If you want to get some top-level acting tips, you might as well go straight to the original source. On Tuesday, actor M. Browne sent a tweet to Game of Thrones star Lena Headey. He was set to play Cersei Lannister in his next class, apparently, and he was looking for some advice. Luckily, being the all-round nice person that she is (and actually nothing at all […]
For the few who might not be familiar with the business, what’s the story behind Aldar? Aldar was founded just over a decade ago in 2005, and is now the leading real estate lifestyle developer in Abu Dhabi. Since we began, we have always pushed boundaries, resulting in some of Abu Dhabi’s most iconic real estate projects. Our business focuses on two main areas – real estate […]
Last summer Betsy O’Donovan, the incoming Executive Director of The Daily Tar Heel, wrote an essay on Medium charting the dire financial situation of UNC-Chapel Hill’s student newspaper. It started pretty bluntly: “The Daily Tar Heel is a news organization, and we don’t dodge the facts: This 123-year-old institution has two years to figure out its finances.” The Daily Tar Heel, like many news organizations these days, […]
The composition of vast swathes of granite found underneath much of the South West peninsula of Britain could offer a vital clue to where deposits of metals crucial for the production of many low carbon technologies can be found. (via WSJ)
By David Morgan and Yasmeen Abutaleb | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Top White House deputies returned to the Capitol on Tuesday evening to meet Republican lawmakers and discuss a second attempt at replacing Obamacare. Vice President Mike Pence and other key aides were meeting with members of the moderate “Tuesday Group,” the conservative Republican Study Committee and the House Freedom Caucus, the rebel group of conservative lawmakers that derailed […]
By Stephen Nellis | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc’s decision to stop licensing graphics chips from Imagination Technologies Group Plc is the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s determination to take greater control of the core technologies in its products – both to guard its hefty margins and to position it for future innovations, especially in so-called augmented reality. The strategy, analysts say, has already […]
The Mac Pro, Apple’s flagship desktop Mac model, is getting a major overhaul — but it won’t arrive anytime soon. To show its commitment to the line, however, the company has upgraded current Mac Pro specs with faster Intel Xeon chips, updated GPUs, and promised that it’s “completely rethinking” what the Mac Pro is, or what it should be. The newly redesigned Mac Pro won’t be coming […]
As I dive overboard and into the warm, milky blue waters, a thought crosses my mind. Is this the third or fourth near-pristine beach our boat has cast anchor off today? I continue to ponder this question as I strap a mask and snorkel to my head, dip my face underwater and gaze in pleasure at the wrasse and butterfly fish darting between boulders and coral heads. […]
At the hospital in Reyhanli, a small Turkish border town that took in many of the victims, the mourners gathered outside mostly came from just two extended families, Mr. Youssef’s and the Abu Amash family. Continue reading the main story The families are connected by marriage and both come from Khan Sheikhoun, the village in rebel-held Idlib Province that residents said been hit with chemical weapons earlier […]
Fox News is facing fresh legal and financial challenges after a third employee joined a racial discrimination lawsuit while a dozen brands stopped advertising on Bill O’Reilly’s top-rated programme following new allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse. The allegations that the cable network knew of complaints from black employees two years ago and failed to investigate them, coupled with the news of advertisers distancing themselves from […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States blamed the Syrian government and its patrons, Russia and Iran, on Tuesday for one of the deadliest chemical weapons attacks in years in Syria, one that killed dozens of people in Idlib Province, including children, and sickened scores more. A senior State Department official said the attack appeared to be a war crime and called on Russia and Iran to restrain […]
Microsoft’s Windows has long been the world’s most popular operating system, but not anymore. Windows is no longer on top. For the first time ever, Google’s Android mobile operating system has managed to trump Windows and become the world’s most popular OS. This further goes to prove how mobile has soared and in today’s mobile-driven world, Android rules the game. Android Dethrones Windows Web analytics firm StatCounter […]
AIRPORT DUTY A woman immigration officer welcomes arriving passengers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. —LYN RILLON The Bureau of Immigration will assign more employees to the airports to deal with a staff shortage caused by mass resignations and leaves of absence involving immigration officers. President Duterte’s order to stop payment for overtime work has led to the departures, according to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Malacañang said […]
South Africa’s rand tumbled in late trading on Monday after a rating agency cut the country’s coveted investment grade status, leaving President Jacob Zuma’s decision to fire his finance minister responsible for wiping out almost all the currency’s gains for the year. The rand slid to R13.7 against the dollar, taking its drop in the past five days to almost 9 per cent. Having recorded a gain […]
Something is coming to Overwatch, as teased by Blizzard through a short video uploaded to the game’s official Twitter account. The tweet, a cryptic one as with previous Overwatch teasers, hints at a major announcement for the game on April 11. Blizzard ‘Overwatch’ Announcement On April 11 “Initiating archive declassification… Mission files unlock: April 11. RETWEET to confirm,” tweeted the official Overwatch account, accompanied by a short 20-second video that […]
The Middle East Film and Comic Con returns to Dubai World Trade Centre this weekend for its sixth edition, promising more of celebrity guests, comic-book artists, workshops, gaming and cosplay fun that make it a favourite pop-culture fixture for about 70,000 comic and pop culture fans every year. Here is our round-up of this year’s highlights. The celebrities As the convention has grown from humble beginnings, so […]
While Republican lawmakers in Congress gear up for a drive to cut regulation on the financial sector, bankers and lobbyists have their eyes on another institution in the US capital — the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday Daniel Tarullo, the Fed governor who has been supervising US banks, leaves the institution after eight years during which he assumed a hardline reputation overseeing the rebuilding of US finance from the […]
Here is a selection of five charts that FT Markets believes are important signals for investors as the second quarter begins. 1. US equities How expensive does the US equity market look? This is perhaps the biggest question facing money managers. The answer is “very”, based on the S&P 500’s 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio, divided by the current low level of Vix, or implied volatility, as the […]
The ‘Panama Papers‘ scandal was one of the biggest data leaks in history. But a year on from the exposé by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), it appears to be simply ‘business as usual’; as few governments have meaningfully tackled the issues of tax avoidance and evasion. Unparalleled leaks The leak was huge. It contained 11.5 million documents, and named more than 200,000 companies, 14,153 clients in […]
JOHANNESBURG President Jacob Zuma said South Africa’s fiscal policies will not change and that people should remain calm after its credit rating was cut to junk following a political reshuffle that he defended as bringing new blood into the cabinet. But moments later, the ANC-allied Cosatu, South Africa’s largest trade union, said Zuma must step down after his change of finance ministers triggered the credit rating downgrade. […]
Head and neck scans are one of the areas where Google’s DeepMind will be finetuning its health skills. Image: AKO Kung, Getty Images/iStockphoto Healthcare has always been seen as rich pickings for artificial intelligence: when IBM first decided to kit out Watson for use in the enterprise, its earliest commercial test was in cancer care. There are a number of reasons why health and artificial intelligence might […]
For traders trying to decipher if Opec’s output cuts are finally tightening the oil market, the evidence may lie out at sea. Data provided to the Financial Times show that crude oil being shipped over the oceans or stored on supertankers has dropped by as much as 16 per cent since the beginning of the year, in a signal that supplies could be dropping faster than many […]
KINSHASA, Congo — On Oct. 4, 2016, Etienne Tshisekedi made his final address to a crowd gathered in the courtyard of his party’s headquarters. The longtime leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s opposition was visibly frail, and the speech, slow and hesitant, lasted only three minutes. But the old man still managed to rev up his followers, many of whom strained to hear from the […]
By Nichola Saminather | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Asian shares inched lower on Tuesday as caution reigned ahead of a potentially tense meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week. The dollar lost ground after investors sold stocks overnight and looked to safe havens as political uncertainty overshadowed positive U.S. economic data and solid growth in global manufacturing. European markets were also […]
