Qatar Airways is to swap its order for up to 80 Airbus A320neos for the larger, longer-range A321 version, the airline’s chief executive said on Thursday. The Doha-based carrier has refused to take delivery of A320neos since December 2015 over performance issues with the aircraft’s engines. “We are going to take all A321s, there will be no more A320s,” Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker told reporters in Doha. […]
ABU DHABI, January 5, 2017 The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) named 2017 as the ‘Year of Faculty’ at its annual Spring Conference, attended by over 1300 faculty, where it announced a new faculty academic scale to enhance the role of university educators and reward their performance. Inaugurating the conference, Dr. Abdullatif Al Shamsi, HCT Vice Chancellor, said the slogan ‘2017: Year of Faculty’ arose from HCT’s […]
Tiny rods found inside the bodies of orange puffball sea sponges have an interesting tapered shape. That shape, new research shows, turns out to be a match for the Clausen profile, a column shape shown to be optimal for resistance to buckling failure. Credit: Michael Monn, Haneesh Kesari / Brown University Judging by their name alone, orange puffball sea sponges might seem unlikely paragons of structural strength. […]
On an episode of the popular television show House of Cards, the American president, played by Kevin Spacey, announces an initiative to create 10 million jobs in America, where anyone who’s unemployed and wants a job will get one. In a speech, he says: “Entitlements have crippled the country. Let me be clear, you are entitled to nothing; you build your future, it isn’t handed to you”. […]
The long wait is over after Samsung finally unveiled two brand new Chromebooks that were made in partnership with Google at CES 2017. The two Chromebooks could very well be the two laptops that will expand Samsung’s user base in the hybrid laptop space, and will compete against Microsoft’s Surface hybrids: the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. All four devices will be great options for people who are […]
Time runs fast, and as many other things public relations and the overall way of communication have gone through an amazing transformation over the past years. To stay ahead of changes businesses must continuously adapt – be it how they operate, motivate their team, manage finances or conduct communications with their target audience. While advertising and more traditional ways of communication are losing consumers’ trust, businesses that […]
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has some straightforward life advice for students at his alma mater: loosen up and have some fun. The India-born Mr. Pichai, speaking Thursday at the elite Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur outside Kolkata, told university students who asked how they could emulate his success to pursue their passions, take risks, and be creative. That is unconventional advice in a country where parents […]
January 5, 2017 by: David J Lynch in Washington and Jessica Dye in New York Senator John McCain joined three top US intelligence officials on Thursday in blaming Russia for election-related cyber attacks which the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called an “unprecedented attack on our democracy”. At an extraordinary Senate hearing called to hear the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in November’s presidential […]
Thursday 15:20 GMT Overview A surge in the Chinese renminbi is contributing to selling of the US dollar, its retreat from 14-year highs rattling the broader market and boosting the price of gold. US and European equities are becalmed following a mixed Asian session, while Treasury yields dip from recent peaks despite what many analysts consider were a relatively hawkish set of minutes from the Federal Reserve. […]
There are two things Microsoft can do with LinkedIn. One is leave it alone. The other comes more naturally. Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn seems like a stab in the dark; an effort to get Microsoft Dynamics 360 CRM off the ground by adding a social network. But really, it just kept Salesforce from buying LinkedIn. For some reason […]
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. Embedded plentifully during the presidential campaign, the press may now leave most consumers in the cold. I’d been talking to Merrill Brown, director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair, New Jersey State University, about Megyn Kelly’s big […]
India is headed for a long and critical election season that will span five states, just as many weeks and 160 million voters. The polls will be seen as a test of whether the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi–who won a landslide election in 2014–endures after his move to remove 86% of bank notes from circulation led to a severe cash shortage. The first ballot will […]
None of those accounts are wholly satisfactory, of course; none offer a full picture of Chelsea’s eye-catching reversal. But neither are any of them wrong. Conte has turned around Chelsea not with one grand gesture but with countless small ones. Only Pedro erred slightly: Whatever Conte has done, it most certainly has not been easy. Conte’s work as Chelsea’s manager started long before his first day in […]
BANGKOK Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Wednesday a general election will be held this year after doubts were raised by a member of the national legislative assembly. Thailand’s next polls will restore civilian rule following a 2014 coup, and will be the first under a new constitution, approved in a referendum last year, that critics say will ensure military oversight of elected governments. “We […]
A glitch found in Overwatch has stirred gamers into frenzy, as it has rendered the 3v3 mode on the Ecopoint: Antarctica map unplayable. The glitch, which utilizes Mei’s Ice Wall skill, allows players to access otherwise inaccessible areas, from where they can attack their opponents through the walls but could not be hit back. Mei Ice Wall Glitch In Overwatch On 3v3 matches in Ecopoint: Antarctica, players who […]
ISLAMABAD – One day before the hearing of the Panama leaks, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf yeserday filed fresh evidence before the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children also filed applications for changing their counsels. In place of Salman Aslam Butt now Makhdoom Ali Khan would represent the PM, while Salman Akram Raja would appear instead of Akram Sheikh on behalf of Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz. […]
East really does meet West in Zhang Yimou’s latest film, The Great Wall. An epic blockbuster in the grand tradition of the Hollywood monster movie, it plunders ancient Chinese mythology for a story set during the 11th century. The idea? That the country’s most famous landmark – the 21,196 km-long fortification that runs from Dangong to Lop Lake – was built to defend its inhabitants from ravenous beasts […]
Past inquiries stretching over Mr. Netanyahu’s more than two decades in public life have examined his family trips and home expenses without resulting in charges. But allies and enemies alike were already saying on Tuesday that this case could be different. Continue reading the main story The three-hour police interrogation at his official residence on Monday night came at a high-profile moment for Mr. Netanyahu on the […]
Chinese New Year will not come until Jan. 28, but Apple has already started announcing its promotions for the annual holiday. The first Chinese New Year promotion for this year offers customers a free Beats Solo3 wireless headphones, worth $299.95, for every purchase of select Mac and iPhone models. Apple’s First Chinese New Year 2017 Promo The first Chinese New Year promo by Apple this year was announced by […]
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Connecticut coast late October of 2012 and Gov. Dannel Malloy pled with residents to find high ground, reporter Neena Satija couldn’t shake one thought: “We are clearly not prepared for this.” Sandy passed, and sheer luck spared the state the worst of its impacts. But did officials acknowledge the averted disaster? Not in Satija’s view. “All of a sudden talk […]
ABU DHABI // Jail terms and heavy fines for people convicted of animal abuse are a welcome sign of the Government’s commitment to animal welfare, activists said. Individuals who are found guilty of abusing or the illegal hunting, buying or selling of animals face a heavier fine of Dh200,000 (up from Dh5,000) and a one-year prison term under Federal Law 18, which was issued late last year. […]
For a long time, no visitors were allowed in his hospital room; the burn unit was a sterile environment. But on the morning Miller’s arm was going to be amputated, just below the elbow, a dozen friends and family members packed into a 10-foot-long corridor between the burn unit and the elevator, just to catch a glimpse of him as he was rolled to surgery. “They all […]
WASHINGTON The White House said on Tuesday it expects additional transfers of prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to be announced before President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20. “I would expect at this point additional transfers to be announced before January 20,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters when asked about a message on Twitter by President-elect Donald Trump earlier on Tuesday saying […]
On this week’s episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf speaks with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about his latest book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. At an event hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Rothkopf interviews Friedman about his research for and conclusions in his recent work, and together they make the case for […]
