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U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate Concerned about illicit money flowing into luxury real estate, the Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would begin identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end properties. The initiative will start in two of the nation’s major destinations for global wealth: Manhattan and Miami-Dade County. It will shine a light on the darkest...

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Fire forces evacuation of Qatar’s Retaj Al Rayyan Hotel Civil Defence has said its firefighters quickly brought a blaze at a hotel in West Bay under control this afternoon. Residents reported seeing smoke billowing from the top of the 19-story Retaj Al Rayyan Hotel around 3:20pm, but said it appeared to have stopped less than half an hour later. However, Civil Defence...

Qatar construction firms convicted of manslaughter, negligence in deaths Doha’s criminal court has ordered fines and compensation payments totalling more than QR1 million in recent weeks following at least five separate trials involving construction worker deaths in Qatar. Three of the men died after falling from scaffolding or, in one case, a pit at an under-construction shopping center. While it’s unclear if...

Walmart will close 269 stores this year, affecting 16,000 workers Walmart said it will close 269 stores in 2016, as the mega-retailer tries to revitalize its slumping finances. The company said the stores it plans to close are generally poor performers, and most are within 10 miles of another Walmart. 154 of the locations are in the United States, two-thirds of...

UNICEF condemns 'war crime' of starvation in report on besieged Syrian town The UN children's fund UNICEF has documented severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya. The UN has called the starvation of civilians a war crime. UNICEF said that out of 25 children under the age of five screened by its staff and the World Health...

Japan tour bus veers off mountain road; 14 dead (CNN) - Fourteen people were killed when a bus ferrying tourists to a ski resort in central Japan rolled off a mountain roadway in the early hours of Friday morning, according to local authorities. The bus was carrying 41 people to popular ski resort Kita Shiga in Yamanouchi Town when it crashed...

9 Traits That Define High-Performing Teams What makes a team truly great? Is it the mix of personalities? Is it how teams are measured and rewarded? Does the team leader ultimately determine their success? There is a lot of research and opinion on what ingredients are necessary to build a high-performing team because it is one of the most difficult things...

Apple's new 'Night Shift' feature for iPhones should help you sleep. Here's how it works Using your iPhone and iPad at night is about to get a lot easier on your tired brain. That's thanks to a new feature Apple previewed Monday called Night Shift, which will roll out as part of the upcoming iOS 9.3 update. The change allows you...

Every Morning, Drink A Glass Of Hot Water On An Empty Stomach, And Here’s Why! A lot of people in the world have their usual morning habits – they start their day with a hot cup of tea or cup of coffee to warm up after waking up. Or, if you have a habit of drinking water, then you probably...

Oscars: The Revenant tops nominations with 12 nods including best picture, actor and director Survival thriller The Revenant has topped the Oscar nominations list with 12 nods, including for best picture, actor and director. Gritty action movie Mad Max: Fury Road followed closely behind the pioneer-era drama, landing 10. The films will vie with The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The...

Qatar-funded Al Jazeera America is shutting down Hundreds of journalists in the US are expected to be laid off by Al Jazeera in the coming months following an announcement to terminate its flailing American network. Al Jazeera America (AJAM), which will end in April, lasted less than three years. Despite winning several journalism awards, it was widely seen as a “towering failure”...

Open talks between intellectuals can contribute to GCC-Iran dialogue, says scholar IT is important to maintain a healthy dialogue between scholars and academics in the countries of the GCC and Iran, even and especially in the current tense political situation between the two sides, according to the Director of the Centre for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Dr Mehran Kamrava. Speaking...

'Islamic State' claims responsibility for Jakarta attacks The terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Indonesian capital. Seven people, including all of the attackers, perished in the assault. The so-called "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist organization said it was responsible for the attack in a busy commercial district of Jakarta on Thursday, according to a news agency affiliated with...