Kenya / AFP Eritrea claimed on Thursday to have killed “more than 200” Ethiopians in a battle last week, one of the fiercest border clashes since a 1998-2000 war, while giving no mention of its own casualties. Each side blames the other for starting the two-day battle which broke out on Sunday, saying also that their rival suffered the most ...

  Taiwan / AFP An American man fatally stabbed himself with a pair of scissors in a Taiwan courtroom on Thursday during his sentencing on drug possession charges, raising questions over security failings. The man, named as 41-year-old Tyrel Martin Marhanka, is thought to have hidden the dismantled scissors inside a magazine to get past a metal detecting door, Changhua district ...

  Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Established in 1999, Styro is a leading manufacturer and supplier of supreme quality fire retardant Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) products. Headquartered in the UAE, it has served many iconic projects in the MENA region. With highly durable, fire retardant and eco-friendly, Styro EPS products can be used for multitude applications, such as construction, interior and exterior ...

  Our Correspondent EMIRATES BUSINESS NDIGITEC is an organisation which offers a value chain of services, structured to meet your demands competently. With over 500 customers spread across 25 countries and with skilled teams working around the clock, the company competent to deliver on the promises to its customers. NDIGITEC (Namma Int’l Digitec FZ LLC) roots can be traced back ...

  WASHINGTON Brexit is winning — that is, Britain’s exit from the European Union. As the June 23 referendum approaches, public opinion has swung toward “Leave” the EU as opposed to “Remain” in the EU. This has fueled anxieties about the global economy and the fate of Europe. Brexit could compound economic pessimism, leading to a selloff in stock markets ...

  As the June 23 referendum vote approaches, the polls show the Leave campaign is edging the Remain camp amid international angst that UK’s exit from the EU would have a negative impact on the bloc and global economy as well. Polls ahead of the British vote saw stocks and the pound dropping after four polls put the Leave campaign ...

  Ramesh Ponnuru A lot of people who want tighter gun control blame the US Supreme Court for standing in their way. In 2008, a 5-4 majority read the Second Amendment to protect an individual’s right to own guns. That decision, writes Fareed Zakaria, “has made common-sense regulation of guns much harder” and contributed to America’s high gun-homicide rate. The ...

  Cal Wong SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Over the past two years, Chinese firms have been snapping up stakes in big name global sports teams including Inter Milan, Atletico de Madrid, The World Triathlon Corporation and its Ironman brand, Manchester City, and Yokohama Marinos, to name a few. But what is driving this rush in sports investments? The government is ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business As digitalisation penetrates into almost every sector around the globe, companies in the MENA region are leaving no stone unturned to grab their space in the online world. Google Analytic estimates that MENA consumers are now relying more on their brands’ digital messages than before, to guide them through a purchase journey. It points ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business In a bid to tackle the crisis situation hovering over the Middle East’s mobile phone industry, vendors have strategically shifted their focus to low to mid-range devices. To beat the market plummet, they are offering consumers mid-range mobiles, falling in the price bracket of AED500 to AED800. Market reports say that most of the ...