What happened and why? ### When an incumbent British Prime Minister resigns before the end of their term it is up to their party to decide who will replace them not the public. This process started on June 7 when Theresa May stepped down after failing to secure a Brexit deal. If she had held…
Dubai: As the city’s thriving tech park, Dubai Internet City (DIC) is a brand to reckon with. Since its launch in 1999, it has grown leaps and bounds to become the region’s premier destination for tech companies and a catalyst for Dubai’s vision to be one of the smartest and most futuristic cities in the…
Dubai: The Gulf News football podcast 3 Up Front is back! Listen in as Matt, Shamsheer and Ashley discuss Maurizio Sarri’s departure from Chelsea and the likely return of prodigal son Frank Lampard to Stamford Bridge. ### Derby County boss Lampard would find it hard to say no to Chelsea if they offered him the…
Dubai: A man and his wife are on trial for torturing and starving the man’s mother to death, a Dubai court heard on Wednesday. ### The 29-year-old defendant and his 28-year-old wife, both Indian, tortured the man’s mother inside their residence in Al Ghusais, starving her until she weighed just 29-kg, because she wasn’t looking…
Dubai Design District (d3) has announced its first ever restaurant week, which will celebrate a collective group of independent chefs, cafes and restaurants. The event will take place between June 30 until July 6 across eight restaurants at d3. ### The offerings will include special edition menus, with an option for ‘secret dishes’ that will…
Dubai: The Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) artificial intelligence strategy map has been endorsed by Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors, RTA. ### The map consists of three key pillars or focus areas. The first covers mobility in Dubai, licensing services, planning and regulating safety and risks, customer’s experience,…
Birmingham: Kane Williamson produced a masterclass of controlled batting to lead New Zealand to a tense four-wicket victory against South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday, all but ending the Proteas’ World Cup semi-final hopes. ### The Black Caps’ skipper kept his cool at the end of a nerve-jangling match that went down to the last…
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has been warned by WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar’s advocate Paul Heyman for using a phrase made popular by him. ### The matter stems from Ranveer using a known phrase that Heyman and Lesnar apparently devised for their time in the WWE. Heyman would root for Lesnar by shouting: “Eat, Sleep,…
Dubai: Every second refugee in 2018 was a child and around 111,000 of them were alone without their families while Uganda reported 2,800 refugee children aged five or below alone. ### The alarming statistics were released today (Wednesday) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ahead of the World Refugees Day which is marked…