How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
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War against elite universities: Trump ramps up conflict against defiant Harvard
Cambridge, United States - President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip...
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Dubai Chamber encourages firms to apply for parent-friendly label
DUBAI, UAE - As many individuals in the UAE face challenges in balancing work and family obligations, parent-friendly workplace policies...
- Working families in the UAE often need to make difficult trade-offs to fulfill their commitments.
- Research has shown that flexible working options are important to 90 percent of the UAE workforce.
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France set to bar minors from accessing porn websites
France's data protection and media regulators Cnil and Arcom are set to announce their latest proposals to rein in porn...
- "I plan to put an end to this scandal," Digital Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the Parisien newspaper on Monday.
- Previous attempts have been held up by privacy and technical concerns, as well as court action by the websites.
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UN chief calls for building alliance of peace on International Day of Human Fraternity
NEW YORK, US - On the occasion of the International Day of Human Fraternity, the UN chief Saturday called for...
- The International Day of Human Fraternity celebrates values that hold our human family together, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.
- Let us all take inspiration and renew our commitment to stand together as one human family, the UN chief said.
‘Honor killing’ of YouTube star by father sparks outrage in Iraq
Touching off a wave of outrage across the country, the death of a young YouTube Iraqi star at the hands...
- Recordings of conversations between Ali and her father appeared to indicate that he was unhappy about her decision to live alone in Turkey
- Amnesty International condemned the "horrific" killing, saying "the Iraqi penal code still treats leniently so called 'honour crimes'
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Saudi Arabia wins bid to host 2027 football Asian Cup: AFC
In the coming years the Saudis, who watched as neighbors Qatar hosted the World Cup in November and December, will...
- "We are excited to deliver the greatest tournament in the competition's history," the kingdom's sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal said.
- The kingdom is also eyeing a World Cup and Summer Olympics, perhaps even a Winter Olympics, together with a swathe of other major events.
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Dubai is the new destination wedding choice for couples
DUBAI, UAE- Dubai is fast emerging as the city of choice for destination weddings, with a growing number of event...
- This is in line with the efforts aimed at boosting the emirate's stature as a perfect place for living, work and visit, and a global destination for weddings
- Globally, people are choosing Dubai to celebrate not only weddings, but also milestone celebrations and personal occasions
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Iran arrests three female journalists, say reports
Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said, amid protests triggered by the...
- Authorities say hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed and thousands arrested.
- A media report said the three women had been transferred to Evin prison, where many of those arrested in connection with the protests are being held.
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Iranian women take center stage at Sundance film festival
"Joonam," a documentary about a three-generation family of Iranian women now living in Vermont, and "The Persian Version," a colorful...
- The inclusion of "Shayda" and "Joonam" in Sundance's line-up follows four months of mass demonstrations in Iran over Mahsa Amini's death
- Iran has arrested a number of celebrities from the country's film industry in connection with the protest movement
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Iranian women political prisoners urge end to protester executions
PARIS, FRANCE - Thirty women political prisoners in Iran, including a Franco-Iranian academic and the daughter of a former president, on...
- The signatories included Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah.
- Another is former lawmaker Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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Sharjah Consultative Council approves DVA policy recommendations
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) has approved its recommendations regarding the Districts and Villages Affairs Department (DVA)...
- The recommendations touched on the importance of providing social and psychological specialists in the suburb councils.
- They also called for expanding the establishment of a suburb festival to include various cities and regions of Sharjah.
How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
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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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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....
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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...
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AI and death: Sundance films grapple with our digital afterlife
Park City, United States -- Artificial intelligence promises to make death "optional," as the technology learns to perfectly emulate our personalities,...
- The filmmakers found themselves empathizing with the customers after hearing their tragic stories of bereavement.
- Western society is terrible at dealing with grief, they said, and technology can appear to fill the gap left by religion for many.
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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...
- Childbirth in China usually comes after a wallet-draining process of buying a home, finding a spouse, and paying for a lavish wedding
- The average cost in 2019 of raising a child in China from birth to age 18 was 485,000 yuan ($68,000), a Beijing-based report said
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Sudan war threatens UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Regional Network for Cultural Rights said it "strongly condemns the incursion by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)", the paramilitary...
- The Cultural Rights group said the incident, which took place on Sunday, marked the second time since December that fighting had broken out at the religious sites
- State authorities reported "an incursion by the RSF, repulsed by the air force", claiming that "calm has returned" without mentioning whether the sites suffered any damage