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WEF Gender Gap Report 2022 ranked UAE first among Arab countries
H.H. Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai Women Establishment and wife of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the…
Heat wave, flooding kills more than a dozen in China
Multiple deaths have been caused by flooding and extreme high temperatures in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Zhejiang province, east of Shanghai, experienced record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, topping out…
El-Sisi praises Mohamed bin Zayed speech – clear path to prosperity
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has praised the speech of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He expressed his confidence that the UAE and the world will benefit from the insightful vision of Sheikh…
UAE Climate Change Minister participates in Environment Cooperation Meeting
In Tehran, the Iranian capital, Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, attended the Ministerial Meeting on Environment Cooperation for a Better Future. In order to address shared environmental and…
Ahead of expected resignation, Sri Lankan President flees to the Maldives
An Antonov-32 aircraft with four passengers on board took off from the main international airport carrying the impeached Sri Lankan leader and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and a bodyguard, immigration officials said. Following…
Twitter hires top legal firm to sue Musk for ending $44 billion deal
In the wake of Elon Musk's decision to terminate a 44 billion dollar takeover deal between Tesla and SpaceX, Twitter is considering legal action against him over his decision. It has been announced that the microblogging site, Twitter, has…
Exit polls predict ruling party will win parliamentary elections in Japan
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to which the slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe also belonged, is expected to dominate today's legislative elections. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination two days ago has…
Disgraced Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down
Disgraced Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will resign July 13 after protesters stormed his residence and set the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's house on fire. Rajapaksa's decision to resign on July 13, was…
South African gunmen kill 15 people at a Soweto bar
In the early hours of Sunday, 15 people were killed and nine injured when gunmen opened fire at a bar in the Soweto township in South Africa. As the carnage unfolded shortly after midnight, unknown gunmen penetrated the Orlando East tavern…
Protesters storm Gotabaya residence, PM Wickremesinghe to resign
In the capital of Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. After months of protests over mismanagement of the country's economic crisis, demonstrators from all over the country…