DUBAI: Dubai is set to get its own Hollywood Walk of Fame, called ‘Dubai Stars,’ in October. The 10,000-star walkway will be four times the size of its famous counterpart in Los Angeles. The first phase of Dubai Stars, in Downtown Dubai, will be unveiled in October at an event that is slated to be…
DUBAI: Dubai is set to get its own Hollywood Walk of Fame, called ‘Dubai Stars,’ in October. The 10,000-star walkway will be four times the size of its famous counterpart in Los Angeles. The first phase of Dubai Stars, in Downtown Dubai, will be unveiled in October at an event that is slated to be…
DUBAI: Officially called Bengaluru — though not by the locals — Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is lauded as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’ thanks to the presence of prestigious IT companies and a burgeoning technology sector. Once known for its sprawling gardens and lakes, today Bangalore is more easily identified…
New Zealand rugby team Canterbury Crusaders under pressure to change name after mosque shootings CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The world’s most successful rugby franchise is under pressure to change its name following the mosque shootings in Christchurch.The Canterbury Crusaders has won the Super Rugby Championship nine times since the competition began in 1996. The championship involved…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prosecutors on Monday said they would issue summonses to units of US investment bank Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong, requiring them to respond by June to criminal charges filed against them last year.Soon after being elected in May, 2018, a new government charged three units of Goldman Sachs for misleading…
LONDON: The Dubai-listed developer Damac says it is scouting for additional plots of land in Saudi Arabia, both in established cities and the Kingdom’s emerging giga-projects such as Neom.Hussain Sajwani, chairman of Damac Properties, also said the company would look to invest up to £500 million ($660 million) on a second development in the UK,…
At least three dead in multiple shooting in Utrecht, police hunting Turkish-born man DUBAI: At least three people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting incident in Utrecht, in The Netherlands on Monday morning. Dutch security forces were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man in connection with the incident, in what authorities said appeared to…
At least three dead in multiple shooting in Utrecht, police hunting Turkish-born man DUBAI: At least three people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting incident in Utrecht, in The Netherlands on Monday morning. Dutch security forces were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man in connection with the incident, in what authorities said appeared to…
BEIJING: China has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists and has broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs” in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said in a report Monday issued to counter criticism of internment camps and other oppressive security in the traditionally Islamic region. The lengthy report said the government’s efforts have curbed…
BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed fighters said they had taken positions in Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria and air strikes pounded the tiny patch of land beside the Euphrates River early on Monday, a Reuters journalist said.Smoke rose over the tiny enclave as warplanes and artillery bombarded it. Another witness said the militants had earlier mounted…
BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed fighters said they had taken positions in Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria and air strikes pounded the tiny patch of land beside the Euphrates River early on Monday, a Reuters journalist said.Smoke rose over the tiny enclave as warplanes and artillery bombarded it. Another witness said the militants had earlier mounted…
BAGHDAD: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in rare clashes Sunday with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the north of the country where the group has bases, the army said overnight.The PKK, seen as a “terrorist” group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since…
JEDDAH: For the first time in Saudi Arabia, The Color Run is coming to Sharqiah Season, which features more than 80 events in Eastern Province cities, and is the first of 11 scheduled festivals planned throughout the Kingdom in 2019. Sharqiah Season is a collaborative effort by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage,…
JEDDAH: For the first time in Saudi Arabia, The Color Run is coming to Sharqiah Season, which features more than 80 events in Eastern Province cities, and is the first of 11 scheduled festivals planned throughout the Kingdom in 2019. Sharqiah Season is a collaborative effort by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage,…
RIYADH: Saudi entrepreneurs will be shown the latest advances in global cinema design and construction at a major forum in Riyadh next month.The Cinema Build KSA forum on April 14-15 at the Four Seasons hotel in Riyadh comes as the world eyes Saudi Arabia’s efforts to unlock the massive potential of its cinema market as…
DUBAI: Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” landed the acclaimed Lebanese filmmaker an Oscar nomination and the Jury Prize at Cannes. It has now arrived on screens in the GCC. “Capernaum” centers on Zain, a 12-year-old Lebanese boy serving a five-year sentence for “stabbing a son of a bitch” (as Zain explains it in court). As the film…
JEDDAH: Saudi luxury brand HINDAMME has a strong presence in the fashion scene in Saudi Arabia, with its “East meets West” trademark. HINDAMME launched its latest capsule Futur Antérieur, which consists of luxury sportswear, in January. This collection is different from previous ones, which featured more elements from the past, Saudi designer and HINDAMME founder…
New Zealand rugby team Canterbury Crusaders under pressure to change name after mosque shootings CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The world’s most successful rugby franchise is under pressure to change its name following the mosque shootings in Christchurch.The Canterbury Crusaders has won the Super Rugby Championship nine times since the competition began in 1996. The championship involved…
New Zealand rugby team Canterbury Crusaders under pressure to change name after mosque shootings CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The world’s most successful rugby franchise is under pressure to change its name following the mosque shootings in Christchurch.The Canterbury Crusaders has won the Super Rugby Championship nine times since the competition began in 1996. The championship involved…
New Zealand rugby team Canterbury Crusaders under pressure to change name after mosque shootings CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The world’s most successful rugby franchise is under pressure to change its name following the mosque shootings in Christchurch.The Canterbury Crusaders has won the Super Rugby Championship nine times since the competition began in 1996. The championship involved…
