Chided for watching YouTube, Indian boy runs away from UAE home
Sharjah: An Indian teen has allegedly run away from his Sharjah home after being scolded for watching YouTube late at night, his family said while appealing to the public to…
Wimbledon: Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal to the finals
London: Roger Federer reached his 12th Wimbledon final on Friday, defeating old rival Rafael Nadal "in one of his favourite ever matches", 11 years after he lost their epic 2008…
Feds bring new sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly
Chicago: R. Kelly and his entourage recruited girls and women to engage in illegal sexual activity with the singer and covered up the crimes by paying off and threatening victims…
6-year-old Indian went to find her father in the US. She died in the desert
It began as a dream for a better life and a family reunion. But when 6-year-old Gurupreet Kaur and her mother finally made it to the US, through the country's…
Cricket World Cup 2019: A Reporter’s Diary — It’s a Super Sunday for sport in Britain
- K.R. Nayar, Chief Cricket Writer, Gulf News######Saturday, July 13###It's a Super Sunday for sport in Britain###London: The excitement before a final is special in many ways. Everyone knows that…
Summer 2019: 15 books to read over the holidays
It’s officially summer time: The season when book lovers the world over leave the cosy confines of their favourite reading nooks to take to the great outdoors and flaunt the…
Central bankers need to ride in to the rescue
Central bankers have a favourite mantra: Patch the roof while the sun is shining.###But 10 years after the Federal Reserve worked alongside the European Central Bank and the Bank of…
Kuwait seizes terror cell linked to Brotherhood
Kuwait City: Kuwaiti security authorities had arrested a terrorist cell linked to the Muslim Brotherhood wanted in Egypt to serve jail sentences on terrorism-related charges, the Interior Ministry said on…
Sharjah Public Library delegates visit Singapore libraries
Dubai: A delegation from Sharjah Public Library (SPL), a subsidiary of Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), visited five major libraries in Singapore this week as part of a four-day tour. The…
Meet Emirati cancer survivor who became an entrepreneur in UAE
Abu Dhabi: When Emirati national Hassan Al Najjar beat intestine cancer back in 2016 he expected a warm welcome when he returned to his office — a bank at which…
Banks’ real estate exposures grew at a moderate pace last year
Dubai: Decline in real estate valuations over the past year has raised some concerns about the asset quality of banks’ exposure to both real estate and construction sectors. However, the…
US Federal Reserve has room to cut interest rates: Chairman Jerome Powell
New York: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the central bank has room to ease monetary policy as the tie between the inflation and jobless rates has broken down.###“The…