Part of a poster issued by the British tax authorities to counter offshore tax evasion in 2014. PHOTO: H.M. Revenue & Customs Through the Panama Papers released at the beginning of last year, the offshore tax haven activity of the national elites were seen in the full light of day by citizens. The reverse engineering of the internal database of one of the world’s leading offshore money […]
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In the early days of the Trump administration, no news organization has been a bigger target than The New York Times. The Gray Lady has been unsparing in its coverage of President Trump and frequently provoked his ire on Twitter. So, does all that abuse affect the paper’s coverage? “I think the answer is no,” said Carolyn Ryan, who ran The New York Times’ campaign coverage. “…When […]
By Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump, scrambling to find a new top security aide after firing his first one and being spurned by another candidate, said on Friday he has four people under consideration for the job, including acting national security adviser Keith Kellogg. Trump ousted Michael Flynn on Monday in a controversy over the retired lieutenant general’s contacts with Russia, and on Thursday […]
Critically acclaimed Cities: Skylines is calling the Xbox One its home pretty soon. Cities: Skylines publisher Paradox Interactive broke the good news in its official website. Xbox One owners will have the chance to recreate the hit Windows city-building game experience in their home consoles. The game is set for release this Spring 2017. Sky-High With Features Paradox Interactive released the details in its official Cities: Skylines website. The Xbox One port comes […]
Land Rover really started something when it rolled out the first Range Rover – now known simply as the “Classic” – in 1970. Bearing in mind that the existing all-terrainers at the time were slow, noisy, lumbering devices with all the grace of an elephant stomping through the jungle, the “Rangie” was a comparative gazelle. The Range Rover was no less off-road capable than its Toyota Land […]
Photo A scene from the documentary “The White Helmets.” Credit Shorts HD The Syrian stars of two Oscar-nominated films will travel to the Academy Awards after all, representatives said, now that President Trump’s travel ban has been lifted. Raed Saleh — the leader of a Syrian civilian rescue group and a subject of the documentary short that bears the group’s name, “The White Helmets” — will be […]
LOS ANGELES Intense rain, heavy snow and strong winds pounded California and southern Oregon on Friday, prompting the evacuation of dozens of homes east of Los Angeles, officials said. The severe storm, with what may be California’s heaviest rainfall in six years, was expected to last through the weekend, the National Weather Service said. “This looks to be the strongest storm to hit southwest California this season,” […]
By Michael Georgy | SULAIYMANIYA, Iraq SULAIYMANIYA, Iraq Islamic State militant Amar Hussein says he reads the Koran all day in his tiny jail cell to become a better person. He also says he raped more than 200 women from Iraqi minorities, and shows few regrets. Kurdish intelligence authorities gave Reuters rare access to Hussein and another Islamic State militant who were both captured during an assault […]
Current economic conditions around the world provide a good foundation for growth. But unprecedented levels of market uncertainty mean that organizations have to be ready to change strategy faster than ever before. Growth around the world In the US, President Donald Trump has inherited an economy with strong fundamentals: low inflation, and the lowest unemployment rate since 2007. He has promised a pro-business economic agenda with lower […]
MUNICH, Germany U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, in his debut trip to Europe, warned of an “arc of instability” on Europe’s periphery and called on NATO allies to contribute their fair share to their collective defence. “We all see our community of nations under threat on multiple fronts as the arc of instability builds on NATO’s periphery and beyond,” U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in […]
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The borders between tradition and trend locked hands in a merry dance at the opening night of Abu Dhabi’s Barzakh Festival – much like the “two seas that meet but do not mix”, which the event’s name recalls. Over two evenings, The Arts Centre at NYU Abu Dhabi will welcome five acts from three continents, an all-star line-up likely to make any fan of “world music” swoon. […]
LONDON London will introduce a charge on the oldest and most polluting vehicles from October in a new effort to improve air quality, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday. Called the T-charge, the 10-pound ($12.43) daily tax will apply to diesel and petrol vehicles typically registered before 2006 which do not meet the so-called “Euro 4” 2005 European directive to regulate vehicle emissions. The new charge will […]
GENEVA The U.N. Syria envoy’s office declined to confirm on Friday that political transition will be discussed at peace talks in Geneva next week, potentially taking the issue of President Bashar al-Assad’s future off the agenda. “The negotiations will be entirely guided by (U.N.) Security Council Resolution 2254, which talks specifically about governance, a new constitution and elections in Syria,” Yara Sharif, a spokeswoman for U.N. envoy […]
A new technique using liquid metals to create integrated circuits that are atoms thick could shape the future of electronics, according to research led by RMIT. The technique, which can produce large electronic wafers around 1.5 nanometres in depth, was developed by researchers from RMIT, Monash University, North Carolina State University, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Benjamin Carey, a researcher with RMIT and […]
BEIJING A blast at a refinery in China’s northern city of Songyuan killed three maintenance workers, the municipal government of Songyuan said. A tank exploded at the Songyuan Petroleum and Chemical Corp’s gasoline hydrotreating unit on Friday morning, the government said in statement on its website. It was not immediately known if the unit with 400,000 tonnes capacity was shut after the accident. (Reporting by Meng Meng […]
Snapchat for Android is apparently set to become a lot better in the future, with some performance improvements coming next week and more upgrades slated for later this year. The move to bet more on Android is likely part of Snap‘s bid to drive user growth outside of the United States, and offering a quality Android app would be essential to this purpose. Snapchat Quality On Android […]
Photo Shamsuldeen Ahmed Saed and Haitham Younis Wahab rigging a small water pump in the Rashidiya neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. Credit Ben C. Solomon/The New York Times MOSUL, Iraq — The water taps are dry in Rashidiya. The water and sewage system collapsed in this eastern Mosul neighborhood after 100 days of street combat. On Sunday, Haitham Younis Wahab and his neighbor Shamsuldeen Ahmed Saed decided to […]
By Tulay Karadeniz | ANKARA ANKARA Turkey’s military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone. Al-Bab, an Islamic State stronghold 30 km (20 miles) from the border, has been a key target in an offensive launched by Turkey […]
By Syed Raza Hassan | SEHWAN SHARIF, Pakistan SEHWAN SHARIF, Pakistan Wailing Sufi devotees thronged a blood-stained shrine in southern Pakistan on Friday, shouting at police a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 77 people in an attack claimed by a regional branch of Islamic State. The bombing of the famed Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh province was Pakistan’s deadliest attack in two years […]
The Australian government has announced the signing of a treaty-level Science, Research, and Innovation Cooperation Agreement with the New Zealand government. As part of the agreement, Australia and New Zealand will work together to tackle chronic disease, advance general health care, and improve the accuracy and availability of GPS signals, said recently appointed Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Arthur Sinodinos. “This is the first treaty […]
BERLIN Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) gained ground in a poll published on Friday as they continued to benefit from their choice of Martin Schulz as candidate for a Sept. 24 federal election, while Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives shed support. The poll, carried out by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for broadcaster ZDF, showed the SPD gaining 6 percentage points to reach 30 percent support – its highest level in this […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he intends to encourage co-hosting for the 2026 soccer World Cup that could divide the tournament up between as many as four countries. “We will encourage co-hosting for the World Cup because we need FIFA to show we are reasonable and we have to think about sustainability long-term,” Infantino said. “(We could) …maybe bring together two, three, four countries who […]
