He was supposed to have been charged yesterday, but action was put off A WARRANT of arrest is out for a politician in Malacca implicated in a multimillion-ringgit corruption scandal. The man was supposed to be charged yesterday with at least 10 counts of offences related to money laundering, but the highly-anticipated court appearance did not materialise. The New Straits Times was made to understand that the […]
Uber is making its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) plans more concrete, via new partnerships announced today during its Elevate conference focused on the VTOL industry. The partnerships are with established aeronautics and emerging VTOL players, including Aurora Flight Sciences, Embraer, Bell Helicopter, Pistrel Aircraft, Mooney and ChargePoint, and will focus on two markets initially, including Dallas in the U.S. and Dubai abroad. The partners will provide […]
Etihad Aviation Group on Monday announced the appointment of Robin Kamark as CEO, Airline Equity Partners. Kamark will be responsible for leading and developing the Group’s minority equity investment strategy, which includes stakes in airberlin, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Etihad Regional and Virgin Australia, a statement said. He takes over from Bruno Matheu, who has held the role since May 2016, and is leaving […]
Located on Reem Island, Vida Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi and Vida Residences Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi will add to the portfolio of Emaar Hospitality Group’s upscale lifestyle hotel brand Scheduled to open in 2020, the iconic hotel and extended stay serviced residences overlook the Arabian Sea within a marina setting Vida Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi will feature 262 guestrooms and suites, and […]
By Katharine Houreld | NAIROBI NAIROBI Like many guys using the Tinder dating app, Sudan loves the outdoors and travels widely. The catch: he’s the world’s last male white northern rhino and desperately needs to mate. “I don’t mean to be too forward, but the fate of my species literally depends on me,” reads his profile. “I perform well under pressure. I like to eat grass and […]
After yesterday’s violent gap up in stocks across the globe in response to the “expected” outcome from the French election, today the risk on sentiment has continued if to a lesser extent, with stocks in Europe, Asia all rising while S&P futures point to a higher open. Yen, gold decline, while the euro traded as high as 1.09 this morning before fading some gains; oil is up […]
By Linda Sieg and Tetsushi Kajimoto | TOKYO TOKYO The secretary-general of Japan’s ruling party said on Tuesday he will attend China’s New Silk Road summit in May, a sign Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to improve ties with Beijing amid tensions over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programmes. But an adviser to Abe said Tokyo remained cautious about the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), created […]
Viktor Medvedchuk has an unusually powerful godfather to his daughter: Vladimir Putin, the Russian president. The Ukrainian is also under US sanctions for “threatening the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or territorial integrity” of his country. So why is Mr Medvedchuk involved in negotiations over the future of separatist-held east Ukraine — on Kiev’s side? Mr Medvedchuk, 62, has long been one of Ukraine’s most divisive and enigmatic […]
Saudi Arabia is about to cast off its oil-dependence, build brand-new industries and open its economy to foreign investment, according to the government. That might make it a good time to buy into a Saudi bank. And substantial stakes in two of them are up for sale. But in both cases, it’s international lenders who are seeking to get out – and there are no big-name global […]
ARM on Monday unveiled the Mali-C71, its first image signal processor (ISP) built from the ground up for the automotive market. ISPs process raw pixel data so it can be displayed to a driver or used for further processing by computer vision algorithms. ARM’s ISPs already offer high dynamic range, noise reduction and other features for devices like smartphones and videoconferencing systems, but cars require higher performance […]
Security is the Internet of Things’ (IoT) Achilles heel. One reason that’s so is there is a lack of common IoT development standards. The Linux Foundation, along with 50 companies, is addressing this by building a common open-framework for IoT edge computing and an ecosystem of interoperable components under a new open-source consortium: The EdgeX Foundry. EdgeX is seeking a common open-source framework for the IoT. The […]
Enviroserve UAE has signed an agreement with Dubai Wholesale City for the construction of a 228,000 sq ft electronics and specialised waste recycling plant at Dubai Industrial Park. Backed by the Swiss Government Export Finance Agency, the AED120 million project represents one of the largest foreign direct investments in the field of environmental management in the UAE, a statement said. It added that the facility will serve […]
Apple is working on a sensor that would monitor diabetics’ blood sugar levels, according to CNBC. It’s been in the works since the days of Steve Jobs, who reportedly envisioned a wearable like Apple Watch that would keep tabs on people’s health. This story is of great personal interest to me since I have been a type 2 diabetic for over 25 years. I have […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hackers are able to decipher PINs and passwords just from the way we tilt our phone when we are typing in the information. Cyber experts at Newcastle University, UK, have revealed the ease with which malicious websites, as well as installed apps, can spy on us using just the information from the motion sensors in our mobile phones. Analysing the movement of […]
Risk is definitely on this morning as European shares soar, led by French stocks and a new record high in Germany’s Dax, after a “French relief rally” in which the first round of the country’s presidential elections prompted investors to bet that establishment candidate Emmanuel Macron will win a runoff vote next month, and who is seen as a 61% to 39% favorite to defeat Le Pen […]
The federal government has announced it has agreed to enhanced cybersecurity cooperation with China, following discussions between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs Meng Jianzhu. During the discussions held last week in Sydney, Australia and China agreed that neither country would conduct or support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, […]
Blizzard recently released a new patch for StarCraft that made the iconic real-time strategy game, along with its expansion StarCraft: Brood War, free for all PC and Mac gamers. The move adds StarCraft to the list of free classic PC games that can be downloaded without any strings attached. These games may be old, but they are still very much well worth your time. ‘StarCraft’ The original StarCraft continues to […]
Two of the biggest chipmakers are in for a potential high-stakes battle. With rumors about AMD’s Radeon RX Vega GPU making the rounds, a flurry of reports about Nvidia’s counterattack has also surfaced: a new GeForce GTX 20-series based on Volta Architecture. AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs The Radeon RX Vega leaked recently via a teaser, offering the first look at the GPUs in addition to the limited-edition […]
Photo Members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting about Syria on April 7. President Trump will host a lunch on Monday with 14 diplomats who are members of the Security Council. Credit Drew Angerer/Getty Images UNITED NATIONS — President Trump, who recently had Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin and Kid Rock over for a White House dinner, is planning to host 14 diplomats from around […]
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is unveiled during a media preview for the New York International Auto Show, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Fred Croatti often drives his silver Dodge Charger Hellcat to the grocery store, turning heads as he rumbles through the parking lot with a supercharged 6.2-Liter 707-horsepower engine. Although Croatti’s car sounds like a NASCAR racer, the retired […]
· Marassi Al Bahrain has been chosen as the first location for The Address Hotels & Resorts hospitality brand outside of the UAE · Linked to Marassi Galleria – the shopping, leisure and entertainment destination 23 April 2017 Manama – Eagle Hills Bahrain, developers of the urban waterfront project Marassi Al Bahrain, held a reception for invited VIP guests of its new-to-market hospitality brand, The […]
Australian filmmaker Kitty Green says that more than two decades after the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, the case remains so fascinating to people in part because of the similarities with David Lynch’s surreal 1990s television drama Twin Peaks. “It’s around Christmas, Santa Claus is a suspect, the victim is a beauty queen who is just 6 years old, and her mother was also […]
The Search for Everything John Mayer (Columbia) Two stars Earth’s reigning guitar hero, John Mayer, delivers his seventh studio album. It reveals a calmer artist taking a measured approach to accessible funk-laced songs. It is a confident album that feels less an artistic exploration and more musical comfort food. There are few unexpected turns. The arrangements are solid, if slightly predictable. Still Feel Like Your Man is […]
23 April 2017 Cairo, Egypt – Six of October Development & Investment Company “SODIC” closed the first quarter with EGP 1.2 billion net contracted sales booked, showing a strong start for the year 2017. Net contracted sales grew by a solid 64% during the first quarter on the back of three launches with EGP 1.7 billion worth of inventory introduced in February and March of 2017. The […]
