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newslide Young drummer recognised by Metallica A 10-year-old drummer from Philadelphia in the United States is receiving high praise for his cover of a Metallica song that featured on the heavy metal band’s Instagram page on the weekend. Daniel Krilov has been playing drums for just two years, but that didn’t stop him from responding to the band’s request for fans to send video of themselves covering […]

DUBAI // The Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation has donated Dh1 million to the National Awqaf Foundation of Canada to help spread the teachings of Islam in Canada. The contribution, honouring the will of late foundation donor Ahmed Baghlaf, was divided into three parts: Dh500,000 for building schools that teach moderate Islamic values and principles; Dh250,000 to promote Islamic Da’wah; and Dh250,000 to support preachers. “These efforts […]

28 November 2016 Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: The Shari’ah Board of AAOIFI held its meeting No. 46 from 17 to 19 November 2016 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Over more than 25 meeting hours, the board discussed specific issues and reviewed a number of technical and Shari’ah reports. The meeting was concluded with issuance of a number of resolutions as well as the adoption of two new […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 28, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Film screening Catch a screening of City of God as part of the Cinema Space series at Manarat Al Saadiyat. The Brazilian 2002 film about crime and redemption is based on a […]

Muscat, November 28, 2016 Bank Sohar is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded the ‘Best Public Awareness Campaign Middle East Road Safety’ award on a regional level and across the Banking sector at the recently held IQPC Middle East – Qatar Transport Safety Awards which took place recently at the St. Regis Hotel Doha, Qatar. The award, which marks the Bank’s 12th award of […]

The crowd can’t get enough of Big Sean at Beats on the Beach. Navin Khianey for The National Yeng Constantino from the Philippines enthralls the crowd with both Engish and Tagalog songs at Beats on the Beach. Navin Khianey for The National Krept & Konan entertain the crowd with some old school rap at Beats on the Beach. Navin Khianey for The National Esther Eden opens the […]

Nov 24, 2016 10:02 am IST President-elect Donald Trump has chosen the first women for posts in his administration, picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos as his secretary of education, his transition team said Wednesday. Ms. Haley long held reservations about Mr. Trump’s candidacy during the GOP primary, and endorsed both Sens. […]

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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis turned out in large numbers Saturday for the first election contested by the opposition in nearly four years amid fresh disputes over cuts in subsidies due to falling oil revenues.Turnout was high with some polling stations reporting that 80 percent of eligible voters had cast their ballots by the time polls closed at 8 p.m. (1700 GMT), according to Kuwait Television. Vote counting started […]

ASTANA Kazakhstan’s parliament called on Wednesday for the capital city to be renamed after President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a week ahead of a national holiday dedicated to the 76-year-old leader who has the power to accept or reject the proposal. The unanimous vote in favour of renaming Astana adds to the growing personality cult around Nazarbayev who has run the Central Asian country since 1989. Last week, Kazakhstan’s […]

Kuwaitis voted on Saturday in an election energised by the participation of opposition candidates for the first time since 2012 and focused on recent government austerity measures aimed at tackling the oil-rich nation’s deficit. The parliament of Western-allied Kuwait was due to run until July 2017, but the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved it in October, saying “security challenges” in the region – an apparent reference […]

ABU DHABI // Soul survivor Lionel Richie took centre stage at Du Arena Saturday night to serve up a satisfying set of golden oldies. Following the fast-paced dance-pop of Pitbull and the ominous beats of The Chemical Brothers at the preceding concerts, Richie’s slot in the Yasalam After-Race Concert Series offered a throwback to pop’s purer times. The sense of anticipation was high among fans queueing up […]

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)

By Lucien Libert and Morade Azzouz | PARIS PARIS Hundreds of thousands of workers and high-school students joined protest marches across France on Wednesday to challenge plans to loosen the country’s protective labor laws that unions say favor businesses. The day of protest — which led to scores of arrests as youths and police clashed in Paris, Lyon and Nantes — marked the fourth such test of […]

26 November 2016 The Information & Communication Technology Fund (ICT Fund) signed a sponsorship and collaboration agreement with the American University of Sharjah to provide 15 scholarships for distinctive students. This agreement coincides with the UAE Innovation Week, which takes place from 20-26 November 2016. The offered scholarships fund the bachelor studies of programs related to the ICT sector, including Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science. […]

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 […]

Nov 25, 2016 11:33 am IST Another day, another set of late-evening twists in India’s experiment in warp-speed currency replacement. Indians can no longer exchange their voided 500- and 1,000-rupee bills for newly minted currency at banks and post offices, after the Ministry of Finance tightened its crackdown on cash Thursday night. Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly invalidated the big bank notes this month, millions […]

He seized power audaciously in 1959 and commanded to the last a powerful personal following inside and outside Cuba. But during more than half a century in office Fidel Castro, who has died at the age of 90, metamorphosed from a popular and charismatic guerrilla leader into a traditional caudillo, an autocratic holdover from another age. At his life’s end, although bolstered by the emergence of a […]

“Bo was not happy,” said Carr, who later became a Michigan head coach. This week, Michigan plays the same opponent in a similarly emotional moment — and one with perhaps even higher stakes. The No. 3 Wolverines will face the No. 2 Buckeyes on Saturday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, with the chance to go on to win the Big Ten championship, cementing a place in the season-ending […]

By Marc Frank | HAVANA HAVANA Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, his younger brother announced to the nation. He was 90. A towering figure of the second half of the 20th Century, Castro had been in poor health since an intestinal […]

Nov. 21, 2016 11:03 a.m. ET LONG BEFORE BRITISH ACTOR and rapper Riz Ahmed made a career of role-playing, he was already navigating competing identities. “There was a bit of a jump between home and school, both culturally and classwise—I often found myself pinballing between different versions of myself,” says Ahmed, 34, about his teenage years. “I guess, in a way, I was sort of acting from […]

Updated Nov. 26, 2016 2:23 a.m. ET Fidel Castro burst on the world scene in 1959, spawning the very image of a revolutionary with his scruffy beard, rifle and cigar, ruling Cuba for a half-century while rankling 11 U.S. presidents and helping bring the world to the brink of nuclear war. Mr. Castro, who was suffering from undisclosed illnesses, died at 90 years old, his brother, President […]

WHEREVER you are right now, there’s a very good chance the weather is much nicer in San Diego. California’s second most populous city has long used its relentlessly pleasant climate to lure travelers to attractions like the USS Midway, SeaWorld, more than 90 golf courses and roughly a bazillion miles of beaches and hiking trails. Rarely does a sneak attack of cold or wetness ruin a weekend […]

The host Toronto Argonauts and the league seemed to misread the market by setting ticket prices between $189 and $899. By October, when half the seats remained unsold, they slashed the prices of the lowest-cost seats to $89. Continue reading the main story A sellout is now expected at the open-air stadium, which was expanded to about 35,000 seats for the game, thanks to a spike in […]

The numbers involved in musical theatre are staggering, according to Nick Allott. His favourite statistic is this: The seven Harry Potter films — the most successful franchise ever — grossed a total of $13bn; the four most successful musicals — Cats, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera – have garnered a whopping $16bn. “A lot of people don’t know that,” says the managing director […]

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