Iran’s presidential election will be held in less than three weeks and the Guardian Council has approved seven individuals. Candidates in the Iranian regime’s June 18 election include alleged mass murderers, corrupt embezzlers, subjects of both European and American sanctions due to human rights abuses, and people who have been implicated in foreign assassinations and
France got into an ugly dispute with the UK this month as part of the latter’s acrimonious divorce from the EU. A French minister threatened to cut off power to the British crown dependency of Jersey, which is close to the French coast and gets 75 percent of its electricity from France. Paris was upset that French fishermen were not being allowed to fish close to the island.
DUBAI: “It wasn’t a great year” is how Ahmed Al-Lawendy, chief operating officer of Aljomaih Auto Rental (Ajar), sums up 2020. However, despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and some of its vehicles being grounded due to travel restrictions during the lockdown, the company still registered double-digit growth, with 2020 being its first year of profitability. “So
There was a tragic sense of déjà vu in witnessing another cycle of bloodshed between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It is not only the manner in which these outbreaks begin and are conducted, but equally how they come to a temporary halt, with a realistic expectation that another outbreak is just around the corner. Under these circumstances, it is hard to find any silver
NEW YORK: Most of the women running the biggest US companies saw their pay increase last year, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses. Despite those gains, however, the median pay for female chief executives actually fell in 2020. Already a small group, they saw several high-profile women leave their ranks last year. That means changes in pay