Expo City Dubai launches 10-day festival of Emirati light art and culture
DUBAI, UAE - Dhai Dubai, the first-ever Emirati-led light art festival, has launched its illuminating 10-day program at Expo City...
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Money weighs on would-be Chinese parents as population falls
Long alarmed by falling fertility, the government has relaxed its decades-long one-child policy in recent years to allow three children...
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There won’t be another World Cup like Qatar 2022
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Warhol piece sells for $85m at New York auction
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‘Little Falconers’ showcase Qatar heritage
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Burj Khalifa advertises upcoming Netflix series Navarasa
The world’s tallest building has over the years been used to promote quite a few films and film stars from...
Amazon to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in Sep 2022
The streaming service hopes that the yet-to-be-titled series will rival the success of "Game of Thrones."
- The streaming service hopes that the yet-to-be-titled series will rival the success of "Game of Thrones."
- The first season's episodes will be released on a weekly basis
Bollywood composer accused of ‘stealing’ Israel national anthem
Twitter users in India were quick to point out that the tune being played as Israel was being awarded the...
Dubai’s ‘Museum of the Future’ listed among world’s 14 most beautiful ones
The Museum of the Future, an architectural marvel that sits at the bustling heart of Dubai, is set to become...
Bahrain to organize 2nd edition of youth skills initiative with $70,000 prizes
Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, first deputy chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, approves $70,000 worth...
Al Dhafra festival to begin in October in Abu Dhabi, prize money to be AED110m
This year the festival will include camel beauty contest The 15th edition of the festival will coincide with the...
Boeing 707 takes off as a restaurant in West Bank
Palestinian workers in the Israel-occupied West Bank are putting the final touches on a decommissioned Boeing 707 aircraft to ready...
- Its enterprising owners, 60-year-old twin brothers Ata and Khamis al-Sairafi, expect to welcome their first customers within weeks
- The brothers bought it from its Israeli owner for $100,000, the engines removed
More Saudi men go for ‘Misyar’ marriages
Saudi clerics say the practice has proliferated since 1996, when the then grand mufti legitimized it with an Islamic edict...
Saudi Arabia begins survey of ancient stone structures in northern region
Saudi Arabia has started a broad archaeological survey of ancient stone structures in the Northern Borders and Al-Jawf regions Its...
Saudi Arabia aims to be world’s primary source for dates
Saudi Arabia looks to dominate the dates industry It wants to establish itself as the primary source of dates for...
Expo City Dubai launches 10-day festival of Emirati light art and culture
DUBAI, UAE - Dhai Dubai, the first-ever Emirati-led light art festival, has launched its illuminating 10-day program at Expo City...
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FIFA World Cup Qatar will be the best, says Infantino
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There won’t be another World Cup like Qatar 2022
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Warhol piece sells for $85m at New York auction
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‘Little Falconers’ showcase Qatar heritage
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Gulf women empowerment bid inspires global change
TRENDS explores the efforts and achievements made across GCC in promoting women's empowerment, and the impact these initiatives have had...
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Women play key role in nurturing families, society
“The Emirati woman, who is confident and capable, has demonstrated her worth and distinguished presence, serving as a role model...
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UAE shares view at first G20 Culture Working Group meeting
ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCY) participated in the First G20 Culture Working Group (CWG)...
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Sharjah Consultative Council approves heritage policy
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) approved recommendations regarding the policy of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH),...
- The Sharjah Consultative Council said that a database of craftsmen should be prepared.
- The SCC said craftsmen should be granted licenses to practice their crafts.
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Bolder action, more effective partnerships to protect endangered animals and plants across the world
“And we need much bolder actions now to cut emissions, accelerate renewables, and build climate resilience,” he adds. “Throughout, we...
- Leaders across the United Nations system call for bolder action and more effective partnerships to protect endangered animals and plants
- This year’s commemoration of the World Wildlife Day marks 50th anniversary of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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Iraqi cemetery echoes 1400 years of life and death
For Shiites, who make up the religious majority in Iraq, "being buried near Imam Ali is very important," said the...
- Some historians estimate that over six million souls rest at the cemetery, mostly Iraqi but also Iranian and Pakistani Shiites
- Iraq in a submission to UNESCO estimated its area at 2,265 acres and called it "the oldest and biggest cemetery"