HONG KONG: As protests in Hong Kong stretch from summer into autumn with little sign of resolution, a surge in migration applications suggests that more locals are making plans to leave the special administrative region. Their sentiments, reflected in passport paperwork and in interviews with residents, migration agents and real-estate brokers across the globe, show…
ABU DHABI: At the dawn of an era scientists have dubbed the Anthropocene, driven by human impact on the planet, the energy industry’s four-yearly gathering was forced onto the defensive on climate change. With the burning of “demon” fossil fuels blamed for playing havoc in the “age of man,” many agreed that after decades of…
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday visited the country’s flood-stricken southeastern regions, where five people have died and 3,500 forced to flee their homes, as train and air services were disrupted for yet another day. Since Wednesday, areas here suffered some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record, which caused chaos on the…
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday visited the country’s flood-stricken southeastern regions, where five people have died and 3,500 forced to flee their homes, as train and air services were disrupted for yet another day. Since Wednesday, areas here suffered some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record, which caused chaos on the…
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday visited the country’s flood-stricken southeastern regions, where five people have died and 3,500 forced to flee their homes, as train and air services were disrupted for yet another day. Since Wednesday, areas here suffered some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record, which caused chaos on the…
TEHRAN: An Iranian football fan who set herself ablaze and died after being arrested for trying to enter a stadium had “confessed her mistake” when she was questioned, the judiciary said Saturday.Sahar Khodayari, dubbed “blue girl” because of the colors of the team she supported, Esteghlal FC, was reportedly detained when she tried to enter…
Arab Parliament president praises King Salman’s position on Israel’s Jordan valley threat RIYADH: The president of the Arab Parliament has praised King Salman’s position on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he will annex the Jordan Valley if he is re-elected on Tuesday.Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami also welcomed King Salman’s call for an emergency…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, the son and designated heir of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.US media reported in late July and early August, citing intelligence officials, that the younger Bin Laden had been killed sometime in the last…
RIYADH: Drone attacks caused fires in two major Saudi Aramco facilities in the kingdom, the Saudi interior ministry said on Saturday. Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco plants in the kingdom’s Eastern Province on Saturday, the group’s military spokesman said on Al-Masirah TV. The broadcaster said the Houthis had…
RIYADH: Drone attacks caused fires in two major Saudi Aramco facilities in the kingdom, the Saudi interior ministry said on Saturday. Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco plants in the kingdom’s Eastern Province on Saturday, the group’s military spokesman said on Al-Masirah TV. The broadcaster said the Houthis had…
RIYADH: A Saudi doctor has warned of the dangers of smoking e-cigarettes after the US moved to ban the devices following a spate of vaping-related deaths. Dr. Shaikh Abdullah, a pediatric and adolescent specialist at King Abdul Aziz Medical City, in Riyadh, said vaping posed serious health risks including slow brain development in teenagers, lung…
DUBAI: When Mohammed Kazem was 14, he joined the Emirates Fine Art Society, which had been founded just four years earlier, in 1980. At the time, art was not part of the curriculum at Kazem’s school (nor, indeed, at many schools in the GCC). “Once a week, maybe, they would give us some paper and…
JEDDAH: A world-renowned drummer behind a famous European music academy is hoping to use his expertise to propel budding Saudi artists onto the international stage. German percussionist and composer, Prof. Udo Dahmen, has offered consultancy support to any music schools, similar to his Popakademie Baden-Württemberg institution in Germany, setting up in Saudi Arabia in a…
BEIJING: Luis Scola was asked what Sunday will mean to him, and he didn’t hesitate with the answer.“Everything,” he said.The veteran Argentinian forward didn’t need to give more of an explanation. The World Cup is one win away, and Scola made sure his team would have a chance to hoist the trophy.Scola scored 28 points…
BEIJING: Luis Scola was asked what Sunday will mean to him, and he didn’t hesitate with the answer.“Everything,” he said.The veteran Argentinian forward didn’t need to give more of an explanation. The World Cup is one win away, and Scola made sure his team would have a chance to hoist the trophy.Scola scored 28 points…
BARCELONA, ROME: Barcelona captain Lionel Messi would be “thrilled” if Neymar returned to the Catalan side but insisted they could still win trophies without the Brazilian. In an interview with the Catalan newspaper Sport this week, Messi said the return of Neymar, who was at Barca from 2013 and 2017 when he left for Paris…
TOKYO: Toyota has started using the same type of battery that Panasonic designed for Tesla in some of its plug-in hybrids sold in China, sources familiar with the matter said.Toyota is using Panasonic’s cylindrical batteries in its new Corolla and Levin plug-in hybrid sedans launched in China this year, one of the people said.The batteries…
TOKYO: Oil futures fell on Friday as concerns about global growth and slowing demand lingered despite hints of progress on US-China trade talks, setting up prices for weekly losses after days of swinging back and forth.Brent crude was down 18 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $60.20 a barrel by 0442 GMT, while US West Texas…
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank cut its policy rate by 325 basis points to 16.5 percent on Thursday, delivering its second aggressive policy easing in less than two months as it seeks to boost a recession-hit economy and forget last year’s currency crisis. The bank cited a recent decline in inflation and a global shift to…
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s prime minister assured residents of disputed Kashmir on Friday that he will expose years-long Indian oppression and human rights violations in the region when he addresses the UN General Assembly this month.Imran Khan made the comments in his first speech to a rally in Pakistan-held Kashmir since the revocation of the special…
