Marathon man Isner backs Wimbledon rule-change
John Isner has backed the change to Wimbledon’s rules which will see the final set decided by a tie-break when the game score reached 12-12. The 33-year-old American was involved in the longest match in professional tennis histor
No more ‘bad blood’ between Swift, Perry
Singer Katy Perry has praised Taylor Swift, with whom she had a long-running feud, for voicing her political opinion. While attending the amfAR Gala here, Perry -- who was honoured with a Courage Award at the event -- proved they had b
‘Sure’ scores high in CICRA Survey
Batelco Group’s ‘Sure’ subsidiary (Channel Islands & Isle of Man) has shined in the 2018 ‘Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities’ (CICRA) telecoms customer satisfaction survey. The Sure
Sustainable operations are key to future: Alba
Sustainable operations are key to the future,said Aluminium Bahrain(Alba) CEO while warning that the aluminium industry “continues to face many headwinds”. Tim Murray was commenting during a series of awareness sessions kic
Germany urges global min tax for digital giants
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview for publication yesterday he backed a global minimum fiscal regime for multinationals as Europe looks to levy tax notably on US tech giants. “We need a minimum tax rate val
Al Salam Bank opens its renovated Manama branch
Al Salam Bank-Bahrain announced yesterday the official inauguration of its newly renovated Manama branch. The opening ceremony was presided over by Fahad Yateem, Director of Islamic Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Ban
Bahrain, China for greater trade ties
Bilateral trade relations between Bahrain and China received a shot in the arms yesterday with a high-level Chinese business delegation holding business-to-business (B2B) in the Kingdom. The meeting held at Bait Al Tijjar was spearhead
A train ride back to the old Israel
Last month, the first section of a new high-speed rail line opened in Israel. When it’s fully operational a few months from now, passengers will board fire-engine-red carriages in Tel Aviv and be whisked on electrified track over
