Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman leads a campaign to persuade Google's multinational corporations to move their regional headquarters from Dubai to Riyadh. Under the initiative, called "Program HQ", the Saudi government offers incentives to blue chip companies in sectors such as IT, finance and oil services to move to Riyadh, according to government advisers and leaders who have …
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Power outages throw Pakistan into darkness
"A nationwide blackout is caused by a sudden drop in the frequency of the transmission system," Pakistan's power minister Omar Ayub Khan said on Twitter. He urged people across the country to remain calm. This is Pakistan's most widespread power outage in the country since 2015. In a statement, the Ministry of Energy said that, according to an initial report …
Read More »Loyal to Trump for years, the Manufacturing Group is now demanding his removal
Manufacturers shared with Mr. Trump about immigration policy and, in particular, trade, opponents of tariffs that Trump began to introduce in 2018. But this year, the gap widened significantly. In the spring, Trump appointed Mr. Timmons to an industry group that advised the administration to reopen the economy safely in the pandemic. But in April, Mr. Timmons waited on Facebook …
Read More »Lenovo unveils smart glasses that project the Windows screen into the air
Our mission to make our business better is driven by readers like you. To gain unlimited access to our journalism, subscribes today . Despite a market riddled with past failures, on Sunday Lenovo introduced smart glasses that can make spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations appear hanging. in the air. The company, which launches the new device for both business travelers and …
Read More »Spain runs to clear snow before Cold Snap freezes roads
After the worst snowstorm in decades, Spanish officials drove Sunday to clear snow roads before a cold snap turns them into icy death traps. Storm Filomena killed three people during the passage through Spain and kept emergency workers and army snow plows busy until Saturday, freeing 2,500 drivers trapped in their vehicles. Madrid covered in snow as deadly storms cause …
Read More »How to save the Republican Party from Trump's chaos
The author is a Republican politician and former congressman in Pennsylvania Donald Trump showed us from the first chaotic days in office what kind of president he wanted to be with his obsession with the crowd and the horrific travel ban. I warned of the consequences of his chaos. The endless insults and name-calling, glorification of ignorance, confusion of dangerous …
Read More »Asia dominates the global ticket office, showing that the United States has a path to improvement
Moviegoers wear face masks in a movie theater nearly six months after its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic on July 24, 2020 in Beijing, China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images In a year devastated by a deadly global pandemic, Japan's box office set a new record. An animated film based on a popular manga …
Read More »The Pope's personal physician dies of Covid-19 complications
Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, arrives at the University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, December 14, 2020. Scotty Perry / Bloomberg / Getty Images The weekly numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and government officials warn of more alarming post-holiday patterns. The total number of Americans infected with the virus exceeded …
Read More »25 years ago, Apple almost made a fatal mistake. These 10 short words saved it
This is a story about a huge decision by Apple – without a doubt one of the most important moments in the entire history of Apple – and yet one that people barely remember today. If Apple had not made this choice, however, there is virtually no chance that the company would exist as you know it today: no iPhone, …
Read More »Apple, Amazon remove Parler due to allegations the platform helped incite Capitol attacks
Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are removing Pearls from their services, part of a growing setback after the social media network was among those used to organize Wednesday's riots at the Capitol. Apple dropped Parler from its app. Great, while Amazon's cloud unit decided to stop hosting social media from Sunday night. They joined Alphabet Inc.'s Google, which removed the …
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