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Dubai Metro will run non-stop for 43 hours on New Year’s Eve as phased road closures begin across Downtown Dubai from 4pm/ Image: RTA As Dubai prepares for one of the world’s busiest New Year’s Eve celebrations, authorities are rolling out an expansive, tightly coordinated transport and traffic plan designed to handle millions of journeys…
Saudi authorities said a security officer suffered fractures while stopping a man who jumped at the Grand Mosque in Makkah/ Screengrab X A man was injured after jumping from the upper levels of the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Thursday, December 25, prompting an immediate response from security personnel stationed at the holy site, Saudi…
Known as one of the world’s most luxurious destinations, the United Arab Emirates is famous for its soaring skyscrapers, supercars, and extravagant lifestyle. Beyond this image of wealth and opulence, the country is also economically robust. With a GDP of $504 billion and a population of just 9.52 million, it ranks among the most stable…
Crypto alone does not qualify for a UAE Golden Visa, but legally registered property worth AED 2 million may, even if funded using crypto/ AI illustrative Image In July 2025, the UAE government issued a blunt clarification that cut through months of online speculation: cryptocurrency investors do not qualify for the UAE Golden Visa. Holding…
Over the weekend, Reese Witherspoon shared a festive Instagram carousel that included a shot of her standing beside her eldest daughter, Ava Phillippe. Dressed in black with a soft metallic sheen, mother and daughter stood side by side, smiling in near-unison. The likeness was striking enough that the photo quickly travelled beyond Reese Witherspoon’s page,…
A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has offered one of the clearest glimpses yet into how tightly the state controls language, information and private behaviour. Obtained by the BBC in late 2024 through defector networks and analysed by technology specialists, the device shows a level of surveillance and ideological enforcement built directly into everyday…
No one has seen the eyes since, and their location remains unknown, undocumented, and unverified/Image: Youtube Albert Einstein took deliberate steps to control what would happen to his body after death. He asked that it be cremated, and that his ashes be scattered in secret, to avoid shrines, relics or spectacle. He was explicit about…
In 2013 California, J.C. Penney’s Michael Graves-designed Bells and Whistles kettle billboard sparked Hitler comparisons/ Image: X In late May 2013, a roadside billboard in Culver City, California, advertising a stainless-steel tea kettle for US retailer J.C. Penney unexpectedly became the centre of an online storm. The advert, positioned beside the busy 405 Freeway, featured…
Both programmes offer sponsor-free residency to attract global talent, investment, and long-term economic participation/Representative image For decades, long-term residency in the Gulf was deliberately elusive. You were welcome to work, invest, and build, but never quite to stay. For a time, that model worked. But as both the UAE and Saudi Arabia began to confront…
Thomas Stoltz Harvey pictured in 1994 holding part of Einstein’s brain which he’d kept with him for decades (Michael Brennan/Getty Images) Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife…
