By Mubasher Bukhari | LAHORE, Pakistan LAHORE, Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on army personnel that killed at least six people and wounded 18 in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday. Punjab government spokesman Malik Ahmed Khan said the blast, which hit an army vehicle taking part in Pakistan’s census, killed four soldiers and two civilian bystanders. Scores of people […]
For the few who might not be familiar with the business, what’s the story behind Aldar? Aldar was founded just over a decade ago in 2005, and is now the leading real estate lifestyle developer in Abu Dhabi. Since we began, we have always pushed boundaries, resulting in some of Abu Dhabi’s most iconic real estate projects. Our business focuses on two main areas – real estate […]
Last summer Betsy O’Donovan, the incoming Executive Director of The Daily Tar Heel, wrote an essay on Medium charting the dire financial situation of UNC-Chapel Hill’s student newspaper. It started pretty bluntly: “The Daily Tar Heel is a news organization, and we don’t dodge the facts: This 123-year-old institution has two years to figure out its finances.” The Daily Tar Heel, like many news organizations these days, […]
KHAN SHEIKHUN: A suspected chemical attack killed at least 58 civilians in opposition-held northwestern Syria on Tuesday, a monitor said, prompting global outrage and calls for international action.The attack in the town of Khan Sheikhun also left dozens suffering respiratory problems and symptoms including vomiting, fainting and foaming at the mouth, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Hours later, airstrikes hit a hospital in the town […]
BEIRUT Warplanes mounted five air strikes on Wednesday in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria where dozens of people were killed the day before in a suspected chemical attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Syrian army could not immediately be reached for comment on the reported air strikes in town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Wednesday. An Observatory report did not identify […]
A new study advocated that vaccinating one’s child is beneficial and may be instrumental in saving their life. Vaccination for children has its share of controversies all around the world. While doctors say this method is necessary to protect people from many harmful diseases, others question the effectiveness, necessity, and safety of the same. This argument has effectively led some communities to disown the vaccination practice completely, leading […]
HANOI Vietnam’s environment ministry has concluded that a steel plant built by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group in Ha Tinh province has met the requirements to test-run its first blast furnace, state-run Vietnam television (VTV) reported on Wednesday. The Ministry’s conclusion came after its three-day examining visit to the plant and will be reported to Vietnamese government and subject to their approval for whether allowing trial runs at […]
Henin Beaumont, a mining town in northern France, voted socialist for decades but is now a model for the way Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front party is capitalising on economic hardship. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany visited the region to find out why. Filmed by Steve Ager. Produced by Daniel Garrahan. Additional editing by Richard Topping. Graphics by Russell Birkett. Colour grade by Rory Cantwell. Editorial Assistants: Domitille Alain, […]
Photo On Tuesday, the Islamic State released its first official statement on President Trump, though he was not called out by name. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times Although members and supporters of the Islamic State have frequently commented on President Trump and his policies, analysts have been puzzled by the terrorist group’s official silence about him. Mr. Trump had not been mentioned in any of the […]
WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Mark Walker said after a meeting of House Republicans on a revamped healthcare bill on Tuesday night that they made good progress on the issue of high-risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions. Walker, who is chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told reporters more discussions on other sticking points in the legislation would be held on Wednesday. (Reporting by David Morgan; Writing by […]
A U.S. appeals court, for the first time ever, on Tuesday ruled that federal civil rights law protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees from discrimination in the workplace. The ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago represents a major legal victory for the gay rights movement. In its 8-3 decision, the court bucked decades of rulings that gay people are not protected […]
Dubai, UAE, 5 April 2017 During his participation in the “Ask the Leader” initiative on the sidelines of the 5th Dubai Government Achievement Exhibition (DGAE), Director of Dubai Customs Ahmed Mahboob Musabih said Dubai Customs’ efficiency and distinctive performance have helped the UAE in moving forward to occupy first place in the region and 4 th place worldwide in the efficiency of customs procedures category according to […]
By David Morgan and Yasmeen Abutaleb | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Top White House deputies returned to the Capitol on Tuesday evening to meet Republican lawmakers and discuss a second attempt at replacing Obamacare. Vice President Mike Pence and other key aides were meeting with members of the moderate “Tuesday Group,” the conservative Republican Study Committee and the House Freedom Caucus, the rebel group of conservative lawmakers that derailed […]
The Mac Pro, Apple’s flagship desktop Mac model, is getting a major overhaul — but it won’t arrive anytime soon. To show its commitment to the line, however, the company has upgraded current Mac Pro specs with faster Intel Xeon chips, updated GPUs, and promised that it’s “completely rethinking” what the Mac Pro is, or what it should be. The newly redesigned Mac Pro won’t be coming […]
UNITED NATIONS The United States, Britain and France on Tuesday proposed a United Nations Security Council resolution to condemn a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria, which diplomats said is likely to be put to a vote on Wednesday. The draft resolution, seen by Reuters, asks U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to report monthly on whether the Syrian government is cooperating with an international inquiry into chemical […]
ABU DHABI // It is rare for the “soul and spirit” of a city to be shown as it was at the conclusion of the Mother of the Nation Festival on Monday. The celebrations ended with fireworks that excited thousands of visitors, followed by a recognition of orphans for the Arab Orphans Day. The festival, which was produced in partnership with non-profit organisations, provided a stage for […]
As I dive overboard and into the warm, milky blue waters, a thought crosses my mind. Is this the third or fourth near-pristine beach our boat has cast anchor off today? I continue to ponder this question as I strap a mask and snorkel to my head, dip my face underwater and gaze in pleasure at the wrasse and butterfly fish darting between boulders and coral heads. […]
At the hospital in Reyhanli, a small Turkish border town that took in many of the victims, the mourners gathered outside mostly came from just two extended families, Mr. Youssef’s and the Abu Amash family. Continue reading the main story The families are connected by marriage and both come from Khan Sheikhoun, the village in rebel-held Idlib Province that residents said been hit with chemical weapons earlier […]
Investors are refusing to call time on expectations of a sustained recovery in the global economy, after propelling global markets to their best quarterly performance since 2013. Money managers say they are willing to look past rising political uncertainty in France and the US and bet on what they view as an acceleration in activity and synchronised economic advances across developed and emerging markets. Expectations of US fiscal stimulus […]
By Phil Stewart | QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, voiced optimism about the long-term U.S. alliance with Iraq’s military and its campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State on Tuesday, as he visited a base about 10 miles (16 km) from the city. Kushner was on the last day of a two-day trip to Iraq as the guest […]
American tech workers are no doubt feeling vindicated, rejoicing at what they feel is a long-overdue, reversal of fortunes. You could not have a more ominous beginning to the beginning of the H-1B lottery than the events that transpired over the last few days. As ZDNet’s Stephanie Condon reports, on Friday last week, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo that revamped an outdated, […]
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim | SEOUL SEOUL North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday from its east coast into the sea off the Peninsula, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang’s arms programme. The launch was from Sinpo, a port city on the North’s east coast, and the missile flew about 60 […]
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of the Internet? We are pleased to announce that candidate nominations for the 2017 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award are open. This annual award is presented to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions in service to data communications and places particular emphasis on those who have supported and enabled others. Nominations […]
It was an exposé made for the era of social media—and it’s still having an impact. A year ago this week, reporters at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 news organizations around the world released their first stories linked to the Panama Papers—a leaked trove of more than 11 million records from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca. The documents and thousands of published stories […]
