MUSCAT: The starving artists’ attic of “La Boheme” is worlds away from the dazzling palatial surroundings of the Royal Opera House Muscat, but the world premiere of its co-production with Opéra de Monte-Carlo Thursday night made for a magnificent marriage. What makes this unique is that it is not simply a touring production, which is…
JEDDAH: Nourah Sultan from Bahrain won the eighth Women’s Single Bowling Championship in Alkhobar on Friday, picking up the top prize of SR4,000 ($1,066). Jennis Ecalnir from the Philippines came second, with Saudi bowler Amani Al-Ghamdi in third place. Three more Filipinos — Loretta Santos, Janett Castello, and Beth Dankanan — placed fourth, fifth and…
‘Golden goal’: Palestinians celebrate Saudi decision to play world cup game in Palestine AMMAN: Palestinians from all walks of life celebrated the historic decision of the Saudi national team to play its first qualifying game for the 2022 World Cup against Palestine in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Ram.Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football…
LIVERPOOL: Brendan Rodgers guided Liverpool to the brink of the Premier League title when he was in charge at Anfield. Now, on his first return since leaving 4 years ago, the Leicester boss is aiming to slow his former club’s latest championship challenge and demonstrate that his side deserve to be considered top-four contenders. Rodgers…
The tight security ring around Moscow’s Manege conference center has been dismantled, the last matryoshka doll bought in the over-priced souvenir shops in Red Square, and the final egg and cabbage roll eaten in the Russian Energy Week (REW) media center. It is time to reflect on a flying visit to the Russian capital for…
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday the government was ready to take “all possible steps” if risks to the economy intensified, signaling a fiscal-stimulus boost in the event this month’s sales tax hike triggers a sharp downturn in growth. Abe’s remark came as the bitter US-China trade war and soft global demand…
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday the government was ready to take “all possible steps” if risks to the economy intensified, signaling a fiscal-stimulus boost in the event this month’s sales tax hike triggers a sharp downturn in growth. Abe’s remark came as the bitter US-China trade war and soft global demand…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Friday the White House is preparing a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally objecting to the Democrats' impeachment inquiry without an official vote. It's expected to say the administration won't cooperate with the probe without that vote — but he also said he believes it will pass.Trump acknowledged that…
WASHINGTON: The impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump widened on Friday into a constitutional battle between the executive branch and Congress, as Democrats subpoenaed White House officials and the president signaled his administration would not cooperate.Trump said he would formally object to the impeachment investigation, even as he acknowledged that House Democrats “have the votes”…
ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday called on Turkey to “take responsibility” for a renewed wave of migrants to Greece, and for an EU-Turkish deal to be revised so Athens can speed up the return of rejected asylum-seekers.“Turkey must take responsibility” and “control the migrant flow in the Aegean Sea,” the conservative Greek…
BEIRUT: Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters pledged on Friday to back a potential cross-border offensive that Ankara has threatened to mount against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria. The US-led coalition and Turkey conducted on Friday their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria, they said, part of a plan designed to defuse tensions between Washington’s two allies…
WASHINGTON: Iran has not drawn back to a less threatening military posture in the region following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia, the top US admiral in the Middle East told Reuters, suggesting persistent concern despite a lull in violence.“I don’t believe that they’re drawing back at all,” Vice Admiral Jim Malloy, commander of…
ALGIERS: Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters chanted slogans on Friday demanding the army quit politics, a purge of the ruling elite, an end to corruption, and the freeing of opposition leaders.The demonstrations in the capital Algiers and several other cities follow a ruling by a prominent independent cleric this week urging people to vote…
Ahmed Al-Hakbani has been governor of Saudi Customs since January 2017. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from King Saud University in 2000, and his master’s degree in strategy, economics and international business from INSEAD in France. From 2011 to 2012, he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science. He…
JEDDAH: While combat sports are still deemed as masculine sports by some Saudis, they have started to become a regular pastime for women too. Halah Al-Hamrani, 41, opened a gym called FLAG, an acronym for the popular slogan “fight like a girl” that has been used in pop culture to insult girls, to help empower…
JEDDAH: While combat sports are still deemed as masculine sports by some Saudis, they have started to become a regular pastime for women too. Halah Al-Hamrani, 41, opened a gym called FLAG, an acronym for the popular slogan “fight like a girl” that has been used in pop culture to insult girls, to help empower…
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The struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. At kitchen tables all across the country, parents agonize over whether to burden their children with loans or to sacrifice their own financial security by taking out a second mortgage or draining their retirement savings. Indebted takes…
