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Ex-soldier regrets bid to rescue migrant girl INTERNATIONAL

Ex-soldier regrets bid to rescue migrant girl

A former British soldier who goes on trial in France next week after being caught trying to smuggle a child from a French migrant camp into Britain said he felt he had to do something to help those caught up in last year’s refugee crisis.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
China FX reserves fall over $512bn in 2015 ECONOMY

China FX reserves fall over $512bn in 2015

China’s foreign exchange reserves, the world’s largest, posted their biggest annual drop on record in 2015, adding to worries about growing capital outflows that are dragging its yuan currency to multi-year lows and mauling global financial markets.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Charlie Hebdo editor promises a magazine ‘worthy’ of victims INTERNATIONAL

Charlie Hebdo editor promises a magazine ‘worthy’ of victims

From their bunker at an undisclosed address in southern Paris, the staff of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo are soldiering on a year after coming close to annihilation in a jihadist attack.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Developing entrepreneurship SPORT

Developing entrepreneurship

Even if three out of ten startups go on to become big businesses, it more than compensates for the amount of money spent on them all, leading industrialist Abdul Razak Dawood tells

4:45 AM November 25 2016
The new era of cheap oil TECHNOLOGY

The new era of cheap oil

Now that oil prices have settled into a long-term range of $30-50 per barrel (as described here a year ago), energy users everywhere are enjoying an annual ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Anderson absence big blow for England: Amla CULTURE

Anderson absence big blow for England: Amla

South Africa captain Hashim Amla believes England will be considerably weakened by the absence of their pace-bowling talisman Jimmy Anderson....

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia raids in Syria ‘may amount to war crimes’ ASIA

Russia raids in Syria ‘may amount to war crimes’

Amnesty says Russian bombing has violated humanitarian law

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FIFA ethics body nears verdict but Platini will miss hearing CULTURE

FIFA ethics body nears verdict but Platini will miss hearing

Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini face what could be the last chance to save their football careers, in hearings at FIFA’s ethics committee adjudicatory chamber today...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gourmets’ battle over world’s best restaurants TECHNOLOGY

Gourmets’ battle over world’s best restaurants

It has been dismissed by its many critics as “silly” nonsensical “schmozzle” that promotes chemistry-set cooking.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar’s desert gets ready for Qaher El Tou3ouse CULTURE

Qatar’s desert gets ready for Qaher El Tou3ouse

Yannick’s track at Sealine in Qatar witnessed an epic desert-racing workshop during the week-end, where 10 quad bike and 10 motorbike racers participated in Red Bull Qaher El Tou3ouse workshop...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Spurs bury poor 76ers in franchise record blowout CULTURE

Spurs bury poor 76ers in franchise record blowout

The surging San Antonio Spurs rested a pair of starters, then, went on to bury the woeful Philadelphia 76ers. LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 24 points...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar share index inches above the 10,550 mark ECONOMY

Qatar share index inches above the 10,550 mark

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 19.55 points (+0.19%) when the bourse closed trading at 10,554.60 points on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016