ORBETELLO: Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria of UAE Team Emirates was awarded victory on stage three of the Giro d’Italia when original winner Elia Viviani was penalized by race officials for switching trajectory mid-sprint on Monday. “The Jury watched the video footage of the sprint and has decided to relegate Elia Viviani. The winner is Fernando Gaviria,”…
ROME: Serena Williams opened her clay-court season with a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson on Monday in the first round of the Italian Open. Williams fell behind 3-1 in the first set but then began to take control with her baseline power on a windy day at the Foro Italico. When…
ABU DHABI/LONDON: United Arab Emirates-based Finablr had to cut the price on its initial public offering as the payments and foreign exchange company faced weak investor demand in jittery markets which also rocked ride-hailing app Uber’s Wall Street debut.Finablr was priced at 175 pence per share, the bookrunner said on Tuesday, significantly below an initially…
DUBAI: Saudi Aramco aims to boost its oil supply to Europe by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) within the next two years as it expands its trading operations there with an office opening this summer in London, a senior company executive said.Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer, is expanding its downstream, or refining and marketing,…
DUBAI: Saudi Aramco aims to boost its oil supply to Europe by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) within the next two years as it expands its trading operations there with an office opening this summer in London, a senior company executive said.Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer, is expanding its downstream, or refining and marketing,…
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte looked set on Tuesday to strengthen his grip on power after unofficial results of a mid-term election showed big wins for his candidates, and resounding public endorsement of his controversial rule. Nine of 12 available seats in the all-important Senate looked set to go to pro-Duterte candidates and the rest…
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte looked set on Tuesday to strengthen his grip on power after unofficial results of a mid-term election showed big wins for his candidates, and resounding public endorsement of his controversial rule. Nine of 12 available seats in the all-important Senate looked set to go to pro-Duterte candidates and the rest…
NEW DELHI: Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will hold talks with his counterpart in the Indian capital on Tuesday after New Delhi stopped purchases of Iranian oil this month in the wake of renewed US sanctions.India was Iran’s top oil client after China, but halted imports after Washington reimposed sanctions on Iran and later withdrew…
DUBAI: Four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged by what Gulf officials described as sabotage, though satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed no major visible damage to the vessels.Details of the alleged sabotage to two Saudi, one Norwegian and one Emirati oil tanker on Sunday remained unclear, and Gulf…
DUBAI: Four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged by what Gulf officials described as sabotage, though satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed no major visible damage to the vessels.Details of the alleged sabotage to two Saudi, one Norwegian and one Emirati oil tanker on Sunday remained unclear, and Gulf…
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian regime of “seeking to sabotage” Ankara’s relationship with Russia through its latest offensive in the northwest of the war-torn country.Clashes in Idlib province in northwestern Syria have killed at least 42 fighters in 24 hours, a monitor said Monday, and the regime bombardment on the region…
RIYADH: Terrorists have attacked two pumping stations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, according to the energy minister Khalid Al-Falih. Drones attacked two pumping stations of East-West pipeline, which carry Saudi oil from fields in the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the west coast. The attacks caused a fire at station number 8, which…
Terrorists have attacked two pumping stations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, according to the energy minister Khalid Al-Falih. Drones attacked two pumping stations of East-West pipeline, which carry Saudi oil from fields in the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the west coast. The attacks caused a fire at station number 8, which Al-Falih…
Terrorists have attacked two pumping stations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, according to the energy minister Khalid Al-Falih. Drones attacked two pumping stations of East-West pipeline, which carry Saudi oil from fields in the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the west coast. The attacks caused a fire at station number 8, which Al-Falih…
LOS ANGELES: Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ‘60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97.The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The…
LOS ANGELES: Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ‘60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97.The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The…
RAQQA: More than a year after Daesh fled, Syrian boys and girls are finally back on stage — bobbing to the rhythm of drums in the northern city of Raqqa. At the first cultural center to open since the militants’ draconian rule ended, sunlight floods into the brand new library, while books line shelves along…
RIYADH: Al-Ittihad capped a dominant eSaudi Professional League 2019-2020 season by winning the title in the last round, beating Al-Baten 4-1 and becoming the first Saudi club to clinch the league championship. The Ittihadi achievement did not come as a surprise for the fans, having in their ranks the reigning FIFA eWorld Cup champion Mossaed Al-Dossari and…
