US jobless claims rise in third week of Januaryon January 27, 2017WASHINGTON: New claims for US jobless benefits rose in the third week of January but continued a record streak of low levels, the Labour Department reported on Thursday. Initial claims for unemployment insurance stood at 259,000 for the week ended January 21, on a seasonally adjusted basis, an increase of 22,000 over the previous week. […]
Trump plans to fund Mexico border wall with 20% import taxon January 27, 2017 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump plans to fund his construction of a wall on the Mexican border by imposing a 20 percent import tax on goods from Washington’s southern neighbour, his spokesman said Thursday. “By doing that, we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone,” […]
EU urges members to end refugee deadlockon January 26, 2017VALLETTA: The EU on Thursday urged member states meeting in Malta to break a long deadlock on sharing the burden of asylum seekers as a new migrant crisis brewed in the central Mediterranean. EU interior ministers were in Valletta debating ways to reform the so-called Dublin rules that have put the onus on overstretched Greece […]
United sacrifice ticket holders to increase disabled supporters places on January 24, 2017 LONDON:Manchester United are to create 300 new positions for disabled supporters at Old Trafford as part of a plan that will see the ground’s capacity reduced from 75,635 to about 73,000. The increase in the number of places for disabled fans will involve United moving 2,600 season-ticket holders from their current positions over […]
Trump selected fantastic cabinet: Saudi Arabia on January 24, 2017RIYADH: US President Donald Trump has named “impressive” people to his cabinet, longtime American ally Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir praised several men, who have been selected by Trump for his cabinet, including Defence Secretary James Mattis, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. “These are very, […]
Suspects of Turkey coup stand trialon January 23, 2017SILIVRI: Dozens of rebel Turkish soldiers went on trial on Monday over their alleged involvement in last year’s failed coup, in the first case to be heard of dissident troops in Istanbul. Prosecutors say the defendants attempted to take over Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the night of July 15, when rogue elements in the […]
Former swimming champion Payne announces retirementon January 23, 2017 LONDON:Britain’s Former world open-water swimming champion Keri-anne Payne announced her retirement on Monday. 29-year-old Paynewon world titles in 2009 and 2011, and also took the silver medal when the 10-kilometre open-water event made its Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008.However, at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, she was unable to add to […]
Enraged farmers shower EUs headquarters with milk powderon January 23, 2017BRUSSELS: European dairy farmers protesting against falling prices sprayed tonnes of milk powder over the EU’s headquarters on Monday as agriculture ministers held talks there. Dozens of farmers from Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Lithuania used a powerful spray on the back of a tractor to turn the European Council building snowy white. They […]
Indian apex court orders daily treatment for TBon January 23, 2017NEW DELHI: Millions of tuberculosis (TB) patients in India will receive daily treatment after the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to change the current dosing practice amid activist claims that it was endangering lives. Around 2.5 million new cases of TB were reported in India in 2015, according to the World Health Organisation […]
PSG stars get Beckham surpriseon January 23, 2017PARIS: Former professional football player David Beckham took time out of Paris Fashion Week duties to drop in on his old teammates at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Monday. According to an official club statement, the 41-year-old former England star, who ended his trophy-laden career in France, visited the PSG players at their training centre and […]