BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch on Wednesday denounced abuses including executions and home confiscations in a Turkish-controlled swathe of northern Syria, where Ankara says it wants to resettle Syrian refugees. Turkey last month established what it has dubbed a “safe zone” in a 120-km-long strip of land it seized from Syrian Kurdish fighters along its southern border.…
ADEN: A team of Saudi technical experts on Tuesday visited Aden International Airport as part of a redevelopment initiative for the site. The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) team, headed by Ahmed Al-Medkhali, met with specialists to assess and study the extent of work required to upgrade the airport. Al-Medkhali said an…
ADEN: A team of Saudi technical experts on Tuesday visited Aden International Airport as part of a redevelopment initiative for the site. The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) team, headed by Ahmed Al-Medkhali, met with specialists to assess and study the extent of work required to upgrade the airport. Al-Medkhali said an…
ADEN: A team of Saudi technical experts on Tuesday visited Aden International Airport as part of a redevelopment initiative for the site. The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) team, headed by Ahmed Al-Medkhali, met with specialists to assess and study the extent of work required to upgrade the airport. Al-Medkhali said an…
The book from Imani Perry “explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world,” according to critics. “This deeply personal open letter lays out the myriad of emotions that Perry feels as the mother…
Linear optimization is a powerful modeling method for discovering the best solution to a problem among a set of available alternatives. It is one of today’s most important branches of mathematics and computer science — and also a surprisingly rich medium for creating breathtaking works of art. Opt Art takes readers on an entertaining tour…
DUBAI: When Jessica Kahawaty is not busy visiting refugee camps off the border of Syria, championing women’s rights or turning heads on front rows in Paris and Milan, she can be found shaking up the fashion industry. Her latest style endeavor is a partnership with Italian label Miu Miu, as part of its “Miu Miu…
MADRID: It was another great Champions League night for Keylor Navas at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Like many times before, the goalkeeper left the field with the Bernabéu crowd chanting his name. This time, though, his outstanding performance was key for Madrid’s opponent, Paris Saint-Germain, which salvaged a 2-2 draw to clinch first place in…
Abu Dhabi-based Man City owner draws $500m investment from private equity firm Silver Lake PARIS: US private equity firm Silver Lake has agreed to invest $500 million in the owners of English football champions Manchester City, valuing the Premier League club’s owner at $4.8 billion.Silver Lake will buy just over 10 percent of Abu Dhabi-controlled…
Abu Dhabi-based Man City owner draws $500m investment from private equity firm Silver Lake PARIS: US private equity firm Silver Lake has agreed to invest $500 million in the owners of English football champions Manchester City, valuing the Premier League club’s owner at $4.8 billion.Silver Lake will buy just over 10 percent of Abu Dhabi-controlled…
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health minister on Tuesday urged the central bank to release US dollars over a hard currency shortage limiting medical imports to the protest-hit country. “The sector is under serious threat,” caretaker minister Jamal Jabak, who is close to Iran-backed movement Hezbollah, told a news conference. “A hospital without medical supplies cannot operate.” The Lebanese…
KABUL: China has signed an agreement to purchase pine nuts worth $2 billion from Afghanistan, a major business move by Beijing which has been expanding its investment and trade efforts in the neighboring country, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Afghanistan exported 23,000 tons to China last year and — on the basis of a deal signed…
KABUL: China has signed an agreement to purchase pine nuts worth $2 billion from Afghanistan, a major business move by Beijing which has been expanding its investment and trade efforts in the neighboring country, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Afghanistan exported 23,000 tons to China last year and — on the basis of a deal signed…
NEW MEXICO: A man shot two adults on Tuesday in the parking lot of a Vancouver, Washington, elementary school before being pursued by police and shooting himself in the head, in what authorities described as a domestic violence situation. No students or staff members were injured in the incident outside the Sarah J. Anderson Elementary…
TOKYO: Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power said on Wednesday it has won initial regulatory approval to restart a reactor at its Onagawa power plant, more than 8 years after it was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster.Tohoku Electric said in a statement it has received a first green light from Japan’s…
TOKYO: Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power said on Wednesday it has won initial regulatory approval to restart a reactor at its Onagawa power plant, more than 8 years after it was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster.Tohoku Electric said in a statement it has received a first green light from Japan’s…
ISTANBUL: A car bomb killed at least 17 people and wounded 20 others in the Turkish-controlled region of northern Syria on Tuesday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said. The attack took place in the Tal Halaf village west of the city of Ras Al-Ayn, which is now controlled by the Turkish military after its offensive in October, the…
