UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis

DUBAI: The UAE has pardoned 57 locally based Bangladeshis who were jailed for protesting against the now-toppled government in their home country, state media said Tuesday. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan “ordered a pardon for the Bangladeshi nationals involved in... protests and disturbances across several emirates”, the official Emirati news agency WAM reported. “The decision includes canceling the sentences of those convicted and arranging for their deportation,” it added. — AFP

Lebanon ex-top banker arrested

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salameh was arrested Tuesday after being questioned over alleged embezzlement, a judicial official told AFP. The public prosecutor “arrested Salameh after questioning him for three hours on suspicions of embezzlement from the central bank exceeding $40 million”, the official said. It is the first time Salameh has appeared before Lebanon’s judiciary since he left his post of 30 years at the end of July last year without a successor. — AFP

No mobile-brain cancer link

LONDON: There is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of available published evidence worldwide. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not been a corresponding increase in the incidence of brain cancers, the review, published on Tuesday, found. That applies even to people who make long phone calls or those who have used mobile phones for more than a decade. — Reuters