NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are increasing their planned purchases from OPEC nations, Mexico and the US to make up for any loss of Iranian oil if the US enforces sanctions more harshly from next month, sources and company officials said.All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from…
NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are increasing their planned purchases from OPEC nations, Mexico and the US to make up for any loss of Iranian oil if the US enforces sanctions more harshly from next month, sources and company officials said.All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from…
NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are increasing their planned purchases from OPEC nations, Mexico and the US to make up for any loss of Iranian oil if the US enforces sanctions more harshly from next month, sources and company officials said.All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from…
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Vladivostok, Russian media reported on Wednesday. His visit comes after he failed to persuade US President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on his regime in Hanoi at the end of February. “The first meeting in eight…
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Vladivostok, Russian media reported on Wednesday. His visit comes after he failed to persuade US President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on his regime in Hanoi at the end of February. “The first meeting in eight…
LIMA, Peru: Former President Alan Garcia mortally wounded himself with a gunshot to his head Wednesday as officers waited to arrest him in a big graft probe that has put Peru’s most prominent politicians behind bars and provoked a reckoning over corruption.Authorities broke through a door at Garcia’s mansion in a leafy, upscale neighborhood of…
JEDDAH: US President Donald Trump’s veto of a Congressional resolution to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has put the focus squarely where it belongs — on the Houthis, the real perpetrators of the war. “This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American…
JEDDAH: US President Donald Trump’s veto of a Congressional resolution to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has put the focus squarely where it belongs — on the Houthis, the real perpetrators of the war. “This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American…
JEDDAH: US President Donald Trump’s veto of a Congressional resolution to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has put the focus squarely where it belongs — on the Houthis, the real perpetrators of the war. “This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American…
Transformation program boosts Saudi Arabia’s capacity to ensure safety in traded goods — minister RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s national transformation program 2020 has lifted the quality of life in the Kingdom, boosting the country’s capacity to attract investment and ensure safety in traded goods, Majid Al-Qassabi, the commerce and investment minister, said.Al-Qassabi, who is also chairman…
Transformation program boosts Saudi Arabia’s capacity to ensure safety in traded goods — minister RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s national transformation program 2020 has lifted the quality of life in the Kingdom, boosting the country’s capacity to attract investment and ensure safety in traded goods, Majid Al-Qassabi, the commerce and investment minister, said.Al-Qassabi, who is also chairman…
JEDDAH: April 18, 2018 will go down as one of the most celebrated dates in Saudi Arabia’s history with the first screening of a film in over 35 years in the capital Riyadh. Those outside the Kingdom may struggle to understand the significance of this event, but for Saudis unable to attend a film screening…
C. G. Jung (1875–1961) was a preeminent thinker of the modern era. In seeking to establish an interdisciplinary science of analytical psychology, he studied psychiatry, religion, mysticism, literature, physics, biology, education, and criminology. He introduced the concepts of extraversion and introversion, and terms such as complex, archetype, individuation, and the collective unconscious. He stressed the…
C. G. Jung (1875–1961) was a preeminent thinker of the modern era. In seeking to establish an interdisciplinary science of analytical psychology, he studied psychiatry, religion, mysticism, literature, physics, biology, education, and criminology. He introduced the concepts of extraversion and introversion, and terms such as complex, archetype, individuation, and the collective unconscious. He stressed the…
JEDDAH: Salma Hayek’s husband François-Henri Pinault has pledged over $113 million (€100 million) towards the rebuilding of the Notre Dame cathedral. Pinault is the chairman and CEO of Kering, which is behind brands such as Gucci, Balenciaga, and Yves Saint Laurent. Hayek, who is of Lebanese descent, tied the knot with Pinault on Valentine’s Day…
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi pounced on two Manchester United mistakes to score twice and end their hopes of another Camp Nou comeback as Barcelona breezed into the Champions League semifinals on Tuesday.After an excellent start, United were undone twice in four minutes by Messi, who first nicked the ball off the careless Ashley Young and then…
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi pounced on two Manchester United mistakes to score twice and end their hopes of another Camp Nou comeback as Barcelona breezed into the Champions League semifinals on Tuesday.After an excellent start, United were undone twice in four minutes by Messi, who first nicked the ball off the careless Ashley Young and then…
MONTE CARLO : Novak Djokovic was severely tested before securing a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber to survive his opening match at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The winner of the last three Grand Slams made eight double faults, dropped serve four times and smashed a racquet after losing the second set…
TOKYO: Japan’s exports fell for a fourth straight month in March as China-bound shipments slumped again, reinforcing growing anxiety that weak external demand is likely to have knocked first quarter economic growth. Ministry of Finance data out on Wednesday showed exports fell 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, compared with a 2.7 percent…
SHANGHAI: China’s economic growth held steady in the latest quarter despite a tariff war with Washington, in a reassuring sign that Beijing’s efforts to reverse a slowdown might be gaining traction.The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.4% over a year earlier in the three months ending in March, the government reported Wednesday. That matched the…
