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PPP model effective to counter cyber threats, says Doha Bank CEO ECONOMY

PPP model effective to counter cyber threats, says Doha Bank CEO

Building a public-private partnership (PPP) model will benefit cybersecurity governance in the financial sector, according to a senior banking executive, who noted that cybercrime incidents in the GCC have doubled in 2015.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Newar community in Nepal celebrates New Year INTERNATIONAL

Newar community in Nepal celebrates New Year

Banging drums, clanging bells and performing impromptu street dances, members of Nepal’s ethnic Newar community rang in the New Year yesterday in colourful style in one of the highpoints of their Diwali celebrations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Akbank joins Isbank in Turkey home loan cut on Erdogan push ECONOMY

Akbank joins Isbank in Turkey home loan cut on Erdogan push

Largest Turkish lender cuts rates second time in three months; president warned banking industry to curb costs in August

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clinton fends off FBI email fallout as polls narrow INTERNATIONAL

Clinton fends off FBI email fallout as polls narrow

Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails Sunday as Donald Trump blitzed western states in the tightening race for the White House.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Matsuyama storms to maiden WGC title in Shanghai CULTURE

Matsuyama storms to maiden WGC title in Shanghai

Matsuyama, who won the Japan Open earlier this month, began the day with a three-shot cushion and carded a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish on 23-under

4:45 AM November 25 2016
SA police clash with students INTERNATIONAL

SA police clash with students

South African police yesterday fired stun grenades to disperse student protesters outside parliament as the finance minister delivered a speech warning of the country’s weakening economy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul ASIA

Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul

Jihadists with the Islamic State group were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as a major Iraqi offensive moved ever closer to the city on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Joy as Vietnam hostages return from pirate ordeal INTERNATIONAL

Joy as Vietnam hostages return from pirate ordeal

Three Vietnamese fishermen held hostage for nearly five years by Somali pirates returned home yesterday to weeping relatives, saying they were “overwhelmed” with joy after their harrowing kidnapping.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malaysia to ‘take a break’ from F1, cites poor returns CULTURE

Malaysia to ‘take a break’ from F1, cites poor returns

‘When we first hosted the F1 it was a big deal. First in Asia outside Japan. Now so many venues. No first mover advantage. Not a novelty’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
ChemChina plans to sweeten offer to clinch Syngenta deal ECONOMY

ChemChina plans to sweeten offer to clinch Syngenta deal

State-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina is ready to offer more concessions to win European Union antitrust approval for its $43bn bid for Swiss pesticide and seed group Syngenta, a source with direct knowledge of the process said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan president meets Emir and Father Emir, offers condolences ARABIA

Pakistan president meets Emir and Father Emir, offers condolences

Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain, who was in Doha on an official visit, conveyed his condolences on the death of HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani to HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Toxic politics versus better economics TECHNOLOGY

Toxic politics versus better economics

The relationship between politics and economics is changing. Advanced-country politicians are locked in bizarre, often toxic, conflicts, instead of acting on a growing economic consensus about how to escape a protracted period of low and unequal growth.

4:45 AM November 25 2016