Guest | Jun 15, 2015 | 0 comments In lieu of the recent release of the latest driving game to hit the shelves, Project CARS, we thought we’d take a look at the best racers throughout the history of gaming. Project CARS is a pure racing simulator, with authentic handling and crisp graphics, but no-one can deny that other driving games have influenced this great racer. Let’s […]
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO The United States and Russia are competing for a strategic role in Brazil’s plan to launch commercial satellites from its base near the equator, opening up a new theater in their rivalry for allies and influence. Brazil’s government expects to choose a partner to help provide technology in the coming months, three sources with knowledge of the deliberations told Reuters. Brazil partnered with Ukraine over […]
An Apple logo is seen in front of an Apple Store as a customer waits to enter, in Berlin April 10, 2015. Reuters/Stefanie Loos/Files REUTERS – Apple Inc(AAPL.O) said it would pay more than 70 percent revenue from music subscriptions to music owners. In the United States, Apple will pay music owners 71.5 percent revenue from its $9.99 per month music streaming service, Apple said. The number […]
Phoenix Power $146m IPO heavily oversubscribed MUSCAT, 10 hours, 58 minutes ago The flotation of Phoenix Power Co, owner of Oman’s largest power plant, has been heavily oversubscribed, attracting over RO1 billion ($2.6 billion) of bids from investors, the state-run Oman News Agency (ONA) reported on Sunday. The company sought to raise RO56.3 million ($146.3 million) by offering a 35 per cent stake in an offer open […]
EFG-Hermes launches leasing subsidiary CAIRO, 11 hours, 6 minutes ago Egypt’s EFG-Hermes, one of the Middle East’s largest investment banks, said on Sunday it had launched a wholly-owned subsidiary, EFG Hermes Leasing, that would start operations immediately. The firm said in a statement that the subsidiary would provide leasing services to large corporates and small and medium enterprises across Egypt. The size of the portfolio of EFG-Hermes […]
Ezzo … focus on cyber safety. ICDL honoured for raising cyber safety awareness ABU DHABI, 11 hours, 22 minutes ago ICDL Arabia, the governing body of the ICDL certificate programme in Egypt, GCC and Iraq, has been honoured by UAE’s Ministry of Interior (Child Protection Center) for raising awareness on cyber safety among children. The organization has taken on cyber safety as an integral part of its […]
Reliance eyes Dec start for 4G phone service MUMBAI, 13 hours, 47 minutes ago After five years and more than $15 billion of investments, Mukesh Ambani said his Reliance Industries could be ready to begin 4G phone services in December. Reliance, India’s second-largest company by market value and led by India’s richest man, derives most of its revenue from its sprawling energy empire, but has over the […]
Networks upgrade key for Iraq to be Net transit hub BAGHDAD, 16 hours, 26 minutes ago A more reliable terrestrial broadband network could enable Iraq to become a transcontinental transit route for Internet traffic, a senior executive at one of two firms providing submarine connectivity to the war-torn country told Reuters. Iraq is ideally located to carry Internet traffic between Asia and Europe and built a submarine […]
BAHRAIN. On June 12, 2015, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom of Bahrain at ‘BBB-/A-3’. We also affirmed our long- and short-term foreign and local currency credit ratings on the Central Bank of Bahrain at ‘BBB-/A-3’. The outlooks on both Bahrain and its central bank remain negative. RATIONALE We expect that Bahrain’s fiscal […]
Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed has been awarded the Humanitarian Work Award of the Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab States. Sheikh Nahyan, chairman of the board of trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, received the award in recognition of his local, regional and international humanitarian work, reported state news agency Wam. The award was received on his behalf by Abdul Redha Abdullah […]
“I don’t discriminate with music,” says Mannan Alawar with a laugh, “as long as it’s good.” Whether he is reinventing the UAE national anthem on electric guitar for a YouTube audience or leaping into a crowd mid-solo, Alawar is hardly the average Emirati banker. The 24-year-old is a musician at heart, dividing his time between his day job, several bands and finishing a business degree. When he […]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, met the president of Angola on Sunday. The Crown Prince “expressed his delight at the visit and hoped that it would contribute towards enhancing friendship and cooperation between the UAE and Angola, and open doors for these relations to serve the interests of both countries”, the state news agency Wam […]
By JODI RUDOREN June 14, 2015 JERUSALEM — In a pre-emptive strike against a forthcoming United Nations report on the war last year between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a lengthy paper arguing that its troops adhered to international law and blaming the militants for most of the s civilian casualties in Gaza. Israel has refused to cooperate with the […]
Actors preparing for “1945,” a play produced by Al-Midan Theater after one inspired by the case of a convicted murderer generated protests. By DIAA HADID June 13, 2015 HAIFA, Israel — The play had been staged many times for Arabic-speaking audiences in Israel without controversy. But a performance with Hebrew subtitles for a wider audience was all it took to touch off a major furor. The play, “Parallel Time,” […]
By THOMAS ERDBRINK June 13, 2015 TEHRAN — With a little more than two weeks before the deadline for a nuclear deal, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, said Saturday that he expected relief from economic sanctions within a “couple of months” after an agreement with six world powers was signed. Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would […]
You are here: Home > Events > 24 Hours of Le Mans > Sponsored Video: Will Audi Dominate Le Mans Yet Again in 2015? Chris Burdick | Jun 13, 2015 | 0 comments I suppose it was the year 2000 that Audi began their domination of the epic 24 Hours of Le Mans. They won it with the incredible R8 LMP, and continued for three years in […]
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Files WASHINGTON China-linked hackers appear to have gained access to sensitive background information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances that could potentially expose them to blackmail, the Associated Press reported on Friday. In a report citing several U.S. officials, the news agency said data on […]
After a federal court rejected attempts by cable and phone companies to stop net neutrality on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission’s plan for new Internet rules went into effect. Under the new rules, the FCC can assert extra authority over the Internet to establish equal access to Internet speeds and Web sites. Companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon have claimed that the rules are beyond the FCC’s […]
By CHARLIE SAVAGE June 13, 2015 WASHINGTON — The United States has transferred six lower-level detainees from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where each had been held for more than 13 years, the military announced early Saturday. The departures, to Oman, were the first from the prison in six months and reduced the inmate population there to 116 prisoners. The six men are all Yemenis and have each […]
INTERNATIONAL. This year Ipsos celebrates 20 years of the European Media and Marketing Survey (EMS) or as it is called now, The Ipsos Affluent Survey Europe. The Affluent European whom the survey tracks comes in all shapes and sizes, with a myriad of different wants and needs, yet, these individuals (the Top 13% of income earners) have one thing in common: they have significant disposable income and […]
TUNISIA. There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that the Internet can bring to people across the continent. This was the focus of an address delivered to delegates at the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) recently held in Tunisia by Kathy Brown, President & CEO of […]
By CHARLIE SAVAGE June 12, 2015 WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the conspiracy conviction of a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that bringing the charge before a tribunal was unconstitutional because an international war crime was not alleged. In a blow to the military tribunal system, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the […]
ABU DHABI // Three men denied trying to rob a money exchange centre and have asked the court to seek video surveillance footage to prove their innocence. Prosecutors said on Thursday that the three had failed to rob Al Madina exchange centre because they were unable to break the locks. The men insisted they were innocent and had confessed only under duress and threats. The asked the […]
A logo is pictured at Google’s European Engineering Center in Zurich April16, 2015. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Google Inc (GOOGL.O) said on Friday that it is launching a live streaming gaming service called “YouTube Gaming”, creating a rival to Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Twitch service. The service, to be available in the form of an app as well as a website, will focus exclusively on gamers and gaming. […]
