Business - Gold up 2% as oil surges December 30, 2014 London — Gold gained around two per cent in thin post-Christmas trading on Friday, as crude oil prices edged higher and the ...Read More
Business - Trade-weighted euro may be set for shock upswing in 2015 December 30, 2014 The euro has already lost around three per cent against the dollar since early October - AFP Photo While investors are betting...Read More
Business - UAE trumps world in Net penetration December 30, 2014 People visit a mobile shop in Dubai. according to a international telecommunications Union r...Read More
Missing AirAsia jet likely 'at bottom of sea' - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English December 30, 2014An AirAsia plane that went missing with 162 people on board after takeoff from Indonesia is probably at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia...Read More
Search area widened for missing AirAsia plane - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English December 30, 2014 The search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 has expanded beyond the plane's flight path, three days af...Read More
Indian cricket sees good, bad and ugly in 2014 | GulfNews.com December 30, 2014 Image Credit: PTI PTI Monumental effort Rohit Sharma celebrates after reaching double century during his innings of 264 against Sr...Read More
Dubai Football Challenge: Rampant Real Madrid won’t let up against AC Milan | GulfNews.com December 30, 2014 Image Credit: AP Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo Dubai: Victory over AC Milan in Tuesday’s Dubai Football Challenge at Th...Read More
130 buses to offer free rides on New Year’s eve | GulfNews.com December 30, 2014 Dubai: More than 130 buses will be deployed to transport people from various locations to Downtown Dubai, which will once again be the...Read More
Debris spotted in search for missing AirAsia plane | GulfNews.com December 30, 2014 Image Credit: AFP This aerial view taken from an Indonesian search and rescue aircraft over the Java Sea shows floating debris spo...Read More
Being content with near perfection | GulfNews.com December 30, 2014 Remember those nostalgic days when you were in school and you were told to chase those straight As? How quickly a perfectionist learns t...Read More
Ex-football star scores Liberia senate seat - Africa - Al Jazeera English December 29, 2014 Weah won the senate seat over president Sirleaf's son with 78 percent of the vote [AFP] ...Read More
Why did Jordan resume the death penalty? - Middle East - Al Jazeera English December 29, 2014 According to government figures the majority of Jordanians are in favour of the death penalty [Reuters] Amman - Last week Jordan pu...Read More
Inequality: Are the rich cashing in? - Head to Head - Al Jazeera English December 29, 2014"You don't want to make the rich poor; you want to make the poor richer," says Arthur Laffer, an economist who laid the intel...Read More
Bahrain detains Shia opposition leader - Middle East - Al Jazeera English December 29, 2014 Salman was among several prominent figures who led a rally near the capital Manama on Friday [Reuters] Bahraini authorities have de...Read More
Yachting: Wild Oats XI wins Sydney-Hobart - Sailing - Al Jazeera English December 29, 2014 The nine-year-old yacht crossed the line after two days, two hours, three minutes and 26 seconds [AP] Supermaxi Wild Oats XI won its...Read More
Tsunami survivors celebrate 'second life' - Al Jazeera Blogs December 29, 2014 Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean sho...Read More
For oil prices, the question is who blinks first | GulfNews.com December 29, 2014 Oil is going to rebound. That is the view of both Harold Hamm, a leading figure in the US shale industry, and veteran Saudi oil minister ...Read More
Rouble fall creates turbulence for Russian airlines | GulfNews.com December 29, 2014Moscow: Their international competitors may be cheering tumbling oil prices, but the collapse in the rouble has meant major financial turb...Read More
Business heads cannot stop at just charting a course | GulfNews.com December 29, 2014 Intrigued by the idea that leaders pick hobbies reflecting their leadership habits, I asked an award-winning equestrian rider, who is als...Read More