BEIRUT: It was Valentine’s Day and grand plans for the perfect date had been set for a young woman in Beirut. Unfortunately, a last-minute work trip intervened and forced the postponement of the romantic night out. To console their heartbroken friend, Haya and Melissa picked up the perfect comfort food. “We ended up going to her place and I surprised her with pizza from Pizza
LONDON: A so-called right-wing television channel in France hit record viewing numbers in May, which has prompted concern among the country’s more liberal supporters ahead of next year’s presidential election. The statistics could be a boost for the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, the Guardian newspaper reported. CNews, a Paris-based channel, runs debate
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PRICES to buy gold headed on Friday for their 3rd highest month-end ever and the highest weekly finish in London since early November, eve of the first successful Covid vaccine trials announcement, amid rumors of heavy central-bank gold buying, a fresh rise in crude oil and other industrial input costs, plus the highest inflation on the US Fed s preferred measure in nearly 3 decades. Losing $100 per ounce on Monday 9 November, the day of the Pfizer/BioNTech news, gold prices bottomed in March at $1675. Today gold priced in US Dollars rose to $1896 ahead of the 3pm LBMA benchmarking buy-sell auction in London, having
There is a moment of reflection as Ilkay Gundogan casts his mind back to when the Champions League forever forged a place in his heart. To Zinedine Zidane’s stunning volley that sealed Real Madrid’s triumph against Bayer Leverkusen in 2002. And three years earlier to Manchester United’s dramatic comeback win over Bayern Munich. The losses for both German clubs left an
The holy grail of political risk analysis is to cut through the disorienting noise of modern life to reach what is vital. In our new era, that is seeing that the Indo-Pacific is pivotal to the future of the world. It is where most of the planet’s future economic growth will come from, as well as most of its political risk.