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Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 29, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Art exhibition Visit The Galleria on Al Maryah Island and see an exhibition by photographer Mark Luscombe-Whyte, who specialises in Arab architecture, including images of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Enjoy a […]

What could be better than a world-leading atomic clock? Two clocks in one. Physicists have now combined two experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms to set yet another world record for clock stability. Stability can be thought of as how precisely the duration of each clock tick matches every other tick that comes before and after. (via WSJ)

President Bashar al-Assad’s forces seized a wide swath of rebel territory in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, spurring the flight of tens of thousands of civilians amid intense fighting that threatens the collapse of the opposition’s last major urban stronghold. Activists and rebel leaders said pro-Assad forces on Monday recaptured the northern districts of the city, which has been divided between opposition forces on the east […]

By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom | NEW YORK/WASHINGTON NEW YORK/WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his search for a new U.S. secretary of state, with the focus on former CIA head David Petraeus, who is a candidate despite admitting he shared classified information with his mistress. The Republican was to meet Petraeus, a retired general, at Trump Tower in Manhattan in a new round […]

Reconciling accounting standards and religious principles is challenging Islamic banks and regulators as they adapt to new international book-keeping rules due to come into force in 2018. The new rules, known as IFRS 9, will leave their mark on all major products used by Islamic banks – from simple savings accounts to Islamic bonds – and impact their bottom-lines. Banks around the globe are gearing up to […]

54% of Amman residents rate the quality of education institutions as good or excellent, according to the 2016 Bayt.com and YouGov survey ‘Top Cities in the Middle East and North Africa’ Amman, Jordan, 28 November 2016 A new survey by Bayt.com, the number one career site in the Middle East, and YouGov, a pioneer in online market research, titled ‘Top Cities in the Middle East and North […]

By Andrea Hopkins | OTTAWA OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, his office said on Monday, days after Trudeau’s warm comments about the late Cuban leader sparked a backlash. Furore over Trudeau’s expression of sorrow at Castro’s death has erupted in both Canada and the United States. Trudeau acknowledged Sunday that Castro had been a dictator as political opponents […]

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Saudi Arabia has set a high bar for any oil supply deal ahead of Wednesday’s Opec meeting in Vienna, as it attempts to put pressure on regional rivals Iran and Iraq to accept a larger share of output cuts. The oil production cartel is trying to reach an agreement to curb supplies for the first time since the financial crisis and put an end to a two-year […]

Trump team rejects effort to push vote recount | Reuters Top News | Mon Nov 28, 2016 | 10:35pm IST ‘+Reuters.inlinevideo.title+’ ‘+Reuters.inlinevideo.length+’ ‘); } WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s transition team on Monday pushed back against an emerging effort to recount votes from the Nov. 8 presidential election, calling it “nonsense,” but not offering any evidence to back the president-elect’s weekend tweet alleging millions of illegal votes. The Green […]

Photo Syrians fleeing rebel-held parts of eastern Aleppo moved on Sunday toward an area controlled by Kurdish fighters. Credit Rumaf, via Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of people were sent fleeing for their lives on Monday as rebel fighters lost a large stretch of territory in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo to government forces and Kurdish fighters, in what could prove to be a turning […]

Time Inc (TIME.N), the publisher of Time, People and Fortune magazines, has rejected a takeover bid from billionaire investor Edgar Bronfman Jr., the New York Post reported on Monday. Bronfman offered $18 per share, the Post reported, representing a premium of 30.4 percent to Time Inc’s Friday close and valuing the publisher at $1.78 billion. Time Inc’s shares jumped 18 percent to $16.05 on Monday. Bronfman, who […]

The latest drone flyover video on the Apple Campus 2 reveals that the facility is almost complete, and it looks like it came straight out of a science fiction movie. There have been a few other drone flyover videos on Apple’s new home, but this new one gives the best look on how the Apple Campus 2 would look like once construction is done. Apple Campus 2 […]

CARACAS Venezuela’s bolivar currency has depreciated an unprecedented 60 percent in a month against the U.S. dollar on the black market to trade at nearly 3,500 on Monday, according to the widely-tracked web site DolarToday. That makes the largest-denomination note of 100 bolivars now worth less than 3 U.S. cents in the crisis-hit OPEC nation. Such is the currency chaos that Venezuelans often carry rucksacks full of […]

By Ulf Laessing | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq Islamic State has arrested dozens of Mosul shop owners accused of raising food prices in the nearly besieged city, to tamp down discontent as a U.S.-backed offensive closes in on the group’s last major stronghold in Iraq, residents said on Monday. The arrests took place on Sunday morning in Bursa, a commercial district in the western part of the […]

PARIS A severe strain of H5N8 bird flu that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France, the farm ministry said on Monday. “A first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 was confirmed on Nov. 26 in the commune of Marck (Pas-de-Calais), on 20 wild ducks used as callers for waterfowl hunting,” […]

Monday 12:00 GMT. Overview Stock markets in Europe are slipping back, led by losses for embattled Italian financials, on concern about potential contagion spreading from the sector into the eurozone financial system after Italy’s reform referendum. Meanwhile the dollar is cooling after its sustained run higher, with the index tracking the world’s reserve currency against six of its rivals down 0.1 per cent, although it is holding […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 28, 2016/ — The Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index of 85 countries ranks Singapore as the best environment for entrepreneurs Of the African nations, Namibia scores highest and comes 42nd overall – ahead of other prominent African markets, such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa The research, conducted by Mara Foundation and Opinium Research, examines the state of entrepreneurship around the […]

By Andrew Callus | PARIS PARIS France’s centre-right rallied behind free market reformist Francois Fillon as its candidate for president on Monday after a snap opinion poll showed him clear favourite to beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an election showdown next year. Fillon, a former prime minister who vowed to change France’s “software” with an assault on public sector spending, moved one step closer to […]

Bail in risk – €4 Trillion Italian banking system at risk as referendum looms Sunday according to Financial Times Concerns of multiple bank failures – Eight banks at risk of failure and bail ins Monte dei Paschi di Siena, third largest by assets and mid-sized banks Popolare di Vicenza, Veneto Banca and Carige and four smaller banks Italy’s banks have €360 billion of problem loans Contagion poses risks to Unicredit, […]

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 […]

ISTANBUL Turkey’s emergency rule, instituted in the days immediately following the July 15 failed coup, will continue as long as necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told a news conference on Monday. President Tayyip Erdogan has previously said emergency rule – initially introduced for three months and subsequently extended for another three – could continue for beyond a year. Erdogan declared a state of emergency days after […]

Monday 11:30 GMT. Overview The dollar is cooling after its sustained run higher, with the index tracking the world’s reserve currency against six of its rivals down 0.5 per cent, although it is holding the 100-point mark at 100.940. Stock markets in Europe are slipping back, led by losses for embattled Italian financials. Hot topic Oil is likely to loom large over the week before Wednesday’s Opec […]

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. Peskov said Putin had a busy schedule preparing for a major speech. Vyacheslav Volodin, a close Putin ally and the speaker of the Russian State Duma or lower house of parliament, would head the Russian delegation to the funeral, said Peskov. […]

By Ju-min Park | SEOUL SEOUL South Korean President Park Geun-hye cannot be questioned by Tuesday as prosecutors have requested, her lawyer said, as she resists growing calls to resign over an influence scandal that has engulfed her administration. Park is under intense pressure to step down over the crisis involving a close friend accused of meddling in state affairs, with the main opposition party seeking to […]

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