Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice-President and Ruler of Dubai, attended the final day of the Grand Prix. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court – Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the final day of the […]
By Michael Georgy, Isabel Coles and John Davison | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq Iraq’s sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi’ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State’s biggest stronghold. Forty days into the biggest ground offensive in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, about a […]
Viktor Bout, the suspected Russian arms dealer who has been fighting his prosecution in the U.S. for almost a decade, is nearing the end of his legal options. A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday denied Mr. Bout’s bid for a new trial, limiting his hopes of overturning his 2011 conviction. Mr. Bout, dubbed the “Merchant of […] (via WSJ)
JOHANNESBURG The new head of South Africa’s anti-graft unit, which this month alleged influence-peddling in President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet, has laid a complaint against her predecessor for leaking a recorded interview with the president, newspaper Sunday Times reported on Sunday. Former watchdog Thuli Madonsela has said she had the right to make public the audio recording after Zuma accused her of not giving him an opportunity to […]
LG is looking to redeem itself and win over consumers with its impending LG G6, the successor of the LG G5 flagship. To ensure that the LG G6 does not meet the dismal fate of the modular LG G5 smartphone, the company is pulling out all stops for upcoming handset. LG is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the next-gen smartphone finds favor with consumers. We […]
DUBAI // A cleaner who stabbed a woman in the neck rushed to his brother in shock, screaming that he killed a woman and police must come, heard Dubai Criminal Court. “I didn’t know what happened that minute but I didn’t mean to end her life,” said the 32-year-old Filipino defendant, who is charged with premeditated murder. Prosecutors said that on August 7 he visited his supervisor […]
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said on Thursday while he had no reason to question the “legitimacy” of the settlement amount, he was concerned about the potential impact of a pending appeals-court case over the SEC’s decades-old policy of allowing defendants to settle allegations of wrongdoing without admitting or denying wrongdoing. (via WSJ)
Payday lenders asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., for emergency relief to stop what they called a coordinated effort by U.S. regulators to stop banks from doing business with them, threatening their survival. In Wednesday night filings, the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) and payday lender Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc said a preliminary injunction was needed to end the “back-room campaign” of […]
DUBAI // Two Pakistanis sentenced to two years in jail each for assaulting a 62-year-old Indian man with an iron bar and stealing Dh200,000 he had hidden in his underwear had their terms cut in half by Dubai Court of Appeal. On June 12 the men, aged 26 and 25, saw the victim hide an envelope full of money in his underwear as he left a bank […]
The largest bitcoin exchange firm in the country is balking at a proposed summons from the Internal Revenue Service seeking all U.S. customer records over a three-year period. Lawyers for the IRS last week filed court papers seeking a judicial order to serve a so-called “John Doe” summons on San Francisco-based Bitcoin platform Coinbase Inc. The government’s request, part […] (via WSJ)
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO and Managing Director of Mubadala and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, meet with Bernie Ecclestone, President and CEO of Formula 1, on the second day the 2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ryan Carter / Crown […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 27, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Art exhibition See No White Walls, featuring works created by professional artists in the UAE who have collaborated on an initiative to develop the art scene in Abu Dhabi by staging exhibitions […]
By Marc Frank and Sarah Marsh | HAVANA HAVANA Fidel Castro’s death could give his younger brother, President Raul Castro, more space to pursue economic reforms, but change will also depend on whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump decides to work with or challenge Cuba’s communist government. Raul Castro has introduced market-oriented reforms in recent years, but the pace of change has been slowed, many Cubans say, by […]
By Andrea Shalal | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as “destabilizing,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday. U.S. officials have expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in the coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over […]
A federal appeals court Monday held that a black man on death row should get a new sentencing because of comments made by the lead prosecutor that were “poorly disguised appeals to racial prejudice.” The ruling by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond affirmed a lower-court decision, which found that the man’s […] (via WSJ)
ABU DHABI // The Central Bank of the UAE has issued a new silver coin to mark Commemoration Day. The special coin is part of #The_UAE_Remembers campaign, launched by the Martyrs Families Affairs Office to provide a platform for members of society to express their gratitude and pride in the sacrifices made by the country’s heroes to maintain the UAE’s freedom, sovereignty and security. “Launching The UAE […]
By Doina Chiacu and Emily Stephenson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from both sides of the abortion debate, including from his White House rivals. After MSNBC broadcast a clip of an interview with Trump, the billionaire businessman rowed back his remarks, first […]
While it is struggling as a company, Cyanogen Inc. is effectively leading a community of developers in providing constant and timely stream of CyanogenMod updates. Take the case of the CyanogenMod 14.1 nightlies. They are already based on Android 7.1 Nougat and they just expanded support for a second batch of Android devices. CM 14.1 Supported Devices Development of CyanogenMod 14.1 was announced last August, and several days […]
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news: Law school accreditation: National accreditors are getting tough and telling law schools to better prepare students for legal practice or risk losing their accreditation. [WSJ] Forced feedings: An anorexic woman who weighs 69 pounds can refuse force-feedings, a New Jersey superior court judge ruled. [WSJ] ‘Pretend’ lawyer: […] (via WSJ)
The US is heading towards the potential drama of an election recount in Wisconsin after Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday joined a process initiated by a third-party presidential candidate. Donald Trump won Wisconsin by about 27,000 votes and Mrs Clinton’s campaign lawyer, Mark Elias, said she would join recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania if they were initiated too. But he said he did not expect Mr Trump’s […]
By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY VATICAN CITY Baptised as a Roman Catholic and educated by Jesuits, Fidel Castro became a persecutor of the Church after seizing power in Cuba in 1959. Nearly 40 years later, he began a rapprochement that was eventually to enable the Vatican to broker a historic resumption of ties between Cuba and the United States. Despite the contradictions and about-turns, Castro, who […]
The Roads and Transport Authority has opened the Al Houdh Interchange on Mohammed bin Zayed Road. Photo courtesy of the RTA The Roads and Transport Authority has opened the Al Houdh Interchange on Mohammed bin Zayed Road. Photo courtesy of the RTA The National
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo of San Antonio says he wasn’t injecting politics into a U.S. citizenship ceremony when he told newly sworn-in Americans that they should leave the country if they can’t accept Donald Trump as their incoming president. Whatever he intended to convey, Judge Primomo is paying a price for his commentary. Chief […] (via WSJ)
By Lisa Lambert | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Lender GE Capital asked the U.S. government on Thursday to stop designating it as “too big to fail,” saying it had shrunk to the point where it would not pose a major threat to the nation’s financial stability if it experiences distress. Chief Executive Officer Keith Sherin said in a statement that the General Electric Co (GE.N) unit no longer met […]
