Rome – Rome is investing millions of euros in environmentally friendly, cost-saving LED street-lighting, but some residents of the Eternal City are unhappy to lose the softer, golden glow of the old sodium lamps. Monica Larner, an American who lives in Rome’s historic center, said she wa
A man arrested on “suspicion of terrorist crime” was likely to be the driver of the truck that killed four people in central Stockholm, Swedish police said Saturday. “We suspect that the man who was arrested is the perpetrator,” Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. &
When people come up to me and declare that economists are charlatans, they usually mention how economists failed to predict the Great Recession. This is true. No mainstream macroeconomic model of the day managed to anticipate that the largest, longest economic downturn since the Great Depression was
Athbah, Iraq- At the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul most of the medical staff is from the war-torn Iraqi city and each one of the victims they treat could be a relative or a neighbor. Doctor Faruq Abdulkader, 29, is treating a teenager who is writhing in pain but was relatively lucky. “T
Tel Aviv – Israel planned to arrest former Palestinian President, the late Yasser Arafat, and deport him from the West Bank in 2002, a former high-ranking Israeli official revealed Friday. Former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said he and then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had planned the
Pyongyang – South Korea’s women’s football team played a qualifier in Pyongyang on Friday in the first ever competitive football match between the two neighboring countries hosted by the North. The AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifier ended in a 1-1 draw before a packed crowd at the 40,000-pl
London – European Union regulators have approved Twenty-First Century Fox’s purchase of Britain-based Sky, in a deal worth 11.7 billion pounds. A British investigation into the impact on the country’s media landscape is the only remaining hurdle for the deal. Regulator Ofcom will a
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund, announced the launch of the project of the Kingdom’s largest cultural, sports and entertainment city in Al Qidiya, southwest of Riyadh. The city is the first of its kind in the world
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on Friday, Saudi Press Agency reported. During the phone conversation, Trump briefed the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on the military operation carried out by the United State
Washington- The White House said on Friday that strikes on a Syrian airfield authorized by United States President Donald Trump send a strong signal to the world, but declined to say whether Trump would approve additional strikes or actions against the Assad regime. “I think that the president
In Syria’s town of Khan Sheikhun, situated in the southern Idlib Governorate, site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, residents still mourning their dead. Early on Friday, the families of victims welcomed United States strikes as a way to pressure regime authoritarian Bashar al-Assad. R
A truck drove into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Part of central Stockholm was cordoned off and the area was evacuated, includ
More than 30,000 people rallied in cities across South Africa against President Jacob Zuma as the march in Johannesburg turned violent when demonstrators clashed with police. The protesters are demanding that Zuma quit after a cabinet reshuffle triggered the latest crisis of his presidency. In Johan
The Premier League has launched its biggest crackdown on piracy with a series of moves to combat illegal streaming, in light of fears that widespread availability of new consumer-friendly devices could fatally undermine its business model. The streaming of live football through the internet, bypassi
Tunisia – The Committee of Finance, Planning and Development approved the Ministry of Finance request relating to a debenture loan to be issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT) worth USD500 million, insured by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Tunisia has been
Terrorism charges against a driver who sped through pedestrians in the Belgian city of Antwerp last month were dropped on Friday over a lack of evidence. Prosecutors said in a statement that they had found insufficient evidence to maintain terrorism charges over the incident on March 23. Mohammed R.
Regardless that it is prohibited under any circumstances, we couldn’t find a reasonable justification for the Syrian regime use of chemical weapons against civilians in Idlib. The regime forces were not in a critical point there, the targeted site is not a strategic gain to the civil war and it is u
Embattled Samsung Electronics on Friday forecast profits to jump by half in the first quarter, despite a smartphone recall fiasco and the arrest of its de facto head Lee Jae-Yong who appeared in court at the start of his trial for embezzlement and perjury. The world’s largest memory chip and s
Oil futures jumped more than 2 percent to a one-month high on Friday after the US launched an attack on Syrian airbase leaving repercussions on global markets and raising concerns in the oil-rich region. Oil, gold, foreign exchange, German and US 10-year bonds, all reacted strongly to the air strike
London- Some analysts dismiss it as little more than a smoke-and-mirror show while others hope it might lead to significant change in Iran’s behavior. One fact, however, is certain: the Islamic Republic’s presidential elections, held every four years, are of interest for at least two reasons. First,
