Dubai: Three-time former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been barred from leaving the country to seek medical treatment. However, Islamabad High Court on Tuesday confirmed his bail suspending his jail term for eight weeks on medical grounds. ### Nawaz Sharif will have to go back to the jail after eight weeks to resume…
Dubai: The UAE cabinet has approved a zero-deficit federal budget for the fiscal year 2020 of Dh61 billion, with one third of which allocated to the social development sector. This is the largest budget ever recorded in the UAE. ### One-third of the 2020 budget was approved for government sector while the rest of the budget…
Dubai: Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has been banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket for two years with immediate effect, with one year of that suspended, after the star allrounder accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. ### The ban comes as a big blow to Bangladesh’s chances in…
Leave it to even-keeled John Legend to remedy the “rapey” controversy that last year ensnared the classic Christmas tune ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside.’ ### The EGOT winner behind ‘All of Me’ and ‘Glory’ has rewritten and re-recorded the iconic song for his 2020 holiday album, with a new emphasis on consent. The rewrite even boasts…
Amid the pressures of modern life, and the changing nature of how we relax, there are few pleasures better than picking up a book and letting the world go by. ### The highly anticipated Sharjah International Book Fair gets underway at Sharjah Expo Centre on October 30 and brings together the best writers and publishers…
The killing of the founder and leader of Daesh by US commandos operating in Syria should certainly further weaken the most vile and deadly movement to emerge in the Middle East in the modern era. ### The world is certainly a better place with Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi dead and a measure of justice meted…
One of the Haim sisters has explained the group’s upcoming tune ‘Now I’m In It’ just days before the new song comes out. ### The song is about going through a depression, the kind where you don’t want to leave the house, Danielle Haim said in a Twitter thread on Monday. For her and fellow…
The Ministry of Energy and Industry announced fuel prices for November. The prices include VAT. ### The per-litre prices are Super 98 at Dh2.20, down from Dh2.24 last month and Special 95 at Dh2.09 at a drop from Dh2.12 in October. Diesel prices are at Dh2.38, a decrease from Dh2.41 in October. ### Oil prices fell for a second day on Tuesday as…
Apple Inc. is ramping up hiring for a team that is working on new smart-home software and devices in an effort to catch up in a field where Google and Amazon.com Inc. have dominated, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ### The company is seeking engineers to work in its Cupertino, California, headquarters…
Dubai: Businesses in Dubai are confident of closing the year on improved revenues and a stronger footing with economic growth expected to gain momentum during the months ahead. ### The quarterly business survey of Dubai Economy showed that the Composite Business Confidence Index (BCI) of local businesses increased 14.9 points and reached 129.8 points in…