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By Colin Packham | SYDNEY SYDNEY The leader of Australia’s biggest state economy, New South Wales (NSW), on Thursday announced his resignation from politics two years out from the next election, citing ill-health in his family as one reason for his surprise departure. State Premier Mike Baird has overseen major privatisation and infrastructure investment in Australia’s most populous state, which is worth A$530 billion ($398.19 billion) and […]

LG Electronics has sent out invites for its flagship phone the G6, set to be unveiled a day before the Mobile World Congress next month. The South Korean tech giant will hold an unveiling event on February 26 in Barcelona, a day before the mobile tradeshow kicks off there. The invitation shows fireworks above a lake at night with the moniker “See More, Play More”. The card […]

The artist behind the iconic “Hope” poster of Barack Obama that became synonymous with his successful presidential campaign has released a new set of images, just in time for Trump’s inauguration and the subsequent Women’s March. Artist Shepard Fairey, who created the original in 2008 as well as a less flattering Donald Trump print complete with the caption “Demagogue,” has shifted his focus this time round. Now […]

Researchers have developed a general framework to design reconfigurable metamaterials. The design strategy is scale independent, meaning it can be applied to everything from meter-scale architectures to reconfigurable nano-scale systems such as photonic crystals, waveguides and metamaterials to guide heat. (via WSJ)

Pres. Obama tells White House press corps: “America needs you. Our democracy needs you.” https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com/zCQpyfx2Mi — CBS News (@CBSNews) January 18, 2017 President Obama praised the press as central to democracy Wednesday in a final “farewell” that was part ironic homage to the media and part admonition to the incoming Trump administration. Democracy “doesn’t work if we don’t have a well-informed citizenship…America needs you, and democracy […]

New Zealand is pressing to finalise a stalled free trade deal with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that includes two of the Middle East’s largest economies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Trade Minister Todd McClay visited the UAE and Kuwait this week in an effort to promote the deal with the GCC, his country’s sixth largest trading partner. The GCC comprises Saudi Arabia, the […]

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Via ConvergEx’s Nicholas Colas, Want to know why US stocks feel so fragile?  Perhaps we can blame Wall Street analysts.  Even after two months of market buzz about lower taxes, infrastructure spending and less regulation juicing investor expectations for better earnings growth, they refuse to bump their revenue or earnings estimates for 2017.     Our monthly look at revenue expectations for the companies of the Dow […]

A few cities are already building data marketplaces, especially in light of the increasing streams of data from the IoT. Getty Images/iStockphoto If you live in a big city, chances are pretty good that you’ll be sharing a lot more of your personal information with government entities within a few years. special feature Louisville and the Future of the Smart City Louisville, Kentucky is building a unique […]

At The World Economic Forum’s Middle East and North African (MENA) Regional Business Council At The World Economic Forum’s Middle East and North African (MENA) Regional Business Council 18 January 2017, Davos The World Economic Forum’s Middle East and North African (MENA) Regional Business Council today launched a report outlining six policy reforms to create jobs and stability in the region. “We cannot continue to have one […]

By Kate Kelland | DAVOS, Switzerland, DAVOS, Switzerland, A global coalition of governments, health specialists and philanthropists will launch a new plan on Thursday to “outsmart” future disease epidemics with a fund to prepare and create new vaccines. Stung by the devastation of West Africa’s 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,300 people before an effective vaccine was developed, the coalition is aiming to ensure such […]

Members of the new Hydrogen Council at the Davos World Economic Forum on January 17, 2017. Major industrial groups have decided to join forces to promote hydrogen as a source of energy, with the focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions Over a dozen leading European and Asian firms have teamed up to promote the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel and cut the production of harmful […]

Mumbai: The government is continuing its efforts to retrieve money stashed away illegally in foreign banks, including those in Panama, even as it hunts black money evaders at home. A team of tax officers and other civil servants visited Panama and some other key jurisdictions for tax information exchange in December, said two with people direct knowledge of the matter, requesting anonymity. “The government is targeting that […]

The sole Republican commissioner at the main US derivatives regulator has thrown his hat in the ring to be appointed the next chairman, even as he embraced aspects of financial reforms that Donald Trump’s team wants dismantled. Christopher Giancarlo, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is set to assume the job of acting chairman after Mr Trump’s presidential inauguration on Friday, replacing Tim Massad, the sitting Democratic […]

iOS users face a new cyber threat. iPhones, iPad or iPod running on iOS version 10 to 10.2.1 can be frozen and crashed by sending a simple text message consisting of three emojis – a white flag (a VS16 character), the numeral zero and a rainbow flag. The Threat The text message causes the iPhone to freeze and restart after a period of three minutes or more. After […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for January 19, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Yoga class Register to take part in an inversions yoga class with Laura Sykora and learn different variations of headstand, forearm stand and handstands. The workshop is open to all ability levels, […]

You, the long-suffering Knicks fan, applauded the team’s acquisition of Carmelo Anthony in 2011. You rejoiced over the reset Dolan orchestrated three years later when he landed 11 Rings Jackson to clean up the mess, to change the culture. Continue reading the main story Now you have pretty much had it with Melo the Martyr and Invisi-Phil. You would probably vote to move on from both, but […]

By Philip Pullella | ROME ROME A series of strong earthquakes hit snowbound central Italy on Wednesday, a region devastated by deadly tremors last year, killing one man and forcing schools and rail links to close. Four quakes of magnitude 5.2 and higher struck near the hill town of Amatrice, some 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Rome, in the space of four hours. Much of the […]

Given that Cats has been seen by more than 73 million people worldwide, it is more than likely that a fair number of those who watched the first UAE performance of the musical – at Dubai Opera, where it runs until January 28 – will have seen it before. They would not have left this international touring production disappointed. Yet it is those new to the show […]

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD A jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan’s law minister has told legislators, media reported on Wednesday. Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by U.S. officials, was arrested after U.S. forces killed bin Laden in May 2011 in a […]

Image credit: BT Wi-Fi systems based on a single router may provide patchy coverage in some homes and small offices, depending on the building’s size and construction. Until recently, users have had to find their own solutions using Wi-Fi extenders and/or HomePlugs. In the USA, companies such as Eero, Luma and Google have launched multi-part systems that create a mesh network to provide good coverage throughout a […]

The White House declined to disclose what decision Mr. Obama had reached, but some administration officials believe it is unlikely that he will resolve the contentious issue in the waning moments of his presidency. Continue reading the main story That such a pivotal decision has been left to Mr. Obama’s final weeks in office reflects the complexity of the debate about working with the Y.P.G., as the […]

Jan 18, 2017 10:58 am IST A familiar Indian political saga played out in the country this month, as two factions of a party squabbled over what emblem to identify themselves with for upcoming state elections. In a democracy of over 1.2 billion people, many of whom are still illiterate and identify their choice on the ballot paper by the symbol adopted by the party, the answer […]

Kitchen Nation, a fully equipped culinary incubator, has opened its doors in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai. The incubator is launched to help start-up founders and small business owners to connect, develop ideas, and seize opportunities in the local F&B sector, in addition to offering a number of services, such as facilities, sales, events, consulting and marketing. Rami Salous, founder and CEO of Kitchen Nation, struggled with getting […]

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