Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights
Rabat, Morocco - Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists...
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Tree-hugging AI to the rescue of Brazilian Amazon
The Manaus project has just completed its pilot phase with ten prototype boxes fixed to trees in a densely forested...
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Partial lockdown in Abu Dhabi on July 19 to carry out sanitation program
The lockdown will come into effect at midnight and will go on until 5 am The movement of traffic and...
Eid holidays in Abu Dhabi: ITC won’t charge for Darb or parking
The toll gate system or Darb in Abu Dhabi will not charge anything during Eid al Adha holidays beginning 19...
Tunisia’s welcomes migrants in impoverished south
The Organisation for the Support of Migrants runs French and sewing classes for migrants Over the last decade, the number...
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...
DEWA water pipeline extension project worth $69.7 million is 96.4% complete
The AED256-million ($69.7 million) project by DEWA to extend water transmission by 36.6 km across Dubai is a fraction away...
Sharjah Police arrest 6 for smuggling drugs worth $9.5 million
Sharjah Police’s Anti-Narcotics Department recently seized 215 kg drugs with a market value AED35 million ($9.53 million) The cops seized...
Lebanon crisis plunges women into period poverty
The price of menstrual pads, the vast majority of which are imported, has risen by almost 500 percent since the...
Aries Group to make dowry-takers leave, face legal action
The group had announced anti-dowry policy on International Women’s Day The clause incorporated in the employment contract Any employee of...
825 eye surgeries conducted in Pakistan during KSrelief campaigns
Pakistan fifth-largest recipient of KSrelief after Yemen, Palestine, Syria and Somalia 8500 people examined in Karachi and Shikarpur area of...
Real Madrid star praises UAE’s healthcare system
Vieria was speaking to media at Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai The hospital exclusively caters to sports medicine and...
Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights
Rabat, Morocco - Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists...
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Festive spirit in Bethlehem after dull pandemic years
With a giant evergreen tree, colorful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism...
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Tanzanian aircraft with 49 people on board plunges into a lake
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania— A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather...
At least 35 dead in Iran protests: new state media toll
Amini died after spending three days in a coma after her arrest by Iran's morality police, a unit responsible for...
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Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut
Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic republic's feared morality police for allegedly wearing a hijab...
- Protesters have been heard shouting "death to the dictator" and "woman, life, freedom" in video footage shared widely online
- The US Treasury placed the morality police on its sanctions blacklist, holding it responsible for Amini's death
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The ‘majestic’ Singapore orchid named in honor of Queen Elizabeth
After Queen Elizabeth II's death last week, the city-state's Botanic Gardens loaned a towering sprig of Dendrobium Elizabeth to the...
- After Queen Elizabeth II's death last week, the city-state's Botanic Gardens loaned a towering sprig of Dendrobium Elizabeth to the British high commissioner's residence
- The orchid hybrid, with twisted Dresden-yellow petals and a uranium-green lip, was named in honor of the queen when she visited Singapore in 1972
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Saudi economy pins hope on female entrepreneurs
Saudi women, who had begun with small projects, are now creating startups and setting up factories, highlighting drastic change in...
- Saudi women have achieved exceptional success through entrepreneurship, particularly with the change in the business environment.
- The goals of Vision 2030 are not limited to increasing entrepreneurship but also increasing women's participation in economic fields.