Dubai: Job cuts are “stifling” an earlier recovery for the UAE economy even as private businesses reported more improvements in new orders during August. But overall private sector sentiments slipped in August for the first time in three months, according to data from IHS Markit. “Growth in business activity slowed from July and was marginal,” […]

Residents or foreigners aged above 55 years can apply for the new retirement visa in Dubai.

Mumbai: India’s economy contracted by the most on record last quarter as the world’s biggest lockdown to stem the pandemic brought key industries to a halt and rendered millions of people jobless. Gross domestic product shrank 23.9 per cent in the three months to June from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a […]

Another screening centre was inaugurated in the emirate to limit the spread of the virus.

Seoul: South Korea’s prosecutors indicted Samsung Electronics Co.’s de facto leader Jay Y. Lee on allegations including stock manipulation, potentially putting the head of the world’s largest electronics corporation on trial for years. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted 11 people, including Lee and former Samsung executives. Charges include the violation of capital market […]

Gulf Livestock 1 sent distress signal from East China Sea; rescued crew member says engine failed, wave capsized ship

Messi failed to attend a coronavirus test at Barcelona’s training ground on Sunday