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Another Kashmiri woman, Sameera Fazili, joins Joe Biden's team at White House
“Proud moment,” says kin of Kashmiri-origin woman named in Joe Biden team. Earlier in December, Kashmir-born lAisha Shah bagged a senior position in the White House Office of Digital Strategy.
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VIDEO: UAE’s Shamsa tops opening stage of Dubai Women’s Running Challenge
Hayward, meanwhile, took the overall honours in the 10km run with a time of 47:28, finishing a minute and 37 seconds ahead of Helen Boland of Ireland (49:05), while Kahli Johnson of the UK was third overall with a time of 49:10.
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Gunmen shoot dead two Afghan women judges in Kabul
The attack on the judges happened as they were travelling to their office in a court vehicle.
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Man held with 500 rounds of ammunition near Capitol Hill, 50 US states gear up for armed protests
Wesley Allen Beeler, of Virginia, had driven to a checkpoint on Friday evening and tried to use a phony credential to access the restricted area where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated this week.
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VIDEO: First Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion to open for visitors on Jan.22
Pavilions Premiere bookings can be made from Jan.16 at https://expo2020dubai.com/en/pavilions-premiere with each visit costing Dhs25. Visitors are urged to book early as the experience will operate five days per week with limited operating hours...
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Chemicals possibly behind the Beirut explosion: Report
The US Treasury accused Mudalal Khoury in 2015 of "an attempted procurement of ammonium nitrate in late 2013". It sanctioned his brother Imad a year later for engaging in business activities with Mudalal.
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Mohamed Bin Zayed, King of Jordan review regional developments
At the onset, Sheikh Mohamed conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to King Abdullah II and the emphasised the longstanding and historic relations between the UAE and Jordan.
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Employees by the day, stage actors at night
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why,” said the American writer Mark Twain. “Why” here refers to finding out one’s life purpose or passion.
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Visitors can now enter AD within 48 hrs of receiving negative PCR test results
The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee for the COVID-19 Pandemic has updated procedures to enter Abu Dhabi from within the country as part of proactive efforts to contain and eliminate the spread of COVID-19. The new procedures are effective from Sunday, 17 January.
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Sheikha Bodour meets members of the Arab and Egyptian publishing associations
This meeting marked Sheikha Bodour’s first official engagement since she was conferred her new position at IPA. At the meeting, she stressed that challenges and opportunities in the Arab publishing landscape will remain key points on IPA agenda for the next couple of years.
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Nepalese climbers' team makes history, becomes first to summit Pakistan's K2 mountain in winter
Dozens of mountaineers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit the world's second highest mountain, the last peak above 8,000 metres to be topped in wintertime.
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UAE-based GPX Racing reign supreme at Hankook 24H DUBAI
The UAE-based GPX Racing has become only the second Emirati team to take outright victory at the Hankook 24H DUBAI after a commanding performance at the Dubai Autodrome on Saturday.
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