 1383, a very significant piece of legislation signed into law by Jerry Brown which requires a 40% reduction in methane gas emissions from cow flatulence by 2030 (no, really…you can take a look here: “Here Are Some Of The Ridiculous New State Laws That Will Take Effect January […]

By Mark Hosenball | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday backed a decision by his former national security adviser to seek immunity in congressional investigations of possible ties between his election campaign and Russia, but there was no immediate sign a request would be granted. Retired General Michael Flynn, who resigned only 24 days after becoming national security adviser, wants protection against “unfair prosecution” if […]

FUJAIRAH // Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid offered his condolences to Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Ruler of Fujairah, on the death of the emirate’s Deputy Ruler. The Vice President and Ruler of Dubai visited the majlis at Al Remailah Palace in Fujairah, where he was also met by Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad, Crown Prince of Fujairah, and the sons of the late Sheikh Hamad bin Saif […]

Silver Lake, the tech-focused private equity group, has teamed up with US chipmaker Broadcom in an attempt to acquire Toshiba’s semiconductor business for nearly $18bn, people briefed about the situation said.  The Japanese company is in talks with several other potential suitors for its chipmaking unit, these people said, as it hopes that the sale will help it meet any financial shortfalls related to this week’s bankruptcy filing for […]

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Mr. Zaidan is a former bureau chief for Al Jazeera in Pakistan and one of the few journalists to interview Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Continue reading the main story The men’s lawyers and Reprieve, a human rights group in Britain that filed the lawsuit, hope that it will force the government to not only to clarify the men’s status, but to divulge […]

Investors are flocking back to European equities and propelling a rally across continental stock markets as money managers downplay fears around the upcoming French elections and fallout from Brexit. The shift — which follows a torrid 2016 when investors pulled roughly $100bn from the asset class — has been driven by hopes of a synchronised global economic expansion accelerating. European stock fund managers received $1.5bn in the […]

Major internet service providers (ISPs) on Friday said they don’t plan to sell their customers’ web browsing data, even after Congress cleared the way for them to do so. The statements from Verizon, Comcast and AT&T follow the congressional vote to repeal federal regulation that would have prevented ISPs from selling consumers’ personal information. “We have committed not to share our customers’ sensitive information (such as banking, […]

Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco-based activist and artist best known for creating the rainbow flag representing gay rights, has died at the age of 65, his longtime friend announced on social media on Friday. “My dearest friend in the world is gone. Clive Baker gave the world the rainbow flag, he gave me forty years of love and friendship,” Cleve Jones said on Twitter. No details were […]

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to change U.S. libel law to crack down on news organizations that publish information he finds objectionable. But could he actually make good on his threat? Several First Amendment experts reached by Poynter say President Trump couldn’t amend libel law simply because there is no federal statute governing libel. Further, any changes to existing libel laws would likely not favor President Trump, […]

Wall Street fell on Friday, pulled down by Exxon and JPMorgan Chase as investors wrapped up a strong quarter and weighed whether corporate earnings reports will justify the market’s lofty valuations. Major indexes have hit multiple record highs since the election of President Donald Trump on bets that he would improve economic growth by cutting taxes and boosting infrastructure spending. The rally has also benefited from robust […]

WASHINGTON The White House on Friday backed top aides’ comments that the United States is not now focussed on making Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, saying the U.S. focus is on defeating Islamic State militants. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday drew criticism for playing down a long-standing U.S. goal of persuading Assad to leave power […]

Princess Haya, wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited Australia this week as part of an official UAE visit. During the three-day trip, Princess Haya, known for her humanitarian work, discussed the country’s aid programme with several government ministers, including Governor General Sir Peter and Lady Cosgrove, and Julie Bishop MP, the Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs development programme. As Chairperson […]

Emirates has announced plans to launch a daily A380 service to Nice, gateway to the French Riviera and Provence. The daily A380 service will start on July 1. After Paris, Nice becomes Emirates’ second destination in France to welcome the iconic double decker, the Dubai-based airline said in a statement. Nice is currently served with a daily flight operated by a Boeing 777-300ER. The deployment of an […]

Latin American dictators once sent in tanks and soldiers. This week, Venezuela’s socialist president Nicolás Maduro dispatched judges. The motivation, in part, is money. The result, however, is the same: a coup. Opposition leaders branded Mr Maduro “a dictator” and foreign governments decried the power grab after Venezuela’s government-controlled Supreme Court effectively annulled the National Assembly on Thursday, where the opposition won a majority in 2015 amid […]

Taken together, the moves reinforce the message that Mr. Trump plans to make security cooperation the cornerstone of the American approach to the region, without human rights becoming an obstacle, unlike President George W. Bush, who also emphasized the development of democracy, or Mr. Obama, who pressed autocratic states to ease repression. Continue reading the main story “A blank check from President Trump on human rights concerns […]

US farmers have signalled plans to sow soyabeans across an area the size of Germany this year, an expanse that reflects the relentless rise of meat demand in China and other emerging economies. The record 89.5m acres (36.2m hectares) of soyabean fields would follow all-time high plantings in South America, the other leading grower of the oilseed. The harvest under way in Brazil is set to surpass […]

By Alex Dobuzinskis | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Federal agents have arrested illegal immigrants at California courthouses because local authorities have made such apprehensions at jails difficult, the Trump administration’s top two law enforcement officials told the state’s chief justice, who had requested a halt to the practice. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye made public on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department […]

ROME The G7 group of rich nations committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect world heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures. Destroying antiquities at heritage sites like the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and the shrines of Timbuktu in Mali has increasingly become a tactic of war for groups like Islamic State, both […]

By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Egypt at a Monday meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi focused on security issues and military aid, a senior White House official said on Friday. “He wants to use President Sisi’s visit to reboot the bilateral relationship and build on the strong connection the two presidents […]

ENMAYÚSCULA, (AFP).– Un año después de la publicación de los “Panama Papers”, una abogada del bufete involucrado en el escándalo aseguró que todas las sociedades creadas fueron constituidas dentro de la legalidad. “No existe el delito, porque no se blanqueó dinero, se constituyeron sociedades dentro del marco de la ley y se guardó la debida diligencia”, dijo a la AFP Marlene Guerra, una de las abogadas del […]

Dubai, UAE, Singapore, March 31, 2017  Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited (“Takeda”),announced today that Ricardo Marek has been appointed as the President of the Emerging Markets Business Unit (EMBU), based in Singapore, effective April 1, 2017. In his new role he will lead allbusiness operations across five geographic Areas that compriseEM BU – Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), China, Latin America, Middle East & Africa and Russia-CIS. Marekwill also […]

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