Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...
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As world mourns, cardinals meeting to decide the date for Pope Francis’s funeral
Vatican City, Holy See - Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process...
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UAE ministry hosts WHO’s regional expert meet on healthy diet policies
DUBAI, UAE - UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) hosted a regional expert meeting on healthy diet policies in...
- The meeting aimed to discuss recent developments in healthy diet policies, with a special emphasis on the UAE and GCC countries
- Senior officials and experts from the UAE's health and related sectors, as well as representatives from the GCC states, attended the meeting
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Dozens of Iran girls hospitalized due to poisoning
TEHRAN, IRAN - Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalized on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported,...
- Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months among Iranian schoolgirls
- A government official said on Sunday that the attacks were believed to be a deliberate attempt to force the closure of girls' schools
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Regulate digital platforms to curb disinformation
“If the regulatory initiatives are developed in isolation, with each country working in their own corner, they are doomed to...
- There is an urgent need for common global guidelines to improve the reliability of information while protecting human rights, say experts
- UNESCO urges the world to join its efforts to transform the internet into a tool which is truly at the service of the public
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Centuries-old 77 stolen antiquities to be returned to Yemen
Washington, United States--The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, US authorities said Tuesday, adding the objects would be...
- New York state's justice department has been carrying out a vast campaign for several years to restore antiquities looted around the world
- The Yemeni government and the museum have signed an agreement to preserve the objects for two years, with the option of renewing it at Yemen's request
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Syrian family adopts ‘miracle baby’ born under rubble in quake
Jindayris, Syria--Born an orphan under the rubble in north Syria after a devastating earthquake, Afraa al-Suwadi has been given a new...
- Suwadi's story has captivated a grieving nation and made international headlines as Syria's "miracle baby"
- Relatives had pulled her from the wreckage still tied to her deceased mother by the umbilical cord
Dubai Can initiative cuts single-use plastic bottle usage by over 7mn
The success of the initiative is reflected in the fact that Dubai Can has been widely adopted in the city.
- The success of the initiative is reflected in the fact that Dubai Can has been widely adopted in the city
- Dubai Can has placed water fountains in strategic places across the city, including public parks, beaches, and popular tourist destinations
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In Old Cairo, residents reconnect with their heritage
Cairo, Egypt--For most of their lives, children from historic Cairo's Al-Khalifa district only saw the mausoleums, mosques and madrasa schools...
- The Athar Lina initiative, whose name means "the monument is ours" in Arabic, has carried out workshops, tours and summer camps in the Egyptian capital since 2012.
- Since the 1980s, the authorities increasingly protected monuments by keeping "them under lock and key", said conservation and cultural heritage expert Omniya Abdel Barr.
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UAE’s Abrahamic Family House encloses a mosque, a church, and a synagogue
The project was inspired by the principles in the Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam...
- The project was inspired by the principles in the Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb in Abu Dhabi in 2019
- The three houses of worship are of equal stature and share external dimensions, and have been designed by Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates
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TikTokers jailed as Iraq targets ‘decadent content’
Hossam received an even harsher sentence of two years in prison. Some of her videos showed her dressed in a...
- The young Iraqi woman using the pseudonym Om Fahad was sentenced early this month to half a year behind bars for the light-hearted video clips
- A specialised committee now scours TikTok, YouTube and other popular platforms for clips deemed offensive by many in the largely conservative society.
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Archaeologists in Iraq uncover 5,000 year old restaurant
Dating back almost 5,000 years, archaeologists in Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern that they hope will illuminate...
- The joint team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pisa discovered the remains of a primitive refrigeration system, a large oven, benches for diners
- The Lagash area, close to the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was dubbed the "garden of the gods" by the ancients for its fertility
Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...
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WHO urges limiting trans fat across the world
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization said on Monday that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid...
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Saudi Arabia launches global tourism campaign featuring Messi
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's national tourism brand, "Saudi Welcome To Arabia," has launched a new global marketing campaign...
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Skipper Battat leads Palestine on and off pitch at Asian Cup
Doha, Qatar - Musab Al-Battat has led Palestine on the pitch with his all-action performances and off it as the voice...
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Airbus and Tata to build helicopter assembly line in India
Paris, France - Airbus will build a helicopter assembly line in India with Indian conglomerate Tata, the European aircraft manufacturer said Friday....
- Airbus said the facility -- which will take two years to set up -- would be the first such operation to be run by a private group in India.
- Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said making the helicopter in India would "unlock the true potential of the helicopter market in the country".
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Education campaigners alarmed as homeschooling rises in England
LONDON, UK - Education campaigners demanded government action on Friday after new figures revealed that the number of children in England...
- Nearly a quarter of parents involved said they were keeping children at home primarily as a "lifestyle choice" or for "philosophical or preferential reasons".
- These were the most commonly given main reasons, ahead of mental health factors (eight percent) and general dissatisfaction with the school (six percent).
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‘New era for India’: Modi inaugurates temple built over razed mosque
"Breaking the shackles of slavery, the country should rise, taking lessons from the past," Modi said, speaking outside the temple...
- "January 22, 2024 is not merely a date in the calendar but heralds the advent of a new era", PM Modi said.
- The Temple has been built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries before it was torn down in 1992 by Hindu zealots incited by members of his party.