Airbus and Boeing are preparing for possible changes to dozens of plane orders from Middle East carrier Etihad Airways as it presses ahead with a company-wide review, four sources familiar with the matter said. Etihad has been reviewing its business…
Scott Vaughan and Durwood Zaelke OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, DC – In the fight against climate change, carbon dioxide attracts the bulk of regulators’ attention. But while long-lived CO2 is a key contributor to rising temperatures, it is not the only culprit. Other…
It was an emotional moment when Fatime Gashi was crowned the new Miss Manchester. Medical stduent Fatime, from Salford, won the hearts of judges at the grand finale with both her stunning looks and her message that: “every time you…
US President Donald Trump has outraged French opinion by suggesting the 2015 attacks on Paris could have been stopped by giving people guns. He mimicked gunmen summoning and shooting victims one by one, saying “Boom! Come over here!” and using…
Photographs of Prince Louis’ first days at home have been released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – including an image of the new royal baby being kissed by his older sister. Princess Charlotte is seen cuddling the sleeping…
ঢাকা, মে ৫ – আজ শনিবার বাদ আছর ২০১৩ সালের ৫ মে শাপলা চত্বরের নিহতদের রূহের মাগফিরাত কামনা করে জামিয়া মাদানিয়া বারিধারায় এক বিশেষ দোয়া-মুনাজাত অনুষ্ঠিত হয়। মুনাজাত পরিচালনা করেন হেফাজতের নায়েবে আমীর মুফতি নুর হুসসাইন কাসেমি।
INTENS, a VTT-coordinated Finnish research-industry collaborative consortium, has jointly committed over €13 million in the next three years, with the ardent funding support of €5.6 million from Business Finland, to proactively advancing, promoting and digitalizing Finnish marine industries and beyond,…
IFAD Associate Vice-President visits project in the Philippines Rome, 05 May – Charlotte Salford, Associate Vice-President of External Relations and Governance at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is in the Philippines this week to visit an IFAD-supported project…
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit, on Saturday brought out a joyous procession here on the campus congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she received ‘Global Woman’s Leadership Award’.
Dubai carrier Emirates has announced new lower rates to purchase and transfer air miles under its Skywards membership programme. Under the new system, designed in partnership with loyalty commerce firm Points, the cost of buying 1,000 miles has decreased from…
Citigroup is considering seeking a full banking licence in Saudi Arabia as Western banks aim to capitalise on Saudi economic reforms, with rival HSBC announcing it has won mandates for several privatisations in the kingdom More than a dozen foreign…
A female Saudi media personality has provoked heated debate in the kingdom after forcing staff at the justice department to serve her when she wasn’t wearing a face covering. Muna Abu Sulayman, a co-host of a popular MBC show Kalam…
Geneva (ICRC) – An incident of violence against health-care facilities or personnel has taken place every single week since the passage two years ago of a U.N. Security Council Resolution meant to increase respect for the sanctity of health care.
A slump in Saudi Arabia’s economy cast a shadow over ambitious plans for reform as top officials met businessmen to discuss freeing the kingdom from its dependence on oil exports. At a conference with hundreds of foreign and local bankers…
Rajshahi, May 4 -Allegation has been made against the leaders of Bangladesh Chatraa League (BCL) Rajshahi University (RU) unit over occupying the mango and litchi groves illegally without any tender.
The 2018 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), reflects growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media, openly encouraged by political leaders, and the efforts of authoritarian regimes to export their vision of journalism pose a…
In talks and discussion on the World Press Freedom Day on Thursday some intellectuals have blamed the absence of press freedom in the country on the lack of courage and self-censorship on the part of the journalists. But do their…
China’s online community has fallen hard for a loyal elderly dog, who waits patiently outside a station every day for his owner to come home from work. The popular Pear Video website shared a video of Xiongxiong – Little Bear…
Dutch scientists have built “synthetic” embryos in their laboratory using mouse cells other than sperm and eggs. The stem cell breakthrough, described in Nature journal, is not for cloning people or animals, but about understanding why many pregnancies fail at…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Guterres said there was a real risk of war if the…
President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani has said. It appears to contradict Mr Trump, who said he did…
By Askiah Adam Taken pleasantly by surprise, not least because of the speed at which the joint Panmunjom Declaration has materialised, the world cannot but rejoice. In the few months from the recent Winter Olympics in South Korea when the…
Chulucanas, Peru, 26 (IPS/ Mariela Jara) — Getting children and adolescents to replace junk food with nutritious local organic foods is the aim of a group of women farmers in a rural area of Piura, on Peru’s north coast, as…
All parties urged to abide by their obligations Dhaka, May 2 – A UN human rights expert has expressed grave concerns over a sharp escalation in hostilities in Myanmar’s Kachin State which reportedly killed at least 10 civilians, left several…
The UAE Cabinet has adopted a law to roll back the application of a 5 per cent value added tax on the gold, diamond and precious metals market. State news agency WAM said the step was intended to maintain the…
Dhaka, Apr 2 – India’s Supreme Court has expressed concern over the change of colour of the iconic Taj Mahal at Agra and said the monument had become yellowish earlier and was now turning brownish and greenish.
Saudi Arabia on Monday witnessed the opening of its second new cinema in decades by UAE malls and retail group Majid Al Futtaim’s Vox Cinemas unit. The opening follows a decision last year to lift a nearly 40-year ban on…
Dubai’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) has announced plans to speed up passport clearance at the emirate’s airports to as little as 10 seconds. General director assistant of the airport immigration department at GDRFA, brigadier Talal Ahmad…
Relationship charity Relate is calling for people with a “crippling” addiction to sex to receive help on the NHS. Two sufferers speak about the impact it has had on their lives. “At its worst, even having sex five times a…
Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary, saying she “inadvertently misled” MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants. The Windrush scandal had heaped pressure on Ms Rudd, who faced renewed criticism after saying she did not know about Home Office…