Zaha Hadid’s first project in Dubai is a work of art to rival any of the renowned Iraqi-born architect’s award-winning structures, and will add something very different to the city’s burgeoning collection of prestige buildings. In many ways, a visit to Dubai’s Business Bay feels like a trip back to the future – to a city that feels eerily familiar to anyone who can remember the giddy […]
Robert Mercer, co-chief executive of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and one of Donald Trump’s biggest donors, has been sued by a former employee who says he was fired after he publicly criticised his boss’s support for the US president. David Magerman, a long-time research scientist at the fund who had helped it build computer algorithms that make investment decisions, was terminated after giving two newspaper interviews […]
Even so, Russia has sent signals it is hoping to gain support for the agreement from the United States despite their deep differences over the Syria war, now in its seventh year. Continue reading the main story Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia will visit with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, in Washington on Wednesday to discuss Syria and other issues, both […]
The biannual OpenStack Summit opened with Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, saying “We’re a inflection point … We are moving into the second generation of the cloud.” And OpenStack is leading the way. What are these generations? The first generation was built on immature technologies that required expert architects, engineers, and developers. Only large technology companies, such as eBay and Yahoo, could implement them. […]
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and French President-elect Emmanuel Macron agreed during a phone call on Monday to meet during a May 25 NATO leaders meeting in Brussels, the White House said. “President Trump emphasized his desire to work closely with President-elect Macron in confronting shared challenges, and noted the long and robust history of cooperation between the United States and its oldest ally, France,” the White […]
Moments from now, at 2:30PM EST, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will take the stand before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer more questions about the alleged “Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election.” As we noted earlier, President Trump submitted his question list for the Senate panel earlier this morning via Twitter: “Ask Sally Yates, under […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the US will take a close look at Russia’s plan to create several safe zones in Syria.Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to enforce a cease-fire between Syrian government and opposition forces in four locations. Russia says map details won’t be published until early June.Traveling with reporters to Copenhagen, Mattis tells reporters that the “devil is always in the details.”Mattis […]
Comcast is making it a whole lot easier to manage a home Wi-Fi network, introducing the new xFi platform gunning for top Wi-Fi routers. In recent times, various companies such Eero, Google and others have made efforts to facilitate the setup and maintenance of a home network. Comcast now joins the party as well, announcing its new xFi cloud-based gateway for easy home network management. Smart Wi-Fi For […]
When it comes to international news, The New York Times doesn’t want to be BuzzFeed, HuffPost or The Guardian. It wants to be, well, The New York Times. Whereas other publishers are looking to lure massive new audiences with editions published in various languages, The New York Times is being deliberately conservative with its foreign-language offerings. It has Spanish- and Chinese- language homepages but isn’t planning to […]
Dubai: 09th May 2017 Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (GII) successfully completed a Sharia compliant growth capital financing round for Bion Group and further expands its investment portfolio with a foray into the lucrative transportation and logistics industry. Bion Group is ranked #1 heavy haul transportation company by customer base and ranked #4 heavy haul transportation company by trucks fleet size in the UAE and is a well-renowned […]
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA GENEVA Spreading ethnic violence is driving more people from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the humanitarian situation is “dramatically deteriorating”, the United Nations said on Monday. Some 100,000 people were uprooted last week alone, bringing the ranks of displaced in the central Kasai region to nearly 1.3 million, it said. The total number of displaced throughout Congo has […]
By Thierry Chiarello and Sarah White | PARIS PARIS Emmanuel Macron may have won Sunday’s presidential election by a comfortable margin, but even his supporters’ enthusiasm is tempered by the scale of the challenge that the inexperienced politician faces in tackling France’s deep-seated economic, social and security problems. Macron, a former economy minister who had never previously stood for elected office, beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen […]
Virtustream announced Monday that it’s launching Healthcare Cloud, a service built on the Virtustream Enterprise Cloud that’s designed to meet the security, regulatory, and IT needs of healthcare providers. It provides an environment compliant with federal HIPAA and HITECH regulations with availability service level agreements of up to 99.999 percent. It can be deployed in a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment, with a set of on […]
Cofco, China’s powerful state-controlled grains company, is set to appoint the former chief executive and deputy chair of agricultural trader Louis Dreyfus Company as a non-executive director for its international agricultural trading arm. Serge Schoen, who resigned from the LDC board last year, is poised to become one of Cofco International’s four non-executive directors on the company’s 10-person board. His appointment comes as questions have been raised […]
This is a section of a graphene network with chemically bound hydrogen atom: the spectral vibrational signature of the single carbon-carbon bonds adjacent to the bound hydrogen atom is highlighted in different colors. Credit: Copyright Frank Hauke, FAU This is a section of a graphene network with chemically bound hydrogen atom: the spectral vibrational signature of the single carbon-carbon bonds adjacent to the bound hydrogen atom is […]
GENEVA There has been no new wave of killings prompted by the Philippines’ war on drugs, and reports to the contrary are “alternative facts”, an ally of President Rodrigo Duterte told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. Duterte has received widespread condemnation in the West for failing to curtail the killings and address activists’ allegations of systematic, state-sponsored murders by police of drug users and dealers, […]
Motorola is reportedly developing a new tablet, its first in over five years. That’s according to Android Police, which was able to obtain a photo of the tablet’s screen in question. The report estimates the tablet might be 9 to 10 inches in size, complete with a “premium look and feel.” Motorola’s Upcoming Tablet Borrows The Yoga Book’s Productivity Mode The photo tells very little other than it’ll […]
If you are yet to encounter a freakshake, you soon will. These monster-sized milkshakes are the latest food craze popping up on menus across the country. Taking the shake to a whole new level, these calorie bombs are fully stacked with guilt-laden, belt-busting extras such as biscuits, cakes, chocolate bars – and more besides. Reportedly created at Pattisez, a cafe in Canberra in 2015, the massive, augmented […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the biggest US local television station owner, has struck an agreement to buy Tribune Media for $43.50 a share, valuing Tribune at about $3.9bn. The transaction is the first big move of an expected consolidation wave in media unleashed by the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to effectively loosen a cap on local television station ownership. The rule change has US media companies jostling […]
Just two work days after we reported that Home Capital had already used up half of its C$2 billion emergency “lifeline” credit facility (yielding 22.5%) and was seeking additional emergency funding, on Monday Canada’s most troubled alt-mortgage lender provided a liquidity update in which it said that it had drawn an addition C$400 million on its loan, leaving just C$600 million available. At the same time, the […]
Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of Panama case has started working formally today, reported Waqt News. The first meeting of JIT is underway in Judicial Academy, Islamabad. All six officials of the team are present in the academy and has started probe on 13 unanswered questions of Panama Leaks. The JIT was established by Supreme Court of Pakistan on April 20th. Six-member team will investigate Panama Leaks thoroughly […]
By Phil Stewart | COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday the United States would closely examine proposed de-escalation zones aimed at easing Syria’s civil war but warned “the devil’s in the details” and that much needed to be worked out. The deal to create “de-escalation” zones in the major areas of conflict in western Syria took effect on Saturday. The initiative was proposed […]
U.S. federal health regulators have approved a new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The drug called Radicava or edaravone, is the second drug to be greenlighted by the FDA for the condition after more than 20 years. Radicava is manufactured by MT Pharma America, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation in Japan. It is given by intravenous infusion and will cost more […]
DUBAI // Ten people were injured when a ship hit a crane at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Port operator DP World said a CMA CGM container vessel was attempting to berth at Terminal 1 when it collided with the harbour wall “striking the leg of a quay crane causing it to fall”. It added that a second crane was shifted off its rails during the incident […]
