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NEW YORK, US - Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed...
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Iraq asks Sweden to extradite accused in Quran burning incident
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Baghdad has asked Sweden to extradite Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who stoked international outrage by desecrating the Quran,...
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MBR University launches PhD program in biomedical sciences
Genetics of developmental diseases, reproduction, cancer biology, diabetes, etc., the focus of research Applicants can apply for the program by...
Cyber crime soars during Covid pandemic as fraudsters fleece gullible people
Swindlers passing themselves off as representatives of big companies are cheating people of money using Internet Experts say fraud has...
Emirates Foundation, BP partner to support mental health initiative
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MAKTABA celebrates winners of ‘Little Writer in the Big Book’ contest
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GISEC 2021 Update: Experts discuss hacker threats to working from home
Disabling of firewalls, reuse of passwords, installation of over-simple passwords biggest mistakes when working from home Companies need to...
Expats leave Oman in droves as country struggles to contain unemployment
Some 200,000 expats leave Oman as country wrestles with rising unemployment The Coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices last year...
Midday work ban in UAE to last till Sept 15 from Jun 15
An employer will have to pay for any time exceeding the 8-hour shift Violators to pay a fine of $1361...
Sharjah concludes campaign to update landowners’ data
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UAE, Uzbekistan sign agreement to implement humanitarian projects
Completion of work on a women and children's hospital in the Uzbek city Nukus part of the...
Abu Dhabi Book Fair to digitize Arabic prose in audiobooks
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For the past week since the 22-year-old's death, protesters have taken to the streets each evening in various parts of...
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Rise and fall of luxury-loving former Malaysia first lady
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Netflix in the soup for Mexican drug ‘queen’ show
Sandra Avila Beltran has filed a claim with Mexico's intellectual property agency alleging that the character Teresa Mendoza in "La...
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Women of Gaza struggle to break free
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said 38 percent of women in Gaza faced physical or psychological violence from their...
- Palestinian civil society group registered six killings and suspicious deaths related to domestic violence in 2019, a figure which rose to 19 the following year
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