Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah Girl Guides are learning an array of important life skills during a series of workshops taking place this week. Held from July 17-21 and titled ‘Summer of Accomplishments,’ the programme covers topics ranging from self-defense to stage crafts and has been specially devised to imbue the girls with important attributes that will both …

  Doha / Reuters Five years ago Samer Habib moved to Qatar where he opened a restaurant that turned a profit serving Lebanese salads and sandwiches to expats. In June, the business folded. The European lawyers and Indian clerks who for years frequented Habib’s restaurant have been leaving the country in recent months, he said, many laid off in sweeping …

  Reuters Algeria has boosted output in recent months at two major oil fields, including the Hassi Messaoud field, an oil official said, as the OPEC member strives to maximise production to make up for lost revenue. Production at Hassi Messaoud, 800 km (500 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers, has risen to 470,000 barrels from 420,000 barrels, the official …