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Offered deal to flee Syria, says President Assad’s wife ASIA

Offered deal to flee Syria, says President Assad’s wife

The wife of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview her husband's foes had offered her the chance to flee Syria in order to try to shake confidence in him, but that she had not left the country since the war erupted.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Argentina humiliate defending hockey champions Germany CULTURE

Argentina humiliate defending hockey champions Germany

Argentina humiliated double defending Olympic champions Germany 5-2 to reach the men’s hockey final for the first time yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Scientists assist Vietnam’s rice farmers adapt to climate change INTERNATIONAL

Scientists assist Vietnam’s rice farmers adapt to climate change

Scientists are developing more resistant varieties of rice to help farmers in Vietnam adapt to climate change, amid the country’s worst drought in 90 years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
ABN Amro may fetch premium to peers as govt sells 23% stake ECONOMY

ABN Amro may fetch premium to peers as govt sells 23% stake

ABN Amro Group is returning to markets at a premium to European peers seven years after the Dutch government bailed out the bank.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
SAK Holding wins 2015 ‘Industry Ecosystem Innovation’ award ECONOMY

SAK Holding wins 2015 ‘Industry Ecosystem Innovation’ award

Qatar-based SAK Holding Group has received the “Industry Ecosystem Innovation” award for its “Partner with us” initiative during the “Construction Innovation Awards Qatar 2015” ceremony held recently.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India to seek damages from Nestle over 'unsafe noodles' INTERNATIONAL

India to seek damages from Nestle over 'unsafe noodles'

India's government is preparing to seek damages from Nestle after a food scare involving excessive lead in its hugely popular Maggi noodles sparked a nationwide recall

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QTA to open offices in US, Turkey next year ARABIA

QTA to open offices in US, Turkey next year

Qatar Airways’ flights to seven destinations within the US makes the latter a primary market for tourism.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Renzi faces key vote, promising reform INTERNATIONAL

Renzi faces key vote, promising reform

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, approaching a confidence vote in his new government yesterday, pledged to cut labour taxes...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Private aircraft and helicopters for VIPs fly high on rising demand ASIA

Private aircraft and helicopters for VIPs fly high on rising demand

Away from the glare of the media where airlines sign multibillion-dollar contracts, makers of private helicopters and jets for VIPs are busy doing deals at...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three arrested over Bengal chit fund scam INTERNATIONAL

Three arrested over Bengal chit fund scam

Police said yesterday they had arrested the head of a privately run savings company that collapsed, leaving tens of thousands of its investors penniless.

4:45 AM November 25 2016