AUGUSTA: Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again.Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience at Augusta National that watched memories turn into reality.Woods had gone nearly 11 years since he won his…
AUGUSTA: Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again.Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience at Augusta National that watched memories turn into reality.Woods had gone nearly 11 years since he won his…
SYDNEY: Oil prices edged lower on Monday after international benchmark Brent hit a fresh five-month high in the previous session, but concerns over global supplies provided a floor to losses.Brent crude oil futures were at $71.40 a barrel at 0015 GMT, down 15 cents, or 0.2 percent, from their last close. Brent closed up 1…
CAIRO: Egypt has signed an agreement with Euroclear, Europe’s biggest settlement house for securities, to allow holders of its sovereign debt to clear transactions outside the country beginning in six months’ time, its finance minister said.Mohamed Maait also told Reuters that Egypt hopes to announce a new sovereign debt issue by the end of September…
WASHINGTON: With global growth slowing and many countries struggling with high debts, now is not the time for the “self-inflicted” economic wound of trade wars, the head of the International Monetary Fund is warning.“The key is to avoid the wrong policies, and this is especially the case for trade,” IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said…
TOKYO: The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has begun removing fuel from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in the decades-long process to decommission the plant.Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that workers started removing the first of 566 used and unused…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Sunday described an advisory issued by the US warning its citizens not to travel to the Southeast Asian country, as “lacking objectivity.”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it “strongly protests” the US government’s decision to include Malaysia as one of 35 countries given a “K” indicator on…
DHAKA: Thousands of people took to the streets of Dhaka on Sunday to celebrate the Bengali new year.Vast inflatable animals and colorful banners could be seen in a procession — known as Mongol Shovajatra — to mark the holiday.The Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 for the purpose…
JEDDAH: For 15 years, he and his fanatical followers have tried to hoodwink the world into believing they are persecuted underdogs, defending Yemen against its oppressors. But today Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi is exposed for what he is — a violent ideologue motivated by bigotry, hatred and intolerance. Al-Houthi, 40, leader of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in…
JEDDAH: For 15 years, he and his fanatical followers have tried to hoodwink the world into believing they are persecuted underdogs, defending Yemen against its oppressors. But today Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi is exposed for what he is — a violent ideologue motivated by bigotry, hatred and intolerance. Al-Houthi, 40, leader of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in…
DAMASCUS: The UN envoy for Syria held “substantial” talks on Sunday in Damascus with Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on efforts to find a political settlement to the country’s eight-year-long war.“We have had very detailed substantial discussions,” Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen told reporters after the meeting.“We are now addressing all the issues so all the issues…
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid Al-Falih has visited on Sunday the Economic Cities Authority at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). Al-Falih reviewed during the visit the model of the Authority, and also toured a number of vital projects supervised by the authority. His Excellency was received by a number of officials, including the…
RIYADH: Nearly 2.95 million violators of residency, work and border security systems have been arrested in a year-long roundup, according to an official report.Since the campaign began in November 2017, there have been 2,943,570 offenders, including 2,294,682 for violating residency regulations, 451,130 for labor violations and 197,758 for border violations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
RIYADH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has begun handing out commercial and recreational drone operator permits in the Kingdom.People who applied for a permit during the past four months started receiving their permits or scheduled examination dates this week.An Arab News journalist applied for a recreational permit in January, supplied the identification document…
