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Video: Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi shares clip of Makkah from space
Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi shared an incredible view of Makkah from the International Space Station (ISS) during her scientific journey. On Friday, Barnawi shared a video on Twitter showing the night…
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Kuwait to cancel residency permit of 2,400 expat teachers
Kuwait: Kuwaiti education authorities called on the Ministry of Interior to cancel the residency permits of about 2,400 expat teachers in the country, local media reported. Among them, 1,900 had their services…
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Delhi-Dubai flight delayed due to bad weather
New Delhi: Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected on Saturday due to heavy rain and inclement weather. The airport authorities have advised the people to contact the airlines…
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‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’: Los Angeles votes to rename Saudi embassy street
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to rename the Saudi Arabia’s embassy street as ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’ to honour the slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The decision comes year after the street…
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Saudi: Haj guidelines for overseas pilgrims entering Kingdom
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has issued guidelines for overseas pilgrims, entering Kingdom for next month’s Islamic Haj pilgrimage, which is expected to start on Monday, June 26. The Ministry of Haj and Umrah…
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Indian among 3 WC security guards still in Qatar jail over unpaid wages
Doha: It has been nearly five months since the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, three World Cup security guards who were detained while trying to resolve a dispute over…
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Michelin Guide Dubai confirms Dubai as culinary hotspot
New Delhi: Michelin revealed, at the Atlantis The Royal hotel, its new selection of restaurants in the Michelin Guide Dubai 2023. A total of 90 restaurants, covering 23 different types of cuisine,…
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‘Made in UAE’ air taxis to take to the skies by 2027
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy on Friday announced that Odys Aviation, a US-based air taxis manufacturer, has joined its NextGen FDI program to facilitate the launch of a regional headquarters…
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Egypt steps up efforts to tackle overpopulation
Cairo: As the most populous Arab country with about 105 million people, Egypt is stepping up population-control efforts, trying to make it an asset, rather than a liability. Titled Diagnosing the Population…
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Iranian FM calls for expansion of banking ties with Iraq
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein, calling for expanding Iran-Iraq banking relations. According to a report on Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s website on…
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Emirati engineer named UAE Liaison on behalf of COP28 Presidency at UN
Abu Dhabi: Abdulla Al Remeithi, a Fellow of the UAE National Experts Programme and Senior Advisor at the Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, has recently been named as…
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UAE astronaut celebrates ‘gravity-defying’ birthday at ISS
United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has celebrated his first birthday on the International Space Station (ISS) in what he described was a “truly gravity-defying celebration”. Al Neyadi turned 42…
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Dubai-based Indian businessman Micky Jagtiani passes away
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based Indian billionaire businessman Mukesh (Micky) Jagtiani has passed away on Friday. He was 70. Jagtiani is survived by his wife and three children. Also ReadEmirates offers free hotel stay…
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Rashid Rover’s spacecraft crashed due to ‘altitude miscalculation’
Japan’s ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander, which was carrying the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Rashid Rover to the moon, crashed on the lunar surface because of an altitude miscalculation that caused it…