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A peek at world’s biggest sailboat

  Kiel / DPA If the only thing putting you off yachting is the discomfort, Sailing Yacht A, the world’s biggest motor-assisted superyacht, might just be the answer. But you’ll need to be a billionaire to afford it. Work on building A began four years ago in Germany and it is not quite ready yet. According to the magazine Boat International, ...

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Melting ice threatens to expose Cold War waste

  Copenhagen / AFP A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began constructing a futuristic project in northwestern Greenland that might as well have been lifted from ...

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Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council, Finland discuss ties

  ABU DHABI / WAM Mariam Mohammed Al Rumaithi, Chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council, discussed with Rita Swan, Finnish ambassador to the UAE, ways to strengthen bilateral relations, exchange experiences and best practices of women entrepreneurs to better discharge their functions at labour market. During their meeting, held at the council’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, Al Rumaithi said ...

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