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Sheikh Mohammed reveals UAE's five best and worst government centres

In a tweet, His Highness said, "Today I reviewed the comprehensive evaluation report of services in 600 government centers. We had promised to announce the five best and worst centres."

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Bodies of martyrs arrive in UAE

The bodies of six UAE martyrs arrived at Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi aboard a UAE Air Force plane on Saturday.

17 hours ago

KhalifaSat captures high-resolution image of Baikonur Cosmodrome

KhalifaSat has captured a high-resolution image of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport located in an area of southern Kazakhstan where Emirati astron...

14 hours ago

Saudi Crown Prince receives phone call from US President

During the conversation by all means conducive to maintain its security and stability, re-asserting that the negative effects of the attacks (on two A...

33 minutes ago

Help Kashmiri children return to school: Malala

Nobel Prize laureate and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai has urged the UN to act and work towards helping Kashmiri children return to sc...

2 hours ago

Video: Sharjah beat Shabab Al Ahli to win Arabian Gulf Super Cup

Both Shabab Al Ahli and Sharjah did try to break the deadlock but the former were more aggressive as they created more chances in the first-half.

12 hours ago

Tropical Storm Humberto dumps rain on hurricane-hit Bahamas

Tropical Storm Humberto lashed the Bahamas with rain and wind on Saturday, possibly slowing down relief efforts in the wake of the devastation wrought...

2 hours ago

Star chef Colagreco feeds crowds at Lyon Street food festival

Mauro Colagreco, the multiple award-winning Italian-Argentinian chef, joined 80 of his fellow cooks on Saturday to serve food at the Lyon Street food ...

2 hours ago

'Let us sleep': English churches welcome campers

With a midnight walk in the graveyard and the chance to play some show tunes on the church organ, "champers" — short for church campers — make the mos...

3 hours ago

    Opinion

    Expo projects energise economic activity

    With every passing month, week and day, enthusiasm has been building up for the much-awaited mega and meaningful meeting.

    11 hours ago

    Booker proved he’s the one to watch in the nomination race

    It was a surprisingly good night for nearly all 10 candidates onstage Thursday evening in the third round of the Democratic debates — but it was a bre...

    13 hours ago

    2020 hopefuls seek crackdown on white nationalism

    The gunman who killed 20 people in El Paso, Texas, posted his white supremacist manifesto on the right-wing forum 8chan. The man who massacred 51 peop...

    13 hours ago

    California can help save rainforest and show how climate leadership looks like in a bottom-up world

    Fires burning in Brazil and the broader Amazon basin are shining a spotlight on the role of forests and land use in the climate change challenge. Next...

    13 hours ago

    Leading by example

    The UAE has always promoted the values of tolerance and President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s declaration of 2019 as the “Year o...

    13 hours ago

    UAE offers remarkable tolerance model

    At a time when the world is increasingly witnessing divisions between nations and peoples and an unbridled spike in hate speech and hate crimes, the U...

    13 Sep 2019

    Beyond Epstein, suicide among inmates is a rising problem

    One afternoon in August, six days after Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, Christi Phillips received a troubling message. Her h...

    13 Sep 2019

    Local News

    Countdown begins to landmark space mission

    With just 10 days left before the much-anticipated launch of the multinational mission to ISS, Emirati astronauts Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Ney...

    10 hours ago

    Ministry registers over 100 new differently-abled students

    Wafa Hamad Bin Sulaiman, Director of Welfare & Rehabilitation Centre Department for People of Determination, revealed the registration of (174) male ...

    10 hours ago

    Blood cancer patients testify on strong support

    Support inputs a substantial effect on the cure and rehabilitation of blood cancer patients. The testimony were from UAE expatriate residents since th...

    10 hours ago

    RTA opens key roads to traffic

    Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Saturday has opened Al Yalayis and Al Asayel Streets Improvement Project.

    10 hours ago

    Sport

    • 12 hours ago

    Video: Sharjah beat Shabab Al Ahli to win Arabian Gulf Super Cup

    Both Shabab Al Ahli and Sharjah did try to break the deadlock but the former were more aggressive as they created more chances in the first-half.

    Benzema scores twice as Real edge past Levante

    Real Madrid produced a rampant first-half display to beat Levante 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday with goals from Karim Benzema and Casemiro but dropped of...

    11 hours ago

    Booed Neymar turns hero with last-gasp winner on PSG return

    Neymar marked his return to action for Paris Saint-Germain for the first time in four months with a stunning overhead kick in injury time that gave hi...

    11 hours ago

    Liverpool maintain perfect start; Norwich stun Manchester City

    Liverpool recovered from a shock Newcastle opener to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win at Anfield, as Tottenha...

    12 hours ago

    England in control as Australia wilt in fifth Ashes Test

    England seized control on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test on Saturday, building a likely match-winning lead of 382 as they look to square the se...

    12 hours ago

    Lifestyle

    Untreated high blood pressure could lead to poor brain health: Study

    High blood pressure can lead to diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. It can also cause cognitive decline, according to a new report.

    an hour ago

    Model Naomi Campbell takes spotlight at London fashion Week

    Model Naomi Campbell took center stage at London fashion Week on Saturday night with a gala charity benefit at the impressive setting of the world fam...

    2 hours ago

    Star chef Colagreco feeds crowds at Lyon Street food festival

    Mauro Colagreco, the multiple award-winning Italian-Argentinian chef, joined 80 of his fellow cooks on Saturday to serve food at the Lyon Street food ...

    2 hours ago

    'Let us sleep': English churches welcome campers

    With a midnight walk in the graveyard and the chance to play some show tunes on the church organ, "champers" — short for church campers — make the mos...

    3 hours ago

    Health experts back treatment for kids with peanut allergy

    Government experts backed an experimental treatment for children with Peanut allergies that could become the first federally approved option for preve...

    14 Sep 2019

    Ecuador offers a nighttime crypt visit for the morbidly curious

    It's a chilly night in Ecuador's capital and the small group of men and women visiting the city's oldest cemetery are understandably nervous.

    14 Sep 2019

    Farmers, chefs fight to save classic ingredients in Mexican cuisine

    Mexican engineer Asuncion Diaz explains his fight to save the original poblano chile, one of the most important ingredients in Mexican cuisine, from c...

    14 Sep 2019

    Jacobs dreams a little dream to close fashion Week on a high

    Twice a year, the New York fashion world trudges to the Upper East Side and the cavernous Park Avenue Armory to see what new tricks Marc Jacobs has up...

    14 Sep 2019

    Business

    India announces new measures to boost exports, housing sector

    With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth sliding to a six-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter along with several sectors facing a slowdow...

    14 hours ago

    SCCI emphasises importance of cooperation in economic planning

    The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) recently organised a business meeting, which brought together 130 representatives of companies, fact...

    15 hours ago

    HK exchange vows to press on with $39b LSE bid

    Hong Kong’s exchange refused to give up on its bid to take over the London Stock Exchange after the British bourse emphatically rejected its $39 billi...

    16 hours ago

    India’s August merchandise exports down 6.05%, imports fall over 13%

    Sluggish global demand pulled India’s merchandise exports lower by 6.05 per cent in August on a year-on-year basis. As per the data furnished by the M...

    18 hours ago

    Chinese manufacturers step up presence at Frankfurt auto show

    Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have stepped up their presence at the Frankfurt auto show, capitalising on a strong position in electric technolog...

    19 hours ago

    Australian pension funds’ major ‘wall of money’ to go overseas

    Australian pension funds are sitting on a A$245 billion ($167.38 billion) ‘wall of money’ that will probably flow overseas because of a lack of domest...

    19 hours ago

    UAE investors set to inject $10b into Bangladesh economy

    The Forum will kick-off in Dubai on 15th September 2019, with more than 300 government officials, business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs partic...

    22 hours ago

    Protests against German car industry rev up in Frankfurt

    Environmental campaigners plan to disrupt the Frankfurt motor show this weekend as Germany’s car industry comes under increasing pressure to go green ...

    14 Sep 2019

    Global markets welcome signs of progress in US-China trade talks

    World shares climbed to a six-week high alongside benchmark government bond yields on Friday, as markets cheered signs of progress in US-China trade t...

    13 Sep 2019

    Asia gold price drop offers little cheer on hopes for further falls

    Physical gold demand picked up slightly in most Asian hubs this week as a drop in prices spurred some interest, but failed to stoke significant demand...

    13 Sep 2019

    Toyota uses Tesla-style batteries

    Toyota Motor Corporation has started using the same type of battery that Panasonic Corporation designed for Tesla in some of its plug-in hybrids sold ...

    13 Sep 2019

    World Energy Congress ends with celebration of new innovation

    The need for courageous entrepreneurship to tackle tomorrow’s key energy issues, using 5G to stimulate a drive towards sustainability and how collabor...

    13 Sep 2019

    US core inflation firming, but Fed seen cutting interest rates

    US underlying consumer prices increased solidly in August, leading to the largest annual gain in a year, but rising inflation is unlikely to deter the...

    13 Sep 2019

    DIFC FinTech Hive continues to reshape financial innovation

    Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) and home to the largest, most...

    13 Sep 2019

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    Model Naomi Campbell takes spotlight at London fashion Week

    Model Naomi Campbell took center stage at London fashion Week on Saturday night with a gala charity benefit at the impressive setting of the world fam...

    2 hours ago

    Women's Hall of Fame to induct Justice Sotomayor, Jane Fonda

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred are among the National Women's Hall of Fame's latest honoree...

    16 minutes ago

    Saudi Crown Prince receives phone call from US President

    During the conversation by all means conducive to maintain its security and stability, re-asserting that the negative effects of the attacks (on two A...

    33 minutes ago

    ERC continues aid efforts in Yemen’s Hadramaut

    As part of its food security programme, the Emirates Red Crescent distributed 650 food baskets, weighing more than 50 tonnes, to 3,250 needy families.

    43 minutes ago

    Tunisia heads to polls for keenly fought presidential contest

    Key players include media mogul Nabil Karoui — behind bars due to an ongoing money laundering probe — Abdelfattah Mourou, who heads a first-time bid o...

    an hour ago

    ‘Miracle Creek,’ by Angie Kim

    “Miracle Creek,” a debut novel by former trial lawyer Angie Kim, is at once a gripping courtroom thriller with twists and turns, a deftly told, multigenerational immigrant family drama and a book about being an “autism mom.”

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    Fire and thread: Bayeux-inspired 'Game of Thrones' tapestry unveiled in France

    The French town of Bayeux has been home for nearly a millennium to a tapestry depicting a bloody battle for power.

    an hour ago

    Untreated high blood pressure could lead to poor brain health: Study

    High blood pressure can lead to diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. It can also cause cognitive decline, according to a new report.

    an hour ago

    Star chef Colagreco feeds crowds at Lyon Street food festival

    Mauro Colagreco, the multiple award-winning Italian-Argentinian chef, joined 80 of his fellow cooks on Saturday to serve food at the Lyon Street food Festival in southeast France.

    2 hours ago

    Help Kashmiri children return to school: Malala

    Nobel Prize laureate and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai has urged the UN to act and work towards helping Kashmiri children return to school amid the ongoing restrictions in the valley.

    2 hours ago

    Tropical Storm Humberto dumps rain on hurricane-hit Bahamas

    Tropical Storm Humberto lashed the Bahamas with rain and wind on Saturday, possibly slowing down relief efforts in the wake of the devastation wrought less than two weeks ago by Hurricane Dorian.

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