Brazil enlists bank managers to combat deforestation

After struggling for years to track and punish deforestation across the world's largest rainforest, Brazil is recruiting new allies in the battle to protect the Amazon: bank managers. A...

NCM predicts drizzles in parts of UAE on Saturday and Sunday

The weather on Thursday is expected to be clear to partly cloudy but humid at night and on Friday morning with a chance for fog or light fog to...

Orban fuels anti-Ukraine mood ahead of Hungarian vote

Anita Komuves and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters BUDAPEST: US conservatives have long pointed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as proof that a Western leader can crack down on...

AfD pushes for return to Russian energy imports

John O'Donnell and Andreas Rinke, Reuters Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has used surging energy prices to revive its longstanding call for Berlin to turn once more...

Young man accused of stealing motorcycle after test ride in Sharjah

Sharjah Misdemeanor Court heard a case in which an Arab young man was accused of stealing a motorcycle based on a report filed by an auto workshop owner in...

Abu Dhabi motorists urged not to stop under bridges or inside tunnels during rain

The Directorate General of Traffic and Patrols urged motorists not to stop under bridges or inside tunnels during rainfall, stressing that these dangerous practices obstruct traffic flow, increase the...

What is the controversy over McSweeney's stolen phone?

Helen MacNamara, The Independent In the ballad of Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone, the latest verse is a surreal one. Having taken the unusual step of publishing a transcript of...

Chile’s new president Kast gets tough on immigrants

Paulina Abramovich, Agence France-Presse Just three weeks into his term, Chile's new President Jose Antonio Kast has lost no time in tilting the rudder sharply to the right as...

Incredible effort

I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up on Tuesday morning and saw the roads of Sharjah looking neat and clean. Despite so much rain, Sharjah Municipality managed to...

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