Musicians and production team understood to be facing same punishment after livestream of patriotic song The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024. According to ...
Month: June 2026
The billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s PentagonThe billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s Pentagon
Media-shy financier Stephen Feinberg has quietly amassed extraordinary influence over US military spending The only available video over the last 15 months of the official who really wields power in Donald Trump’s Pentagon is a cartoon animation. Released in May on X by the US government, it shows a silver ...
The researcher who says the ‘midlife crisis’ is overblown – it’s actually an opportunityThe researcher who says the ‘midlife crisis’ is overblown – it’s actually an opportunity
‘Personality is just your behaviour, thoughts and feelings, and you can change those things’ psychologist Margie Lachman says For years, midlife has been associated with one word: crisis. Margie Lachman wants us to see opportunity instead. Lachman, a lifespan developmental psychologist, has been studying what goes on between the ages ...
Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rushShowdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush
A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration greenlights new projects across the American west Lone Pine, population 1,882, lies along a stretch of California highway framed by the vast Inyo mountains and a sweeping desert landscape ...
US lifts naval blockade as Iran’s supreme leader says Trump made deal ‘out of desperation’US lifts naval blockade as Iran’s supreme leader says Trump made deal ‘out of desperation’
Iran’s supreme leader says he disagrees with the deal and Donald Trump signed it “out of desperation”. ...
Vail Resorts taps bankers to play defenseVail Resorts taps bankers to play defense
The Scoop Vail Resorts is working with takeover-defense bankers to help it assess its vulnerabilities to everything from labor groups to an outspoken billionaire to Mother Nature itself, according to people familiar with the matter. No activist investors have made a play for the company, shares of which are down ...
Intel, Apple were in talks for months about chip deal claimed by TrumpIntel, Apple were in talks for months about chip deal claimed by Trump
The Scoop President Donald Trump’s late-night Truth Social post announcing a US chipmaking deal between Apple and Intel sent shares of the chipmaker surging 9% in Thursday trading. Among those surprised were Intel’s own executives, according to a person familiar with the matter. Intel and Apple have been in talks ...
How Gulf airlines are luring passengers back despite regional uncertaintyHow Gulf airlines are luring passengers back despite regional uncertainty
Emirates and Etihad have started offering insurance to travelers, in an effort to lure them back at a time when governments around the world still advise against non-essential travel to the region. International travel advisories invalidate most ordinary policies, leaving the UAE and neighboring countries effectively uninsurable for tourists. Emirates’ ...
Qatar eyes return of gas exportsQatar eyes return of gas exports
A Qatari LNG tanker sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday — one of the few transits made since the Iran war began and a hopeful sign for Doha as it looks to revive its gas exports and wider economy. The state-owned QatarEnergy has told buyers it could reach ...
How soccer fans in the Gulf are balancing work and the World CupHow soccer fans in the Gulf are balancing work and the World Cup
In the Gulf, football is less pastime than civic obsession — and this summer it is spilling into the workday. Every World Cup match airs overnight, so the cost lands the next morning. Companies around the region are giving employees flexible hours after their respective national teams play. In Saudi ...