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Dubai airport passenger traffic up 6.1% in August ASIA

Dubai airport passenger traffic up 6.1% in August

Passenger traffic through Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, rose 6.1% from a year earlier to a record 7.73mn people in August, the airport's operator said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Embassies to help illegal residents leave Qatar ARABIA

Embassies to help illegal residents leave Qatar

At least three South Asian embassies are hoping that their expatriates overstaying in Qatar without valid residence permit would avail of the Ministry of Interior's three-month amnesty offer once it starts on September 1.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lizzie falters in road race under glare of suspicion CULTURE

Lizzie falters in road race under glare of suspicion

After a nightmare fortnight for Great Britain’s cyclist, rarely has a champion athlete looked so painfully vulnerable at such a defining moment

4:45 AM November 25 2016
A Fourth of July coincidence that teaches a lot TECHNOLOGY

A Fourth of July coincidence that teaches a lot

It was never great, say some cynics in response to Donald Trump’s talk of making America great again, but you don’t have to be a Trump fan to say oh, yes, it was - or a bleary-eyed optimist to say it still is.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Els surges but Hurley still leads at PGA National CULTURE

Els surges but Hurley still leads at PGA National

Ernie Els, a four-time major winner trying to end a three-year title drought, fired a six-under par 65 and leaped into second place after Saturday’s third round of the PGA National.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Letters TECHNOLOGY

Letters

Letters

4:45 AM November 25 2016
RCB buck the trend with win over Pune CULTURE

RCB buck the trend with win over Pune

A second-wicket partnership of 155 between captain Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers was the cornerstone of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 13-run win over the Rising Pune Supergiants in their Indian Premier League match, played in Pune yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emerging markets, currencies end week on sour note on strong dollar ECONOMY

Emerging markets, currencies end week on sour note on strong dollar

Emerging stocks stumbled lower yesterday and looked likely to end the week on losses after rising for three weeks in a row, while currencies were pressured by dollar gains and a dive in commodity prices.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Deutsche Bank hiring staff to bolster equities trading ECONOMY

Deutsche Bank hiring staff to bolster equities trading

Deutsche Bank is hiring about 100 people to boost its equities trading operations as it seeks to recover ground in an area seen as vital to its new strategy, .......

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Seminar focuses on Sesri research work ARABIA

Seminar focuses on Sesri research work

The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (Sesri) at Qatar University (QU) held a seminar on the services provided by it towards enhancing and promoting research activities.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
China venture firm raises $648mn from Princeton, Duke ECONOMY

China venture firm raises $648mn from Princeton, Duke

China’s economy may be slowing. The country’s startups may be headed for a shakeout. That isn’t stopping Gary Rieschel from making his firm’s biggest bet yet on the nation’s entrepreneurs.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lankan Tamils urge UN help in tracing thousands missing INTERNATIONAL

Lankan Tamils urge UN help in tracing thousands missing

Tamils in the northern province of Sri Lanka yesterday urged the top UN human rights official to help them

4:45 AM November 25 2016