The National - News - 2018-06-14

• OPERATION HODEIDAH BEGINS
• Pompeo begins the hard work as glitz of Singapore summit fades
• Cabinet approves labour insurance system to replace bank guarantee for workers
• MOROCCO OUT FOR 2026 BUT READY TO BID AGAIN FOR FUTURE WORLD CUP
• Arab football fans travel in record numbers to enjoy Russia’s World Cup party
• Hariri talks trade, refugees and the World Cup finals with Putin
• WILL IRAQ’S COALITION EXTINGUISH HOPE FOR CHANGE TO SECTARIAN GOVERNMENT?
• Palestinia­ns seek another UN resolution against Israel’s use of force
• ‘CONTINGENC­Y PLANS WILL KEEP HUMANITARI­AN AID IN FLUX’
• Campaign shapes up as a turning point in stalemate over long-running conflict
• Country’s future rests on Hodeidah’s fate
• Rental fee rise may encourage property buying, but not on its own, says analyst
• There’s much to digest after big changes this Ramadan but the Government has eye on the prize
• Crown Prince grants Emiratis Dh7.5bn in housing loans to raise living standards
• AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MAJLISES AS EXPO GEARS UP
• Arrest warrant issued for man behind Adnoc ‘coins’ video
• Nearly one in 10 Emirati women smoke … but most won’t admit it
• ‘Take a look around, friendship­s make this a unique mosque’
• Tunisian held in Germany over ‘toxic substances’
• Police make arrest in England over ‘Punish a Muslim’ hate mail
• Japan worried by US cancelling joint manoeuvres
• ONE YEAR ON AND STILL THE ANGER SMOULDERS OVER GRENFELL FIRE
• Lebanon’s Special Tribunal has failed to end impunity for crimes
• The Hodeidah battle is a watershed moment
• The World Cup has the power to unite nations
• Two countries with two opposing views of Islam
• NBF WILL TAP DEBT TO FINANCE GROWTH
• Mubadala launches $400m European tech fund with Japan’s SoftBank
• Emirates SkyCargo and Alibaba to cash in on e-retail
• Lower tourism fees in the UAE to attract travellers and increase operators’ revenues
• Disruption­s to hit Iran and Venezuela oil output hard
• A SORRELL AFFAIR: WPP INVESTORS VENT ANGER
• Middle East bunkers could be safe port in shipping fuel storm
• France could raise €15bn from shares offering
• SYNTHETIC SHOES GIVE LEATHER INDUSTRY A HIDING
• Wen’s Foodstuff goes high-tech for meatier chickens
• Airlines have a gender problem
• What’s the attraction in buying China’s Hainan Airlines?
• Why financial decisions are so hard to make and how to fix them
• THE INVESTORS SQUEEZED BY TINY HOMES
• Gulf investors book profit ahead of Eid
• After a rent dispute our former landlord is refusing to hand over the deposit
• RETAILERS AMONG THE HARDEST HIT AS NICARAGUA’S POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS
• Ikea assembles a ‘do-it-for-me’ business plan as it heads into India The retailer is setting up its first in-house assembly team and changing its menu to suit local palates
• ESCOBAR FILM WAS A STRANGE AFFAIR FOR BARDEM AND CRUZ
• Qasr Al Hosn is impressive home of new Abu Dhabi Children’s Library
• BATMAN AND ME, BY ABU DHABI’S TOURISM CHIEF
• A slice of Travolta at ‘Saturday Night Fever’ pizziera
• Salmon kulebyaka
• Mini steak and mushroom pies
• Salah trains but Egypt wait on decision to play him
• SPAIN DISMISS MANAGER ON EVE OF WORLD CUP OVER MADRID JOB
• Pizzi’s Saudi Arabia bullish ahead of World Cup opener against Russia
• Team Russia intend ‘to turn criticism to positive feedback’ amid their woes
• LOCALS UNIMPRESSE­D BY THEIR OWN TEAM BUT ‘WHAT MATTERS IS THE CELEBRATIO­N IN RUSSIA’
• No sign of winter ending for the hosts
• HABIB THE AFGHAN’S LONG HOP FROM TAPE-BALL GAMES IN A REFUGEE CAMP TO DUBAI – VIA SCOTLAND AND THE TALIBAN
• The day Gatting’s MCC side were left humbled by Nabi’s ‘barmy’ batting fireworks in Mumbai
• ‘I learnt all of my English from Scottish people. I spent a lot of time in Edinburgh’
• Afghanista­n showing no fear ahead of their Test bow against Indian class
• CRICKET CRICKET FINDS AN UNLIKELY NEW HOME THANKS TO AFGHANS’ LOVE OF THE GAME
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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