by Louise Taylor and Stuart James | Apr 16, 2017 | Sports
Hull City Played 32 Points 30 Goal difference -31 Case for staying up Revitalised under Marco Silva, Hull’s band of supposed misfits and loanees possess that most coveted football commodity: momentum. Since the Portuguese succeeded Mike Phelan in early January they...
by Alexandra Stevenson | Dec 9, 2016 | Business
Trouble was brewing this summer at Avianca Holdings, Latin America’s second-biggest airline. Tight on cash, the airline needed to raise money. For many on the board, one option was selling part of the company. The company’s largest investor — a swashbuckling,...
by Jamie Jackson | Nov 7, 2016 | Sports
José Mourinho may have felt he had to give his Manchester United players a very public rollicking following Thursday night’s debacle at Fenerbahce. To get to this point so early in his tenure, though, shows the crisis that threatens to engulf United unless results and...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 24, 2016 | Opinion
The sudden move by Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in the city of Al-Hassakah, north eastern Syria, was really interesting both in terms of the target chosen and the timing. The regime has launched air raids against Kurdish militias inside the city and its environs while...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2016 | World
The US President Barack Obama said yesterday that the United States needs a strong and united Europe to preserve world order, and urged his European allies to increase military spending in order to fight ISIS and other threats. He announced at the same time that he is...