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By Amanda Ferguson | BELFAST BELFAST After a decade of bitter compromises over paramilitaries and policing, Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government finally fell apart this week over the abuse by farmers of a green-energy grant to burn fuels such as wood pellets instead of coal. The confrontation has exposed a growing rupture in trust between Catholic Irish nationalists and pro-British Protestant unionists whose cooperation underpins the 1998 Good […]

For more evidence that central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market is increasingly becoming an exercise in futility – look no further than Mexico. The peso briefly sank to a fresh all time low against the dollar on Tuesday, dropping by as much as 1.1 per cent to MXN 21.6227, as concerns continue to mount over incoming US president Donald Trump’s trade rhetoric towards Mexico, report […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates –  10 January 2017, ELABELZ.com, GCC’s newest trendy fashion mall is welcoming the New Year by unveiling an expansion of its operations and facilities by 200% in the wake of demand growth and wider ecommerce market penetration in the MENA region as a whole and the GCC in particular. ELABELZ state-of-the-art operations base and warehousing facilities is being tripled to accommodate the increase […]

Human rights organizations Tuesday urged Pakistani authorities to investigate the disappearance last week of four liberal activists known for their vocal criticism of the country’s security policies and opposition to religious extremists. “All four men were vocal critics of militant religious groups and Pakistan’s military establishment, and used the internet to disseminate their views,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement Tuesday. “Their near simultaneous disappearance and […]

Good morning. Elites caught in a bubble? John Oliver and Meryl Streep bashed Donald Trump and praised journalism. Donations soared for two nonprofits praised by them: ProPublica and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Hip, hip, hoorah. Truth and justice win out over the forces of darkness. Or did they? You couldn’t try harder, or be more articulate, than Streep. “It was simply stunning: eloquent and urgent, the […]

The Merry Christmas ransom note features Futurama’s evil Robot Santa. Image: SANS Internet Storm Center Unsuspecting internet users could find themselves on the receiving end of an unwanted belated Christmas present, malware that doesn’t only encrypt their Windows PC and hold it to ransom, but also steals personal data and login credentials. Spotted by cybersecurity researchers in the first week of the year, the Merry Christmas ransomware […]

Submitted by Soeren Kern via The Gatestone Institute, Sharia courts administering Islamic justice in Britain are run by clerics who believe some offenders should have their hands chopped off, according to Muslim scholar Elham Manea. She described the prevailing attitude as “totalitarian” and as more backward than some parts of Pakistan. Teaching children fundamental British values is an act of “cultural supremacism,” according to the National Union […]

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PARIS Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday she would seek to repatriate production of French motor vehicles and other industrial goods – just as President-elect Donald Trump hopes to do in the United States. Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on cars made abroad, saying the practice costs American jobs. He has praised Ford Motor Co’s decision last week to scrap a plan […]

PARIS French cosmetics group L’Oreal (OREP.PA) is acquiring three specialized skincare brands – CeraVe, AcneFree and Ambi – from Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX.TO) for $1.3 billion in cash to expand into one of the fastest growing areas of the beauty industry. The French cosmetics giant paid nearly eight times the brand’s combined annual revenue of $168 million. “These three brands, built on strong relationships with health […]

Last year was a relatively tough year for real estate players across the UAE, as the market adjusted to lower levels of economic growth. This ‘new normal’ is a reflection of oil prices well below their peaks of 2014 and 2015. While the average oil price declined dramatically during 2015, the decline was much more modest in 2016 and it is important to recognise that oil prices […]

ABIDJAN Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes on Monday after a two-day army mutiny that spread unrest across the West African nation, according to a statement from the presidency. Disgruntled soldiers demanding the payment of bonuses and wage increases began their revolt on Friday, seizing control of Bouake, the second largest city, before troops in military camps in cities […]

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At CES 2017, self-driving cars were a hot topic. Faraday Future revealed its Tesla challenger, the FF91, while Chrysler, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, and Nissan all had anonymous vehicle announcements. But the big question is, when will truly self-driving cars be in use or available to purchase? That’s what I asked Ford executives before CES kicked off. Ford is actively developing its own self-driving […]

Once again, the dawn of a new year is upon us. People will wonder what to do, what will happen and what can they expect. We, as humans, will rely on pundits to tell us what they think and yes most of what will be said will have a 50/50 chance of being as much right as wrong. This year is going to usher in many seismic […]

By Jonathan Landay | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The risk of conflicts between and within nations will increase over the next five years to levels not seen since the Cold War as global growth slows, the post-World War Two order erodes and anti-globalization fuels nationalism, said a U.S. intelligence report released on Monday. “These trends will converge at an unprecedented pace to make governing and cooperation harder and to […]

Attackers claim to hold a copy of the data that can be restored for between 0.2BTC and 1BTC, but there’s no guarantee it’s actually available. Image: Victor Gevers/Twitter Tens of thousands of poorly-configured MongoDB databases have been compromised over the past week, with attackers wiping data and demanding up to one bitcoin to return it. Victor Gevers, from Netherlands-based GDI Foundation, and Niall Merrigan, a Norway-based developer, […]

Submitted by Peter Korzun via Strategic-Culture.org, It should be noted that quite often the most interesting arms contracts escape media attention. That’s how it was in 2016. Signing a multi-billion-dollar military aid package between the United States and Israel and the subsequent White House approval for long-awaited fighter sales to the Middle East hit the radar screen. In late September, the US approved the sales of Boeing fighters worth […]

The Commonwealth Ombudsman Colin Neave has opened an investigation into the Centrelink automated debt recovery system that has come under fire for sending some letters demanding money repayment in error to welfare recipients. A spokesperson for Neave told ZDNet the Ombudsman is aware of the concerns raised about the automated data matching system used by Centrelink, and has commenced an own-motion investigation into the matter. Although the […]

Leading suppliers see a significant rise in inquiries for ESLs from regional retailers 08 January 2017 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) are entering the region with a big promise of saving on both operations and energy costs in the retail sector. A global forecast report by market research firm Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence, revealed that global market for Electronic Shelf Label Market will grow from […]

Entrepreneurs in the country are using some old-fashioned handiwork to help create products for mass production at a fraction of the today’s costs. Whether this will be a manufacturing revolution or evolution, 3D printing is here to stay. For a man working at the frontier of a technological revolution, there is a surprising amount of handicraft to Ahmad Mackieh’s approach to 3-D printing that shows in the […]

Last year was tough for global aviation and, like many in this sector, there’s not much I wouldn’t give for a crystal ball to see what 2017 has in store. Having said that, the consensus is that we can expect more of the same, with the wide range of macro challenges that beset the world in 2016 continuing. War and regional conflicts are ongoing and the ever-present […]

After one of the most tumultuous years in its modern history, Turkey is struggling to convince global investors to look beyond economic weakness and political risk. Fund houses willing to bet on countries such as South Africa, where a corruption scandal is consuming the ruling ANC party, and Brazil, where President Michel Temer is battling to save his administration from corruption investigations, say the headwinds facing Turkey […]

Monday 2.15am GMT Overview Asian stocks were on the rise, buoyed by record highs for Wall Street on Friday and a broadly encouraging US employment report. Hot topic Investors were keeping a cautious eye on China’s currency market, although the renminbi has softened since Friday and last week’s burst of strength. The renminbi was 0.1 per cent weaker at Rmb6.9325 per dollar, as the People’s Bank of […]

Fiat Chrysler said on Sunday that it would invest an extra $1bn in the US and create 2,000 new US jobs at a time when global carmakers are under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to boost US jobs and investment. Fiat Chrysler, which made its announcement as the Detroit auto show geared up to open to the press on Monday, insisted that the move had nothing to […]

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