2019-12-06

World

Abu Dhabi Youth Hub opens, UAE Youth Minister talks new challenges and initiatives

Against the UAE capital’s skyline of towering, angular buildings, the newly opened Abu Dhabi Youth Hub stands out.

06/12/2019

World

What’s it like to be a blind voice-over artist? Amal Al Mansouri tells her story

Thirty-one-year-old Emirati, Amal Al Mansouri is a struggling artist of a different kind.

06/12/2019

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A guide to Dubai’s markets

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From traditional souqs to modern-day artisanal markets, this is where to spend your money while in the UAE

06/12/2019

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From kayaking to fitness workouts: Dubai enriches its offer for the health conscious traveller

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From hiking in the spectacular Hatta mountains, to meditation classes amongst the shimmering Jumeriah Lake Towers, to taking part in the city’s annual fitness challenge under the marina skyline - Dubai is a unique travel destination for today’s health-conscious traveller

06/12/2019

Ireland

Ireland takes action on carbon emissions - and nobody's happy

Ireland takes action on carbon emissions - and nobody's happy

06/12/2019

World News

Watch again: Thunberg calls for climate action ahead of COP25 march

Greta Thunberg spoke at a public event ahead of a giant Fridays For Future march in Madrid as important climate talks are ongoing at the UN Climate Summit (COP25).

06/12/2019

USA

Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape and murder, drawing cheers

A large crowd had gathered at the site of the shooting and threw flower petals at police vans in support of the action.

06/12/2019

Poland

Merkel visits Auschwitz for the first time as chancellor

The Chancellor, accompanied by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the visit, will bring a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the place where the Nazis ran their largest death camp.

06/12/2019

USA

Britain's Labour Party risks losing its 'Red Wall' industrial heartlands

Voters in Hartlepool feel they have missed out on the economic growth of the last few decades — and they're taking it out on politicians.

06/12/2019

World

Ukrainian beauty queen takes organisation to court for discrimination

Veronika Didusenko was crowned the most beautiful woman in her country. She took part and won the 2018 Miss Ukraine beauty-pageant. But then, after four days, she was forced to give up her crown once organisers discovered she was divorced and had a son. And now she is taking them to court.

06/12/2019

Kenya

Nairobi: six-story building collapses in Kenyan capital

Is this another fatal example of unscrupulous developers bypassing regulations?

06/12/2019

World News

Europeans, Iran to cross swords at nuclear talks

Europeans, Iran to cross swords at nuclear talks

06/12/2019

USA

Uber received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault last year in the US

Out of the 3,000 cases of sexual assault reported, more than 1,500 involved non-consensual touching of a sexual body part and 235 non-consensual penetration. Nearly all were filed by women.

06/12/2019

USA

Warren goes after Buttigieg, Bloomberg in change of tactics

Warren criticized the South Bend, Indiana, mayor for raising money in private and accused the former New York mayor of buying his way into the campaign.

06/12/2019