While President Trump chose not to attend the elite extravaganza in Davos last week, choosing instead to lambast the great-est and good-est of the world’s executives in their crony capitalist safe space, the cognitively dissonant CEOs reassured each other by saying ‘ignore the tweets’, confident that “if [Trump] knows the facts, he’ll respond according to the facts.” It depends whose ‘facts’ those are, of course. As Bloomberg […]
Ripkowski Fumbles Away a Scoring Chance Photo Packers fullback Aaron Ripkowski fumbled in the second quarter. The Falcons recovered the ball in the end zone. Credit David J. Phillip/Associated Press The Packers had another drive end in frustration when Aaron Ripkowski fumbled at the end of a 12-yard run that short-circuited a drive that went 64 yards on 7 plays. The Falcons recovered the fumble in the […]
Briton Tyrrell Hatton hit a second successive four-under-par 68 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead after three rounds of a fiercely contested Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Just three shots separate the leading 16 players as they head into the final round. Hatton, who has finished in the top 10 seven times in his last 11 events, recorded five birdies for the third round in succession and […]
By Maayan Lubell | JERUSALEM JERUSALEM Israel approved building permits on Sunday for hundreds of homes in three East Jerusalem settlements in expectation that U.S. President Donald Trump will row back on the previous administration’s criticism of such projects. The housing projects, on land that the Palestinians seek as part of a future state, had been taken off the Jerusalem municipality’s agenda in December at the request […]
By Carmel Crimmins and Pamela Barbaglia | DAVOS, Switzerland DAVOS, Switzerland U.S. bankers, buoyed by a resurgence in profits, are advising their counterparts in Europe to think positively about the new administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. But many Europeans still need convincing. At the annual gathering of the world’s political and business elites in the Swiss resort of Davos, U.S. financiers told investors and overseas’ rivals […]
Once known as the “ships of the desert”, camels are a feature of Rolls-Royce’s new special edition, which has just arrived in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Motors has taken delivery of the Rolls-Royce Ghost Oasis Edition, a special commission developed by the marque’s Bespoke department to be presented to the brand’s patrons in the Middle East only. The two-tone exterior in Aurum and Desert Dune Metallic carries […]
Zverev, a 29-year-old German born in Moscow, ambushed Murray with spectacular net play, sky-hook overheads that fell near the line and stab volleys that just dipped over the net. In an era dominated by baseline rallies, Zverev disrupted Murray by coming to the net 118 times in the match, winning 65 of those points. Continue reading the main story Zverev said his commitment to aggressive play kept […]
PENNE, Italy Twenty-four people are missing from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy that was flattened by a deadly avalanche, with difficult research and rescue operations still ongoing, authorities said on Sunday. A statement from the national fire service said the number of people missing rose by one after a rescued person said that a hotel employee, of Senegalese origin, was inside the building at […]
In Bollywood circles, Hrithik Roshan’s new movie, Kaabil, has been described as a “comeback”. The 43-year-old heart-throb is one of the most recognisable stars in Hindi cinema, but following 2014’s widely panned action comedy Bang Bang!, and the financial flop of last year’s Mohenjo Daro, the consensus is that the star of superhero franchise Krrish needs a critical and commercial success to get his career back on […]
The world’s largest pension fund, Japan’s GPIF, is under intensifying pressure to draw a “line in the sand” on corporate governance standards in the country as other investors rail against a controversial takeover deal. The imbroglio centres around Panasonic’s proposed purchase of PanaHome. Investors say it represents one of the sternest tests to date of Japan’s stewardship and governance codes, guidelines introduced in 2014 as part of the “Abenomics” drive to […]
But by April, protests against Mr. Assad had spread throughout Syria. One summer day I joined a group of young women in an upscale neighborhood of western Aleppo. We walked through a market carrying banners critical of the regime. A few minutes later, pro-Assad militiamen arrived in several cars and began circling us. We ran. A girl and I who sought refuge in a house in an […]
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. The aura of numbers-crunching superstar Nate Silver was diminished by Donald Trump’s victory. He was seen as among the many missing the boat. Old media chortled at stumbling by a paragon of big data. Now comes Silver’s pre-inaugural revenge. He […]
LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would not be afraid to tell Donald Trump when she finds something he has said unacceptable, as she prepares to meet the new U.S. President in Washington this week. May, who is Britain’s second female premier, made the comments after thousands of women marched in London on Saturday to protest about Trump’s attitude to women, joining demonstrations […]
For some living in Singapore soon to be banned 2G phones are the only affordable or practical option When Singapore pulls the plug on its 2G mobile phone network this year, thousands of people could be stuck without a signal—digital have-nots left behind by the relentless march of technology. From technophobic pensioners to cash-strapped migrant workers, some 140,000 people in highly-wired Singapore still use the city-state’s second […]
By Rania El Gamal and Vladimir Soldatkin | VIENNA VIENNA A committee of OPEC and non-OPEC countries responsible for monitoring compliance with a global agreement to reduce oil output is set to meet for the first time in Vienna on Sunday. The committee is expected to discuss how to best monitor compliance with the deal reached late last year as well as what level of compliance would […]
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Washington and other major US cities in one of the biggest US political demonstrations in recent memory and a stark rebuke to Donald Trump at the start of his presidency. More than half a million protesters are estimated to have descended on the US capital to take part in the Women’s March on Washington, according to event organisers, […]
By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam | BEIRUT BEIRUT Islamic State is fighting hard to reinforce its presence in Syria as it loses ground in Iraq, deploying fighters to seize full control of a government-held city in the east while at the same time battling enemies on three other fronts. It underlines the residual strength of Islamic State even after its loss of a cluster of cities […]
At the end of Trump’s speech to a room filled with 400 employees of the CIA, Trump said, rather cryptically, that maybe he’d build them a bigger room ‘by someone who knows how to build and we won’t have columns, do you understand that?’ Here is the full speech. For those of you who are fucking retards and haven’t the slightest clue what that could mean, I suggest you […]
Screw you. That was the direct message to the media from President Trump and his spokesman Saturday, using both CIA headquarters and the White House briefing room to underscore that there’s a new and combative sheriff in town. They accused the press of “deliberately false” reporting and intentionally trying to undermine him by lowballing the crowd at his inauguration. Even to some politically conservative observers, it appeared […]
TAIPEI The head of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronic goods and a major Apple Inc supplier, said on Sunday that the rise of protectionism is unavoidable. Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, warned that uncertainties for this year make it tough to have a very clear analysis and outlook, but he said it was clear politics would […]
For hundreds of years, fishing and pearl diving were vital to the people who lived around the Arabian Gulf. Along with trade, it was these two activities that allowed communities to flourish in the days before the discovery of oil. While pearl diving is largely a thing of the past, fishing remains a major industry – perhaps too major. Like many other seas, the Arabian Gulf is […]
James Michael McAdoo may be the last player on the bench for the N.B.A.’s best team, but his work ethic and attitude make him a valued member. NYtimes
When it comes to the future of bitcoin, the “holy grail” has emerged as becoming the first to have a bitcoin ETF approved by the SEC. Over three years ago, in 2013, the company of the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, Winklevoss Capital Management LLC, launched the first proposed bitcoin ETF, the Winklevoss Investment Trust, looking to trade on the HFT-dominated BATS exchange. The SEC is expected […]
The Lily was the name of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, starting in 1849. But don’t feel too bad if you didn’t already know that. “It’s something that’s not in our journalism history books,” said Kim Voss, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida. Voss, who has written about women’s pages and their changing (and sometimes not changing) role […]
