When the UAE implements its framework for public-private partnerships, as announced earlier this month, there will be a list of potential projects up for grabs. But none is more urgent than the commuter corridor between Dubai and Sharjah. Conspicuously neglected, Al Ittihad Road is arguably the worst bottleneck in the country, if not the region. The three-lane highway is guaranteed to turn into a car park — […]
As SHTFPLan.com’s Mac Slavo notes… While the powers that be are determining the fate of alternative media voices that are now branded under the dubious label “fake news” and blacked out from online search results, it is worth keeping in mind all the disinformation and downright lies that have been perpetrated by the corporate news media – typically hand in hand with a political agenda. Whether […]
DUBAI // An imam who was invited to a family home to help heal a woman by reading Quran allegedly molested her while her husband went to the toilet. Dubai Criminal Court heard that on July 9 the Egyptian imam, 53, was asked by a man and his wife to come to their house in Bur Dubai to read healing verses from the Quran. Court records did […]
As a last wish, a 14-year-old UK teen convinced the high court to be cryogenically frozen, hoping that one day she will be brought back to life. The girl suffered from terminal cancer, and she explained in court that she wanted to have a chance at living longer. The court ruled that the girl’s mother should be the one to decide on what to do about her […]
Already, many Israelis and Palestinians are buzzing about the prospect. Where would the embassy go? Would it straddle the line between West Jerusalem, which is predominantly Jewish, and East Jerusalem, which is predominantly Arab? Would it touch off street protests in Palestinian cities or a backlash among Arab allies like Egypt and Saudi Arabia? Continue reading the main story “Jerusalem is a symbolic, emotional and real issue,” […]
While the latest dollar surge, which has pushed the DXY above 101 to the highest level in 13 years, will likely be a far greater factor for the price of oil than the now daily charade of optimistic statements by OPEC, it doesn’t mean OPEC, and assorted oil-exporting hangers on like Russia, won’t try. As we reported in the past week, today Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak […]
The market interpretation of the US election result can be expressed in just three letters, repeated several times: “USA! USA! USA!” Amid the noise that followed last week’s election victory for Donald Trump, one signal was clear — whatever the outcome will be the US, it will be far worse for the rest of the world in general, and emerging markets in particular. Outside of financial crises, […]
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, the business-centric social networking site, has been blocked in Russia after a court ruling adjudged the service of violating data laws. On Thursday, Nov. 17, Roskomnadzor — the Russian regulatory watchdog for IT and communications — decreed that ISPs in the region block access of LinkedIn website to the public. This was to make LinkedIn conform to a court ruling that pronounced the company guilty of […]
17 November 2016 Ashurst has advised Saudi Arabian client Delta Marketing Company on the agreement to dispose of its bottled water division, to Abu Dhabi-based Agthia Group. Corporate counsel Chris Young led the transaction for Delta, with Saudi law advice provided by Jeddah-based partner Dr. Faisal Baassiri. Dr. Faisal Baassiri said: ‘We are delighted to have supported our long-time and valued client Delta Marketing on this transaction. […]
Photo An Israeli settlement surrounded by a defensive wall near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Credit Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Right-wing Israeli politicians see Donald Trump’s election as helpful toward their goal of burying the prospect of a Palestinian state. On Wednesday, Israeli lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a bill that would retroactively legalize settlements built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. […]
The second trailer for Kong: Skull Island debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, featuring more of cinema’s biggest ape (who’s bigger in this film than he’s ever been depicted before). The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and Samuel L. Jackson. The new trailer for the Vietnam era-set tale opens with CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising” blaring as our characters undertake their mission […]
DUBAI // Two alleged pimps are accused of stabbing a man to death because he was harassing their prostitutes. The Vietnamese men, both aged 32, are charged with premeditated murder and with facilitating prostitution. They could not enter a plea at Dubai Criminal Court on Thursday due to there being no translator. Three Pakistanis, aged 20, 23 and 28, are also charged with physically assaulting the Vietnamese […]
DUBAI// A man sexually assaulted two maids he hired to clean his house, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. The 50-year-old Iranian accountant hired the Filipinas to clean his home in Al Nahda for three hours last August. “We arrived at 3pm and divided the work, I took the bedrooms and she took the kitchen. Ten minutes later she came to me and told me to be careful […]
The government will unveil plans on Thursday to cut dramatically the amount that car crash victims can claim for whiplash injuries. A consultation from the Ministry of Justice will say that Britain is in the grip of an “epidemic of whiplash claims” which is driving up the cost of car insurance. It says whiplash claims are 50 per cent higher than they were a decade ago, despite […]
CAIRO — An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a police officer to life in prison on Wednesday for fatally shooting a man who refused to give him a free cup of tea. It was an unusual move by a court in a country where the police are generally allowed to act with impunity, human rights activists said. The shooting in April, in which the tea vendor was killed […]
Donald Trump has pushed back on claims that infighting is hampering the critical process of putting in place his cabinet and top officials, insisting that his presidential transition is on track despite a series of dismissals and resignations. “It is going so smoothly,” Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday, saying reports of chaos inside the team now headed by Mike Pence, his vice-president, were “totally wrong”. He also denied the transition […]
Lawyer Hani Hussein, who was barred from participating in the parliamentary polls, has claimed a “big surprise” could delay Kuwait’s November 26 elections and lead to the reinstatement of the 2013 National Assembly which was dissolved in October. Hussein made the announcement on his official Twitter account but declined to reveal the nature of the surprise. However, he said it relates to a provision in the election […]
DUBAI // A drunk Kenyan cook has been jailed for 10 years for drowning a colleague at a Jumeirah open beach. What seemed like an accident because the deceased had high levels of alcohol in his system turned out to be premeditated murder after another colleague confided in a friend that he saw the 30-year-old defendant repeatedly push the man’s head under the water. The incident happened […]
Rio Tinto’s lawyers uncovered more than a year ago internal emails about a questionable $10.5m payment to a consultant, but the mining company did not alert law enforcement authorities and investors about the matter until last week. The Anglo-Australian group said on November 9 it had notified authorities after discovering emails from 2011 that referred to the payment to the consultant, who helped head off a threat […]
MARRAKECH// The UAE delegation headed by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, attended the opening session of the Conference of Parties 22 on Tuesday. Sheikh Mansour thanked the government and people of Morocco for hosting this important event to tackle climate change and to put in place an effective mechanism for the implementation of last year’s Paris Agreement. The session was […]
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is negotiating with Chad over a record $74 billion fine the U.S. oil company was told to pay by a court in the central African nation over unpaid royalties, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Exxon has appealed the Oct. 5 court ruling, but the appeals court hearing has been delayed because of the talks, Bloomberg reported, citing a lawyer for Exxon. (bloom.bg/2fRpf5n) The court […]
A dataminer has burrowed deep into Modern Warfare Remastered’s code and uncovered hidden weapons that hint at the possible implementation of microtransactions. Via Reddit, a dataminer named Tails unearthed a heap of unused content when combing through Modern Warfare’s data files on PC. A lot of the guns found are from other Call of Duty games with the exception of one: The Kamchatka auto shotgun, which looks […]
Photo Mohamed Morsi, the ousted Egyptian president, during his trial in Cairo in June. Credit Mohamed Hossam/European Pressphoto Agency CAIRO — One of Egypt’s highest courts overturned a death sentence imposed on Mohamed Morsi, who was the country’s first democratically elected president and was ousted in 2013 by the military. Mr. Morsi, who is serving a life sentence in prison for offenses related to espionage and inciting […]
BERLIN — A German organization that calls itself the True Religion and that is known for distributing German-language copies of the Quran was outlawed on Tuesday, after the authorities accused it of recruiting jihadists to fight in Iraq and Syria. Thomas de Maizière, the German interior minister, said the government had banned the True Religion organization, which is also known as Read (as in the instruction to […]
