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Carli Lloyd leads 4 Americans voted in World XI lineup ASIA

Carli Lloyd leads 4 Americans voted in World XI lineup

player of the year Carli Lloyd is one of four Americans in a World XI team voted on by fellow players.

2:33 PM March 09 2017
Burns’ ‘surfari’ wiped out by Hobart Test recall CULTURE

Burns’ ‘surfari’ wiped out by Hobart Test recall

Joe Burns had planned to catch a few waves to fill the extra time in his schedule after being omitted from Australia’s Test squad against South Africa but the opening batsman has had to put the surfboard away due to a surprise recall for Hobart.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oman to raise electricity tariffs for big corporate users ASIA

Oman to raise electricity tariffs for big corporate users

Oman, seeking to bolster state finances as low oil prices slash its revenues, will raise electricity prices for large government, commercial and industrial users at the start of next year, an official said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Italian Olympic Committee officially abandons Rome bid CULTURE

Italian Olympic Committee officially abandons Rome bid

‘I’m forced to interrupt this process eleven months from its conclusion and after three years of work. It’s a pity because our project was a winning project. It’s irresponsible to have to give up the IOC money and the 177,000 jobs which would have been created’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic finance enters the digital service era ECONOMY

Islamic finance enters the digital service era

The recent announcement of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) to enter the fintech era through a partnership with a digital-only bank is a good example how the times in the banking industry are changing also for Shariah-compliant lenders.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QBIC kicks off 7th wave of LeanStartup Programme with speaker series ECONOMY

QBIC kicks off 7th wave of LeanStartup Programme with speaker series

Qatar Business Incubation Centre (QBIC), founded by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Social Development Centre (SDC)...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian INTERNATIONAL

Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian

A Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go while driving hit two pedestrians, killing one and injuring the other, in Japan's first death related to the Nintendo Co craze.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey will not accept new Kurdish entity in Syria - prime minister ASIA

Turkey will not accept new Kurdish entity in Syria - prime minister

Turkey will not accept the creation of a new Kurdish entity inside Syria and the territorial integrity of the country must be maintained, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
‘What do we have if not our words?’ SPORT

‘What do we have if not our words?’

As a spoken word poet, Afra Atiq doesn’t like to see her contemplations and curiosities forged in the visual boundaries of the written word.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Test for the best SPORT

Test for the best

The Gulf will widen — with laughs — as 18 comedians of the region pitch their talent at the Doha Comedy Festival this weekend. Qatar’s standup comedians Hamad al-Ammari and Mohammed al-Tamimi tell Anand Holla what it takes for them to tick

4:45 AM November 25 2016
4 hospitals hit by air raids in Syria's Aleppo ASIA

4 hospitals hit by air raids in Syria's Aleppo

Four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Syria's battered Aleppo city have been hit by air raids in the past 24 hours, a group of doctors said Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Developer of Pokemon GO eyeing more markets ECONOMY

Developer of Pokemon GO eyeing more markets

The head of the developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd’s Pokemon GO said he wanted to launch the smash-hit mobile game in roughly 200 countries and regions...

4:45 AM November 25 2016