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Shifti­ng of cases from FBR HQ to ‘inexpe­rience­d’ field format­ions raises eyebro­ws PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: After a one-year hiatus, the government has shifted over 400 cases against persons named in the Panama Papers from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Headquarters to its field formations, raising concerns that the authorities intend to bury the issue like many other high-profile cases. The decision shows that the federal government has […]

ABU DHABI // Bangladeshis are calling for an end to the visa ban on their citizens, as it leaves them with few job opportunities and makes them vulnerable to abuse from employers. There has been a ban on any new visas being issued to Bangladeshis since 2012 because of the high crime rate among their compatriots. Professionals claim they are being forced to pay for visa renewals […]

If you travel a lot and you need to listen to livestreams, webinars and podcasts — and, of course, music — on the go, then noise-reducing or noise-isolating headphones are a boon. Noise-reducing headphones use white noise and other tricks to mask the background noise, while noise-isolating headphones are earbuds that fit so snugly into your years that the background noise doesn’t get in. That also has […]

It seems Justin Bieber has invested in a watch since his last visit to Dubai. Not long before his scheduled 8pm stage time a few fans were debating the two-hour delay to his 2013 emirate engagements. But at 8.06pm a tsunami of screams and hormones surged fourth from all corners of the Autism Rocks Arena. Before the metaphorical curtain up there was palpable expectation in the air, […]

It is human nature to seek to spend the least amount of energy, time and cost on any given task to achieve a desirable result, whether that is working out at the gym, finding the best path to travel to work or buying cereal at the grocery. Now, researchers have discovered through complex numerical modeling a method that could lead to ways to more efficiently perform a […]

By Joseph Sipalan and Praveen Menon | KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s 1.6 million public servants have long been one of the most reliable vote banks for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition, but as he prepares to seek re-election he faces warnings that soaring living costs risk eroding that support. Prices have risen sharply since Malaysia cut state subsidies and launched a national goods and services […]

Wall Street people underestimated how nasty and political the struggle over the post-Brexit fate of European clearing houses would become. This week the European Commission offered threats to London-based clearing houses and inducements for their customers to move their trade to the EU. €650bn Value of euro-denominated trades that clear through London each business day UK negotiators in turn demand that euro derivatives clearing should stay in […]

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By Ann Saphir | PALO ALTO PALO ALTO San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Saturday reiterated his view that the U.S. central bank should begin trimming its massive balance sheet later this year, in part so the Fed has more tools at the ready when the next recession hits. He was the fourth Fed official in two days to suggest the Fed may need […]

When she joined The Outline from Gizmodo Media Group a few weeks ago, Executive Editor Katie Drummond expressed a desire to start breaking more news at the five-month old digital media startup. Today, she’s hiring a scoopy cybersecurity reporter from her former employer to make good on that pledge. William Turton, the 19-year-old who’s been covering tech and gaming since he was 14, is joining The Outline […]

Government agencies want their own backdoor into communications. Image: iStockphoto More details of how the UK’s new surveillance law will operate have been revealed, in details about the use of encryption. Under draft regulations to support the new Investigatory Powers Act, the government will be able to issue ‘technical capability notices’ to companies with more than 10,000 UK users to make it easier for police, spy agencies […]

The U.S. job market saw a strong rebound in April, driving the unemployment rate to the lowest level in a decade. The economy saw 211,000 jobs added in April, according to new government data released on Friday, May 5. The job market boost dropped the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since May 2007. The latest stats should calm some fears about the state of the […]

Traditional medicine in the Middle East, which is studied at the Zayed Center for Herbal Research, can be broken down into four categories: the Prophet, Physicians, Arabs and Elders, says professor Maha Barakat, the director general of Health Authority – Abu Dhabi. The Medicine of the Prophet (Teb Al Nabawi) This concerns Quranic references to healing, in addition to what the Prophet Mohammed practised to treat ailments. […]

Qatar Airways has announced that it will operate a third daily non-stop route from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Bali Denpasar from Sunday. Bali has long been a popular destination for Qatar Airways’ passengers, with the airline offering its first direct service in 2014, later enhancing this to a twice daily frequency. Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker said: “The start of triple daily non-stop services […]

6634 cases of dispute with service providers, more than half have been closed at a happiness rate exceeding 82% 06 May 2017 The Telecommunications Regularity Authority (TRA) revealed today the Statistics for the Customer Happiness Center during the first quarter of 2017. Which included the number of cases handled by the customer happiness team, as well as the incoming calls and the frequently asked questions, whether related […]

This post is a fictionalised thought experiment. YOU and YOU ALONE are in charge of what happens in this story. There are trade-offs, choices, and consequences. YOU must use all of your B.S.D. talents and much of your intelligence. Good luck. So… You’re the head of a trading desk, and you’ve felt a bit frustrated of late. Your desk trades government securities issued by the world’s largest […]

Whirlpool’s acquisition of Yummly could mean access to more recipes on smart appliances, such as this Jenn-Air double wall oven. Chris Monroe/CNET Whirlpool has bought the recipe website and app Yummly for an undisclosed sum, a move the company said will further strengthen the development of its smart kitchen products, the appliance manufacturer announced this week. The move gives Whirlpool access to more than one million recipes […]

United Airlines has some serious competition when it comes to the lousy treatment of passengers, as Delta Air kicked an entire family off a flight and threatened them with jail and foster care. Airlines recently came under heavy scrutiny after United Airlines dragged and bloodied a passenger off an overbooked flight. The whole thing was caught on camera and went viral, drawing more attention to how passengers are sometimes […]

The campaign team of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron says it has been the victim of a “massive and co-ordinated” hacking operation ahead of Sunday’s election. Around nine gigabytes of data were posted online to Pastebin, a document-sharing site that allows anonymous posting. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for releasing the files.  The documents, posted on Friday night, appeared to contain details of emails […]

Saudi women no longer need a man’s consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on Friday, but activists said the royal order does not go far enough. Saudi Arabia has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women, and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive. Under the guardianship system a male family member, normally the father, husband or brother, must […]

Microsoft has shown how Windows Defender ATP detected anomalous updater behavior. Image: Microsoft Microsoft is warning software vendors to protect their updater processes after discovering a “well-planned, finely orchestrated” attack that hijacked an unnamed editing tool’s software supply chain. As Microsoft’s threat response group explains, the attackers used the update mechanism of a popular but unnamed piece of editing software to gain a foothold in several high-profile […]

New result demonstrates the feasibility of the experiment that is designed to study quark confinement: why no quark has ever been found alone. (via WSJ)

Published May 6, 2017, 10:00 PM By Dr. Jun Ynares, M.D. Dr. Jun Ynares, M.D. “So, would you favor the revival of mandatory ROTC?” This was the question asked me by a fellow local government official recently. He attended the closing ceremonies of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa held in San Jose, Antique, and had listened to the speech which President Duterte delivered on that occasion. My fellow […]

By Adrian Croft and Geert De Clercq | PARIS PARIS France sought to keep a computer hack of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the country’s presidential election with a warning on Saturday it could be a criminal offence to republish the data. Macron’s team said a “massive” hack had dumped emails, documents and campaign financing information online just before campaigning ended on […]

MILAN Loss-making airline Alitalia, which asked to be put under special administration on Tuesday, had debts of around 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) as of Feb. 28, Italy’s government said. In a document marking the opening of the special administration process and the appointment of three commissioners that will run the airline from now on, the government said on Saturday Alitalia had current liabilities of around 2.3 […]

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