Fidel Castro, Kim Jong-Il, Staline : les films préférés des dictateurs
Fidel Castro, décédé ce vendredi à 90 ans, a dirigé d'une main de fer Cuba pendant 42 ans avant de céder le pouvoir à son frère. Celui qui lutta toute…
Qatar should protect migrant pupils from high fees: UN expert
Doha: The UN expert on the right to education warned on Monday that excessive fees charged to the children of migrant workers in Qatar meant that thousands were unable to…
UAE weight-loss story: How one Pakistani lost 19kg in 5 months
When Pakistani businessman Muhammad Ali Muhammad Khalil finally stood on the scale after two years of wedded bliss this July, he had to repeat the process thrice. The numbers had…
England seek South Africa cure for travel sickness
London: How do England score enough runs and take 20 wickets a match to be a competitive Test side away from home?###These are the stark questions confronting Joe Root’s men…
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$300,000 pilot jobs drying up in China with Boeing grounding
Shanghai: Expatriate pilots flying Boeing Co.’s most popular plane for Chinese airlines used to be able to take their pick from dozens of jobs paying $300,000 plus perks thanks to…
UAE and Egypt to strengthen trade relations, boost bilateral exports
Dubai: The UAE and Egypt have agreed to strengthen trade relations and boost bilateral exports between the two countries through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Etihad Credit Insurance, ECI,…
Taj finds waiter Sachin Tendulkar was looking for
New Delhi: A day after former batsman Sachin Tendulkar asked netizens to find a staff of Taj Hotels whose advice helped him during his cricketing days, the hotel found the…
Girl, 7, sexually abused at a Dubai picnic
Dubai: A man has been accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl at a Dubai public park by touching her private parts.###The Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Sunday…
Could Johnson and Trump become the next Thatcher and Reagan
Landslides in politics are not exactly rare in modern Anglo-American politics: Lyndon Johnson had one in 1964, Richard Nixon had his in 1972, and Ronald Reagan had two of them,…
How onions turned a poor farmer into a millionaire
Dubai: When Mallikarjuna, a poor Indian farmer, took a bank loan of Rs1.5 million (Dh78,000) and sowed onion seeds, he thought he was taking the biggest risk in his life.###But little…
China’s factory, retail sectors shine as trade tensions thaw
BEIJING: Growth in China’s industrial and retail sectors beat expectations in November, as government support propped up demand in the world’s second-largest economy and amid easing trade hostilities with Washington.###The…