Dubai: The UAE’s financial system remained strong in 2018. ### It weathered a host of global macro financial risks centred around the pace of policy tightening in the US, unresolved trade tensions between the US and China, the potential volatility around Brexit, elevated private and public sector debt in several countries, fluctuations in the commodity…
Dubai: The two defence lawyers of the Omani bus driver, who rammed into a height barrier resulting in the death of 17 passengers last month, argued that the height barrier was placed in violation of the GCC standards and guidelines for positioning advance warning signs, a court heard on Tuesday. ### Mohammad Al Tamimi, the…
Manchester: England’s star man Joe Root is hoping to draw confidence from their past record to stop their arch-rivals Australia in the blockbuster semi-final on Thursday. ### “If you look at the past 11 games against them, we have won nine. Over the last four years, these guys and this group, and their experience against…
Ajman: Siddique Pallolathil, director of Nesto Group, has become the first man to receive Ajman’s 10-year-visa on Wednesday. ### The General Directorate for Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Ajman issued the Gold Card System as per the Cabinet decision No. 56 of 2018, by which a package of facilities has been offered to investors, entrepreneurs, talented people…
Dubai: The family of a Canadian expatriate who slipped into a coma following an asthmatic attack is appealing for help. ### Jody Ann Rodriguez, 56, who has been a Dubai resident for 12 years, does not have health insurance and her family is worried about mounting hospital bills. ### Rodriguez, wife of celebrated UAE-based filmmaker…
Dubai: The newest residential trend to sweep Dubai could be “co-living”, especially for professionals and entrepreneurs working from home, a new study suggests. ### Not to be confused with sharing rooms, co-living is relatively new to Dubai. It refers to residents of a small community of private apartments sharing common spaces, such as an office…
Lahore: The 52nd death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation) Fatima Jinnah was observed across Pakistan on Tuesday. ### Fatima Jinnah was the sister of Qauid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan, and stood by him during the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. ### Nazaria Pakistan Trust (NPT) in Lahore in collaboration with Tehrik-e-Pakistan…
A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend in a barrage of text messages to take his own life should have her involuntary manslaughter conviction thrown out because it violated her right to free speech, her lawyers told the nation’s highest court on Monday. ### In urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her appeal, Michelle…
New Delhi: Former India pacer Yograj Singh, father of 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj, has asked Ambati Rayudu to come out of retirement and prove a point, adding “filthy” people like MS Dhoni won’t be around forever. ### Middle-order batsman Rayudu last week announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. ### Rayudu was not…
Dubai: Changing a flat tyre in the middle of a busy UAE road is no easy feat. ### And the labourious task becomes even more exasperating during the summer in temperatures of 46°C and a humidity level that hovers around 80 per cent. ### A Dubai-based motorist who was on his way to Al Ain…