Day: May 4, 2018

Middle East

Egypt’s Salah and Aboutrika: Between the people’s love and the regime’s fist

It has been a week of contrasting fortunes for two legends of Egyptian football. On Wednesday, Moham..

Middle East

Every man for himself: Lebanon election a competition over seats, not visions

A ferris in Beirut's Manara neighbourhood shows its support for Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (Al..

Middle East

Sending Arab troops to Syria a possibility, says Egyptian minister

Replacing foreign forces in Syria with Arab troops is a real possibility, Egyptian foreign minister ..

Asia

Rebuke of human rights record comes days after Trump praised Kim

While Trump has recently dialed-back the personal insults against the leader he once called "Little ..

Fashion

H&M launches its first modest clothing collection

(Picture: H&M) H&M is releasing a new modest clothing range today, just in time for summer. In a bi..

Business

The president clearly set himself up: Trumps stock market miscalculation

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is learning a basic and painful lesson of Wall Street: Stocks also..

Business

Pensions wont be frozen, promises Spains Rajoy

MADRID — Spains Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday fended off criticism over stagnant pension..

Business

Philip Hammond to set aside £3B more for Brexit preparations

LONDON — U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a major spending boost to stimulate the British ec..

Business

France and Germany agree on eurozone reform

PARIS — Governments talk a lot about eurozone reform but cant get their act together. So its time fo..

Business

Why Germany should welcome our robot overlords

BERLIN — Lurking just beneath the surface in any debate about advances in digitalization and automat..