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Dubai Arabic Orchestra to perform Gulf musical classics at Ithra
DUBAI: Taking your child out to a restaurant can be a frustrating experience. With kid’s menus loaded with milkshakes, fried fare and salty treats, there is very little in the way of child-friendly, healthy food on offer. These unhealthy options led Dubai resident Hana Al-Mulla to dream up what she calls the world’s first children’s…
Fussy eaters meet their match in new kid’s restaurant in Dubai
DUBAI: Taking your child out to a restaurant can be a frustrating experience. With kid’s menus loaded with milkshakes, fried fare and salty treats, there is very little in the way of child-friendly, healthy food on offer. These unhealthy options led Dubai resident Hana Al-Mulla to dream up what she calls the world’s first children’s…
‘Hobbs & Shaw’ — Muscle and little else
CHENNAI: David Leitch’s latest “Fast and Furious” adventure, “Hobbs & Shaw,” needs no knowledge of its earlier eight stories. With Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs), Jason Statham (Deckard Shaw) with Idris Alba (Brixton Lorr), there is never a dull moment. There is little rhyme or reason in the film’s 138 minutes, but “Fast and Furious” fans…
Man Utd make Maguire world’s most expensive defender
BIRMINGHAM, England: Australia won the first Ashes test by a huge margin of 251 runs on Monday after dismissing England for 146 in its second innings on the final day.Offspinner Nathan Lyon was often unplayable with 6-49 and passed 350 test wickets in a remarkable turnaround for the Australians, who had been reduced to 122-8…
‘What a drive’: Hamilton denies Verstappen in thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix
HUNGARORING, Hungary: Lewis Hamilton regained the momentum in the world championship with a memorable strategic victory on Sunday when he overcame young rival Max Verstappen with three laps to go in a tense Hungarian Grand Prix.The 34-year-old defending five-time world champion started third on the grid in his Mercedes and, after stalking the 21-year-old Dutch…
Saudi entertainment chief buys Spanish football club Almeria
JEDDAH: Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, has officially completed his takeover of Spanish football club Almeria, according to reports. “After continuous speculation, Almeria have been sold to Turki Al-Sheikh after the operation went through for about €20 million ($22.26 million),” Spanish paper Marca said on its website. Al-Sheikh will…
HSBC says its CEO to leave after just 18 months
TOKYO: Japan and the US have agreed to target a broad deal on bilateral trade by September, seeking to bridge differences of opinion over tariffs on beef and the automobile sector, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. As part of a drive to rectify what he claims are unfair global trade imbalances, US President…
Japan, US target broad bilateral deal by September
LONDON: Bank HSBC on Monday announced the surprise departure of CEO John Flint after just 18 months, saying new leadership was needed amid increasing economic uncertainty, and that it was cutting some 4,000 jobs to reduce costs.London-based HSBC Holdings said Flint stepped down by mutual agreement. Noel Quinn, the chief executive of global commercial banking,…
Is Boeing too big to fail?
LONDON: Bank HSBC on Monday announced the surprise departure of CEO John Flint after just 18 months, saying new leadership was needed amid increasing economic uncertainty, and that it was cutting some 4,000 jobs to reduce costs.London-based HSBC Holdings said Flint stepped down by mutual agreement. Noel Quinn, the chief executive of global commercial banking,…
Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as “barbaric” attacks and crimes “against all humanity” as he called for bipartisan cooperation to strengthen the nation’s gun laws.Trump said he wants legislation providing “strong background checks” for gun users, but he provided scant details and has reneged on previous promises after…
