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Epic movie Khorfakkan top draw at Sharjah Literary Days in Portugal

Two-day event, organised by the Sharjah Book Authority in partnership with the University of Coimbra, aims to strengthen cultural dialogue between the Arab world and Portugal.

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SIFF 2022 to host talks by celebrated filmmakers

Talks offer insights into varied aspects of filmmaking from October 10-15 at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre, Sharjah

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Emirati, Saudi families to take part in exhibition

The exhibition embodies the GCC cooperation vision and promotes an exceptional bilateral partnership between the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to broaden and expand the successful experiences of productive families.

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New Hindu temple strengthens bond between UAE and India

The management has officially welcomed devotees to the 70,000 square foot premises by monumentally lighting a lantern together to celebrate the opening. Over 200 dignitaries, ambassadors and local community leaders attended the celebration.

3 hours ago

10 dead after Indian Himalayas avalanche hits climbers

Vishal Ranjan, registrar with the institute, confirmed the four deaths and that the rescue operation "has been stopped for now because of heavy rainfall and snowfall in the region".

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Musk wants Twitter again and will pay $44 billion price

Elon Musk wants Twitter again — and Twitter is game. The billionaire Tesla CEO has proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion, bringing the tumultuous, monthslong saga another step closer to a conclusion.

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Man tries to kiss king cobra he rescued, gets bitten on lips

What happened next was nothing short of tragedy as king cobra turned back and bit his rescuer on his lips. The video of the incident, which took place in Karnataka's Shivamogga, has gone viral.

19 hours ago

Four dead, 26 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas

Vishal Ranjan, registrar with the institute confirmed the four deaths and that the rescue operation "has been stopped for now because of heavy rainfall and snowfall in the region".

19 hours ago

DEWA emphasises key role of media in consolidating sustainability and transition towards green economy

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of DEWA, has emphasised the vital role that the media plays in enhancing sustainable development in its social, economic, and environmental aspects, as well as raising awareness of the shift towards a green economy.

20 hours ago

UN flood aid appeal jumps amid disease surge in Pakistan

The request in Geneva came a day after Julien Harneis, the UN coordinator for Pakistan, said diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, scabies and malnutrition are fueling a "second wave of death and destruction," with children and women in its path.

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Al Qassimi Women and Children’s Hospital saves baby in complex surgery

The baby was born with abnormal lungs, fluid build-up in the abdomen (ascites) as well as a cyst in the left lung. After spending ten months of neonatal and paediatric intensive care and medication regimens.

21 hours ago

Expo City Dubai offers teachers free Attractions Pass on World Teachers’ Day

The new journeys build on Expo 2020 Dubai’s aim to engage, educate and inspire future generations and continue the success of the Expo School Programme, which welcomed more than one million students to Expo 2020 Dubai.

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to scientists Aspect, Clauser and Zeilinger

The physics prize has often taken centre stage among the awards, featuring household names of science such as Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, and rewarding breakthroughs that have reshaped how we see the world.

04 Oct 2022

Sheikh Ahmed honours Arab Media Award winners

Khalid Bin Hamad Al-Malik, Editor-in-Chief of Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, President of the Saudi Journalists Association and President of the Gulf Press Union, was named the Media Personality of the Year.

04 Oct 2022

Blinken holds calls with South Korea, Japan to condemn North Korea missile launch

The trio also condemned North Korea's disregard of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and its deeply destabilizing implications for the region, spokesperson Ned Price said.

04 Oct 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

The last time North Korea fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of "fire and fury" when Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un traded insults with then-US president Donald Trump.

04 Oct 2022

At least 15 dead in new Ecuador prison riot

The SNAI had earlier announced that tactical units were continuing operations to regain control of the facility, located in the southern Ecuadoran city of Latacunga.

04 Oct 2022

Xi decade reshapes China’s military, and the region

Even Japan is proposing record defence budgets and inching towards ending its long-standing "no first strike" policy, citing an "increasingly severe" security environment.

04 Oct 2022

Ukraine forces break through Russian defences in south

Ukrainian forces in the south destroyed 31 Russian tanks and one multiple rocket launcher, the military's southern operational command said in a nightly update, without providing details of where the fighting occurred.

04 Oct 2022

Sharjah census helps me to decide on welfare projects, says Sheikh Sultan

Sheikh Sultan said "the census is very important, because it helps me communicate with the community, and the next census helps me to do the studies that I apply to reality, which turn into decisions, financing and projects."

03 Oct 2022

32 children died in Indonesia stadium disaster, police chief sacked

The tragedy on Saturday night in the city of Malang saw a total of 125 people killed and 323 others injured after officers fired tear gas in a packed stadium to quell a pitch invasion, triggering a stampede.

03 Oct 2022

Gang of 7 sent behind bars over stealing SAR1.9 million in Dubai

The Dubai Court of Appeal sentenced a gang of seven persons, including a Gulf Arab, to three years in prison and fining them SAR1.8 million or the equivalent amount in the UAE currency on the charge of luring an Asian investor and stealing that amount after assaulting him.

03 Oct 2022

VIDEO: Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov says sending teenage sons to Ukraine front

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday he was sending three of his teenage sons - aged 14, 15 and 16 - to the Ukraine front.

03 Oct 2022

Saudi extends Umrah visas to 90 days

The authorities highlighted that the move is applicable to all pilgrims irrespective of their nationalities.

03 Oct 2022

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolution

Svante Paabo has spearheaded research comparing the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, showing that there was mixing between the species.

03 Oct 2022

Oct.8 to be a holiday for public sector for Prophet's birthday

A circular issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources on Saturday added that work will resume on Monday, 10th October.

03 Oct 2022

UK drops tax cut for top earners in budget U-turn

On the second day of the ruling Conservative Party's annual conference, finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng tweeted he was "not proceeding" with the removal of the top 45-percent income tax rate, adding it had become a "distraction".

03 Oct 2022

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Epic movie Khorfakkan top draw at Sharjah Literary Days in Portugal

Two-day event, organised by the Sharjah Book Authority in partnership with the University of Coimbra, aims to strengthen cultural dialogue between the...

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SIFF 2022 to host talks by celebrated filmmakers

Talks offer insights into varied aspects of filmmaking from October 10-15 at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre, Sharjah

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Emirati, Saudi families to take part in exhibition

The exhibition embodies the GCC cooperation vision and promotes an exceptional bilateral partnership between the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to br...

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New Hindu temple strengthens bond between UAE and India

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