Dubai: The report prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and issued by its Committee of Legal Experts has praised the high rate of women’s participation in economic activities in the UAE. ### A discussion of the report took place at the 108th session of the International Labour Conference, currently being held in Geneva. The…
### Political professionals are so focused on the microdetails of the 2020 elections that they miss the macro trends favouring US President Donald Trump as he kicks off his reelection campaign. They are looking at national and state polls when the “America First” president ought to be viewed in a global context. ### The lobbyists,…
Dubai: Khushi was all of three years. ### She grew up in the Indian village of Raja Pakkar, around 60km from Muzaffarpur city in the eastern state of Bihar. ### A cheerful child with a shock of unruly hair, Khushi loved playing in the village courtyard. ### She was so busy playing last Thursday that…
Iran on Thursday insisted that a US drone had entered its airspace in “full stealth mode,” calling the flight “provocative” and “very dangerous” as it justified its decision to shoot the aircraft down. ### Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security…
Rome: Maurizio Sarri said being appointed Juventus’ new head coach was the “crowning achievement” of his long career and he welcomed a return to Italy following a year in the English Premier League with Chelsea. ### The Serie A champions appointed Sarri on a three-year contract earlier this week after agreeing a compensation fee with…
Montreal: Canada’s Desjardins credit union announced Thursday that the personal banking information of 2.9 million customers had been stolen by an employee and distributed to outside parties. ### The nation’s largest credit union and fifth-largest in the world, with 304 billion Canadian dollars (Dh846 billion) in assets under its management, had noted unauthorized access to…
Dubai: Eight-division boxing world champion and reigning WBA Welterweight world champion Manny ‘Pac-Man’ Pacquiao’s presence will have the most dynamic footprint on the UAE sporting calendar this year, according to promoters who are planning the Filipino boxer’s second visit to the country later this summer. ### Pacquiao, who landed in Los Angeles earlier this week…
Strapping surgeon Kabir Singh, an emotionally damaged and cocky man-child, isn’t instantly adorable. This bitter human pill is domineering and a paragon of toxic masculinity. ### The woman of his dreams, the absolutely virginal Preeti (Kiara Advani), is suitably submissive and passive. Both have this crazy emotional and physical codependence that could decimate this warped…