An Emirati entrepreneur has created a buzz in the GCC honey industry with the region’s first apiary that rears queen bee breeds from across the world. Mana Al Kaabi established the Al Kaabi established Hatta Honey, a honey production business with support from Dubai SME and Dubai Municipality, and now plans to create a new bee breed, to be called the Dubai Breed that will have unique […]
The British perfumer founded Jo Malone London in 1988, moving from home-made creams to best-selling fragrances in a short span. She stayed on as creative director when she sold the company to the Estée Lauder group in 1999, but then quit the industry altogether in 2006 because she temporarily lost her sense of smell following a battle with breast cancer. Malone launched her second business, Jo Loves, […]
Saudis often liken Aramco, the kingdom’s state oil company, to a fat cow or productive hen. The company has for decades been the bedrock of the economy and the enabler of the government largesse to which Saudis have grown accustomed. Now its future has become a source of concern as disquiet grows over plans by Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince, to sell a 5 per […]
Israel was clearly trying to undermine the mass hunger strike, which prisoners say is aimed at better conditions in confinement. The strike is also meant to rally Palestinians, who have carried out numerous protests in support of the prisoners and plan another general strike in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Continue reading the main story In an interview here in the Palestinians’ administrative capital, Ms. Barghouti […]
MEXICO CITY Tropical Storm Adrian, the first of the season, formed off the Pacific Coast of El Salvador, blasting winds of up to 85 kph and threatening to become a hurricane by Friday, Mexico’s water authority Conagua said on Tuesday. The eye of the storm, which formed late on Tuesday, was located 575 km (357.29 miles) southwest of San Salvador with sustained winds of up to 65 […]
Doomed children gasp their last breaths in the back of a truck filled with lifeless bodies that could have been their playmates hours ago. Volunteers sprint back and forth in an attempt to salvage the remaining lives. And a camera witnesses it all, capturing video that the public won’t see for more than a month. That was the scene shown Tuesday, when CNN showed horrific footage of […]
BEIJING The Chinese government said on Wednesday that the health of people in Taiwan is not being put at risk by Taiwan’s inability to attend a U.N. health meeting this year as there is no barrier to technical or medical exchanges and aid. Self-ruled Taiwan has accused Beijing of obstructing its efforts to attend the May 22-31 annual meeting in Geneva of the World Health Assembly, the […]
Enhancing Kuwait’s arbitration legal framework in order to render Kuwait a more attractive arbitration venue in the region Kuwait – 10 May 2017 ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners (ASAR), Kuwait’s leading corporate, litigation and finance law firm, co-organized a leading seminar on arbitration with the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce – Paris (ICC). The ICC is one of the oldest and […]
The verdict is out and it disappointed those seeking prompt disqualification of the prime minister under articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. The court has spoken even if the judgement was not unanimous but as the CJP himself puts it, “Dissenting verdicts are given everywhere in the world but nowhere are they discussed as much as in Pakistan.” A judge can’t have any preferred outcome in […]
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has announced a live trial of drone technology to be used for disaster management, utilising Telstra’s 4G network and a combination of three drone operators and four software platforms for the tests. The combination of drone operators and software platforms will allow the drones to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS); however, current legislation still requires drones to be […]
Slovenian Jan Polanc conquered the prestigious Giro d’Italia fourth stage to Mount Etna on Tuesday to give the UAE Team Emirates its first ever Grand Tour stage victory. Climbing specialist Polanc was part of a four-man breakaway that pulled free early in the 181 km ride from Cefalu. Despite being left on his own for the last 16 km of the 18.1 km climb to the summit, […]
NEW YORK Proxy adviser Glass Lewis on Tuesday recommended that BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) shareholders vote down a non-binding measure on executive compensation, saying CEO Larry Fink was paid “significantly more than the median CEO compensation” of the world’s largest asset manager’s peers. BlackRock cut total compensation for Fink by 1 percent to $25.5 million in 2016, according to a filing last month based on a calculation of […]
The Nintendo Switch version of Minecraft is set to be released on May 11, expanding the number of platforms where the popular block building game is playable. Minecraft‘s launch to the Nintendo Switch is largely expected to draw the same success as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Both games were released for the Nintendo Wii U, which was considered a failure especially compared to its predecessor, the Nintendo Wii. […]
BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Moon Jae-in on winning the election to become South Korean’s new president, state news agency Xinhua said. The brief report provided no other details. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Michael Perry) ‘); $(‘.second-article-divide’).append($(‘.slider.slider-module’)); $(‘.third-article-divide’).append(”); var median = (relatedItemsTotal / 2); var $relatedContentGroupOne = $(‘.related-content.group-one ul’); var $relatedContentGroupTwo = $(‘.related-content.group-two ul’); $.each($relatedItems, function(k,v) { if (k + 1 Also […]
The World Health Organization, the public health arm of the United Nations, reported 2,022 suspected cases of cholera and acute watery diarrhea in Yemen from April 27 to this past Sunday, including at least 34 deaths. Continue reading the main story Cholera has long been an underlying risk in Yemen, but it subsided during the cold winter months this year. With the sudden spike of cases, health […]
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Syria and a wide range of international issues, a senior U.S. official said. It will be the highest-level contact between Trump and the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin since Trump took office on Jan. 20. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on the agenda […]
Ticketek sells over 23 million tickets to more than 20,000 events each year, including concerts, sports, theatre, musicals, festivals, and exhibitions at iconic Australian venues such as ANZ Stadium, Qudos Bank Arena, and the Sydney Cricket Ground. A part of TEG Pty Limited, Ticketek considers itself a “truly digital” company, with ticketek.com.au allowing customers to browse, buy, and deliver tickets on their phone, through both the mobile […]
By Sue-Lin Wong | HUNCHUN, China HUNCHUN, China In August, 2014, planners in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun argued in state media that it should be included in the “One Belt, One Road” project, Beijing’s vision laid out the previous year of a new Silk Road across Asia to Europe. In 2015, the official Xinhua news agency ran stories about how Hunchun was accelerating its “OBOR” […]
Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines on Tuesday signed an agreement for a strategic operational partnership in air cargo transportation. The deal, the first of its kind in the air cargo industry between a mainline airline and a specialised freighter operator, will allow cooperation between two carriers with complementary strengths and shared values for customer service excellence, they said in a joint statement. Under the terms of the […]
DUBAI, May 9 Expo 2020 Dubai has chosen leading global logistics firm UPS to handle the logistics operations for Expo 2020 Dubai, which is expected to attract millions of visitors over its six-month duration. With more than 180 countries expected to participate and hundreds of thousands of visitors on peak days, the next World Expo will be one the most complex logistics projects UPS has tackled. As […]
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey in the fallout over Comey’s probe of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s emails last year, saying Comey was no longer able to effectively lead the law enforcement agency. Comey had been leading an FBI investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible […]
Expired EpiPens may still be usable more than four years after their expiry date. Findings of a new study that looked at the potency of auto-injectors after their expiry date suggest it may be worth using one that is past the expiration if it is all you have got. The new study shows that long after their supposed expiration dates, the injectors still have the concentration of epinephrine […]
Microsoft is continuing to tweak its Windows as a Service updating and patching strategy. Company officials announced some of the latest adjustments during last week’s Ask Me Anything (AMA) about Windows as a Service on the Microsoft Tech Comunity site. Microsoft officials have been hinting that the company is working to align the patching and updating strategies for Windows 10 and Office, moving forward. It turns out […]
On a cold, rainy day at the end of April, more than 30 people gathered at a co-working space in Charlotte, North Carolina for a public conversation about the future of news in the state. Five days later, more than 50 people got together for a similar conversation at a jazz club in downtown Durham. At both events, attendees — which included local journalists and community activists […]
