BEIJING: Saudi Arabia held on to its spot as China’s largest supplier of crude in August for the second straight month, official customs data showed on Wednesday, although this month’s attack on Saudi oil processing facilities may end the run. Saudi oil arrivals in August in China, the world’s biggest oil importer, reached 7.79 million tons,…
TUNIS: UK tour operator Thomas Cook’s bankruptcy may not spell the end of tourism in Tunisia, but highlights the need to diversify the sector beyond all-inclusive holidays. The demise of the package giant comes as Tunisia recovers from a three-year tourism lull after terror attacks in 2015 killed dozens of tourists. The attacks on a museum…
PARIS: Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86.His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told The Associated Press that Chirac died Thursday “peacefully, among his loved ones.” He did not give a…
KABUL, Afghanistan: Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a US-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.President Donald Trump plunged Afghanistan into…
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is facing “an unprecedented threat from intolerance, violent extremism and terrorism” that affects every country, exacerbating conflicts and destabilizing entire regions.The UN chief told a Security Council ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders that “the new frontier is cyber-terrorism…
UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanded on Wednesday that the United States “pay more” for any agreement that goes beyond the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Washington abandoned. Rouhani also rejected meeting US President Donald Trump while the two are in New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, but both US…
UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanded on Wednesday that the United States “pay more” for any agreement that goes beyond the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Washington abandoned. Rouhani also rejected meeting US President Donald Trump while the two are in New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, but both US…
GAZA CITY: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been following the Israeli elections, at the level of factions and individuals, without expecting any serious change in Israeli policy toward them from either bloc after the formation of a new government. Abdel Latif Al-Qanoua, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said: “The elections under occupation do not mean…
NEW YORK: The Kingdom’s expanding role in the ICT sector can help toward connecting half the world’s population to the internet, Saudi officials told the UN. With more than 93 percent of Saudis now with internet access, the country’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), headed by Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Ruwais, participated in a meeting of…
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia announced the completion of their aid pledge to Yemen through a $500 million donation, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. The statement was made by the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf during a conference on the humanitarian response in Yemen, organized at the sidelines of the…
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia announced the completion of their aid pledge to Yemen through a $500 million donation, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. The statement was made by the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf during a conference on the humanitarian response in Yemen, organized at the sidelines of the…
Rod Stewart, Enrique Iglesias to hit the stage at Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora festival DUBAI: Legendary rocker Rod Stewart is set to perform in Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora cultural festival in Al-Ula in January, while Enrique Iglesias will hit the stage in February, organizers revealed. The news comes as organizers revealed that US…
DUBAI: Architects from the UAE’s Ibda Design firm Wael Al-Awar and Kenichi Teramoto have been appointed as the curators for the country’s national pavilion at the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale. The pair’s exhibition will explore sea salt as a traditional, locally-sourced building material, and its potential uses for developing sustainable habitation in desert environments like the…
DUBAI: Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD) has unveiled its line up of designers, who will show off their new collections during the Oct. 30 – Nov. 2 event held at the Dubai Design District. Highlights of this year’s event include shows by international fashion houses Christian Cowan, whose designs have been worn by Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Cardi B;…
ROME: FIFA President Gianni Infantino lambasted Italian soccer authorities for “hiding the truth” about racism in a scathing assessment Tuesday following a complete lack of punishment after three cases of discriminatory chants during the four opening rounds of Serie A. Three black players — Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku, AC Milan’s Franck Kessie, and Fiorentina’s Dalbert Henrique…
ROME: FIFA President Gianni Infantino lambasted Italian soccer authorities for “hiding the truth” about racism in a scathing assessment Tuesday following a complete lack of punishment after three cases of discriminatory chants during the four opening rounds of Serie A. Three black players — Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku, AC Milan’s Franck Kessie, and Fiorentina’s Dalbert Henrique…
ROME: FIFA President Gianni Infantino lambasted Italian soccer authorities for “hiding the truth” about racism in a scathing assessment Tuesday following a complete lack of punishment after three cases of discriminatory chants during the four opening rounds of Serie A. Three black players — Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku, AC Milan’s Franck Kessie, and Fiorentina’s Dalbert Henrique…
DUBAI: Fancy buying a new television? Get it for a whopping $60,000 – it comes with the newest 8K resolution technology, but the snag is you will still have to push the on button. The top-end TV is just one of the more than 35,000 items featured at this year’s GITEX Shopper in the Dubai…
BEIJING: Beijing’s huge new airport, Daxing International, is formally open, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.The phoenix-shaped airport, located in the south of the capital, will help relieve pressure on the existing Capital International Airport in Beijing’s northeast, where capacity constraints often cause flight…
Want a job at McDonald’s? Just ask your smartphone.McDonald’s is now letting job seekers start an application by using voice commands with Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant.Users can say, “Alexa, help me get a job at McDonald’s.” Then Alexa will respond by asking which country they want to work in and play McDonald’s catchy “I’m…
