THE HAGUE: Nearly 100 international companies have moved to the Netherlands and 325 more are interested owing to uncertainty over Britain’s exit from the EU, Dutch officials said yesterday. British businesses are showing major interest but firms from North America, Asia and Australia are also eyeing a shift to the
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s top aides on Sunday downplayed the idea of US companies being forced to abandon China any time soon, as an edict from the president ordering businesses to start looking for alternatives has been met with scepticism. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economics advisor Larry Kudlow
As a tattooist’s black ink fills the petals of Hong Kong’s Bauhinia flower on her upper thigh, ‘C’ says the indelible act of rebellion will forever serve as a reminder of the city’s summer of defiance. “I’ll remember this year; I decided to stand up to fight for my freedom,”
French winegrowers are on tenterhooks as they wait to see whether Donald Trump will follow through with his repeated threats to raise tariffs on French wine in retaliation to Gafa tax. As leaders of the world’s richest countries gather for the G7 opening Saturday, winegrowers in host nation France fear
FRENCH workers resumed efforts to secure the cathedral of Notre-Dame following the devastating April fire, after a three-week pause due to the risk of lead contamination. France’s culture ministry told AFP that the works had resumed with around 50 people involved. Restoration of the cathedral after the fire has yet
EGYPTIAN authorities have defended renovation works at a historic Cairo palace after the site’s new look sparked mockery on social media. The site, dubbed the Baron Palace, was built between 1907 and 1911 by wealthy Belgian industrialist Edouard Empain. The baron also spearheaded the development of the surrounding upmarket neighbourhood
SYDNEY: Coach Michael Cheika yesterday said the Wallabies planned to be “unpredictable” in Japan as he tapped uncapped back Jordan Petaia, 19, to become Australia’s youngest ever World Cup player and picked Adam Ashley-Cooper for his fourth campaign. Cheika opted for just two half-backs, Will Genia and Nic White,
Ask one of the hundreds-of-thousands of Chinese students in Australia what they think about Hong Kong and you are likely to be met with apprehension, or a polite silence. It has become what one Chinese student calls the “dreaded question”. Hong Kong’s unrest is a nine-hour flight away, but it
In a mountainous area north of Tokyo, a priest blows a conch shell as Yuichiro Yamamoto bows and thanks the nature gods for this year’s “good harvest”: natural ice. Yamamoto is one of Japan’s few remaining “ice farmers”, eschewing the ease of refrigeration for open-air pools to create a product
In the early morning, when the only sound on Tel Aviv beach is the waves, Yosef Salman and his team pick up plastic debris left by bathers or cast up by the sea. Working in heat and humidity with large rakes, they scoop plastic cups, cigarette ends, empty sunscreen tubes
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