Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Book Authority, SBA, has announced that the United Kingdom will be the guest ‘Country of Honour’ at the 36th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). The announcement forms part of ‘UK/UAE 2017,’ a year of bilateral cultural exchange between the two countries organised by the British Council. Speaking about the announcement, Ahmed ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, and the Abu Dhabi Police have signed an agreement to collaborate in research and development to bring innovative systems and solutions to bear on police work in the emirate. The three-year memorandum of understanding was signed ...

  Last February, a top Russian cyber official told a security conference in Moscow that Russia was working on new strategies for the “information arena” that would be equivalent to testing a nuclear bomb and would “allow us to talk to the Americans as equals.” Andrey Krutskikh, a senior Kremlin adviser, made the startling comments at the Russian National Information ...

  In one of his many imaginary conversations, Willy Loman returns home from a tiring road trip to share a secret dream with his boys, Biff and Happy. “Don’t breathe it to a soul,” says the 63-year-old protagonist of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. “Someday I’ll have my own business, and I’ll never have to leave home anymore.” These ...

  As Donald Trump is sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States, both his toughest critics and strongest supporters need to take a deep breath and consider where they want to go from here. The critics are correct that Trump possesses troubling characteristics for a president. But the shortsighted response some have chosen — boycotting the ...

  US President Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ proclamation in his inaugural address has left the historic allies, especially Europe, in the lurch. His message was loud and clear — bear your own burden. He said in his speech that a new vision was going to govern America. And if Trump intended to put Europe in notice, he succeeded. Undoubtedly, Brexit ...

  Bloomberg Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced a fifth delay in handing over Japan’s first locally made passenger jet to airlines and about a 30 percent jump in development costs, raising concerns about winning new orders for the single-aisle plane. Launch customer ANA Holdings Inc. will get the jet in 2020, two years later than the current estimate, Mitsubishi said ...

  Reuters Emirates is to start flying to the United States with a stop for passengers in Greece, its second so-called fifth freedom flight and a move that could anger US competitors who accuse it of competing unfairly through state subsidies. The world’s largest long-haul airline said on Monday it would start daily flights to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International ...

  AP Thick fog has caused numerous flight delays and cancellations at London Heathrow and other area airports. Travellers were advised on Monday to check their flight status before going to the airport after roughly 100 flights were cancelled and many more were delayed. The Met Office forecasting service said visibility at Heathrow had been reduced to roughly 100 meters ...

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. lifted a halt on domestic flights, ending a disruption that was caused by a computer failure. “We have resolved the issue and flights are resuming,’ Maddie King, a spokeswoman for the Chicago-based carrier, said by e-mail. “Customers may experience additional delays as we work to get flights out this evening. We apologize for the ...