• A visitor views 'Vortex' by Hamill Industries which forms part of 'Future Shock', an exhibition of new audio-visual installations by various artists, at 180 Studios, London, Britain, April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    A visitor views 'Vortex' by Hamill Industries which forms part of 'Future Shock', an exhibition of new audio-visual installations by various artists, at 180 Studios, London, Britain, April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
  • Women in Kandahar, Afghanistan, wait to receive iftar meals donated by Our Afterlife Foundation. AFP
    Women in Kandahar, Afghanistan, wait to receive iftar meals donated by Our Afterlife Foundation. AFP
  • Lakhta Centre, in St Petersburg, is the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. Polish and Bulgarian leaders have accused Russia of using gas supplies to blackmail their countries. AP
    Lakhta Centre, in St Petersburg, is the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. Polish and Bulgarian leaders have accused Russia of using gas supplies to blackmail their countries. AP
  • Liverpool fans set off flares outside Anfield football stadium as the football team’s coach arrives before the match against Villarreal of Spain. Reuters
    Liverpool fans set off flares outside Anfield football stadium as the football team’s coach arrives before the match against Villarreal of Spain. Reuters
  • Cyclists ride past Champvent Castle, western Switzerland, during the first stage of the Tour de Romandie 2022 road race. AFP
    Cyclists ride past Champvent Castle, western Switzerland, during the first stage of the Tour de Romandie 2022 road race. AFP
  • A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jet releases decoy flares as it provides air support to troops on the ground near Yampil, eastern Ukraine. AFP
    A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jet releases decoy flares as it provides air support to troops on the ground near Yampil, eastern Ukraine. AFP
  • Competitors in the 22nd Glacier Patrol pass the Matterhorn mountain in Ober Stafel, Switzerland. Organised by the Swiss Army, the event covers 57 kilometres along the country’s border with Italy. EPA
    Competitors in the 22nd Glacier Patrol pass the Matterhorn mountain in Ober Stafel, Switzerland. Organised by the Swiss Army, the event covers 57 kilometres along the country’s border with Italy. EPA
  • A topiary lion replicating a nearby statue in Trafalgar Square, London, sits amongst thousands of plants placed in the plaza as part of the Big Rewilding Campaign, launched by soft drinks brand Innocent. Getty
    A topiary lion replicating a nearby statue in Trafalgar Square, London, sits amongst thousands of plants placed in the plaza as part of the Big Rewilding Campaign, launched by soft drinks brand Innocent. Getty
  • Palestinians pray during Laylat Al Qadr, or the Night of Power, in Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Jerusalem. AP
    Palestinians pray during Laylat Al Qadr, or the Night of Power, in Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Jerusalem. AP

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Farage on Muslim Brotherhood

Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
"We will stop dangerous organisations with links to terrorism operating in our country," he said. "Quite why we've been so gutless about this – both Labour and Conservative – I don't know.
“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.

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Emergency

Director: Kangana Ranaut

Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry 

Rating: 2/5

Gully Boy

Director: Zoya Akhtar
Producer: Excel Entertainment & Tiger Baby
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi​​​​​​​
Rating: 4/5 stars

How to watch Ireland v Pakistan in UAE

When: The one-off Test starts on Friday, May 11
What time: Each day’s play is scheduled to start at 2pm UAE time.
TV: The match will be broadcast on OSN Sports Cricket HD. Subscribers to the channel can also stream the action live on OSN Play.

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No_One Ever Really Dies

N*E*R*D

(I Am Other/Columbia)

How to get there

Emirates (www.emirates.com) flies directly to Hanoi, Vietnam, with fares starting from around Dh2,725 return, while Etihad (www.etihad.com) fares cost about Dh2,213 return with a stop. Chuong is 25 kilometres south of Hanoi.
 

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Red flags
  • Promises of high, fixed or 'guaranteed' returns.
  • Unregulated structured products or complex investments often used to bypass traditional safeguards.
  • Lack of clear information, vague language, no access to audited financials.
  • Overseas companies targeting investors in other jurisdictions - this can make legal recovery difficult.
  • Hard-selling tactics - creating urgency, offering 'exclusive' deals.

Courtesy: Carol Glynn, founder of Conscious Finance Coaching

Tightening the screw on rogue recruiters

The UAE overhauled the procedure to recruit housemaids and domestic workers with a law in 2017 to protect low-income labour from being exploited.

 Only recruitment companies authorised by the government are permitted as part of Tadbeer, a network of labour ministry-regulated centres.

A contract must be drawn up for domestic workers, the wages and job offer clearly stating the nature of work.

The contract stating the wages, work entailed and accommodation must be sent to the employee in their home country before they depart for the UAE.

The contract will be signed by the employer and employee when the domestic worker arrives in the UAE.

Only recruitment agencies registered with the ministry can undertake recruitment and employment applications for domestic workers.

Penalties for illegal recruitment in the UAE include fines of up to Dh100,000 and imprisonment

But agents not authorised by the government sidestep the law by illegally getting women into the country on visit visas.

MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League semi-finals, first leg
Liverpool v Roma

When: April 24, 10.45pm kick-off (UAE)
Where: Anfield, Liverpool
Live: BeIN Sports HD
Second leg: May 2, Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Scoreline

Syria 1-1 Australia

Syria Al Somah 85'

Australia Kruse 40'

BULKWHIZ PROFILE

Date started: February 2017

Founders: Amira Rashad (CEO), Yusuf Saber (CTO), Mahmoud Sayedahmed (adviser), Reda Bouraoui (adviser)

Based: Dubai, UAE

Sector: E-commerce 

Size: 50 employees

Funding: approximately $6m

Investors: Beco Capital, Enabling Future and Wain in the UAE; China's MSA Capital; 500 Startups; Faith Capital and Savour Ventures in Kuwait

Updated: April 29, 2022, 6:51 AM