Eric Swalwell (House Representative), a long-time critic of US President Donald Trump, has formally entered the California governor’s race, intensifying an already crowded Democratic contest to succeed Gavin Newsom. Announcing his campaign on his website, the seven-term Bay Area Congress member said he is running “with fresh ideas and tremendous heart” and later discussed his […]
UAE President captures candid photo of visiting Canadian PM / Image Credit: WAM News During Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s official visit to Abu Dhabi on 20–21 November 2025, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan surprised a Canadian photographer by picking up his camera and taking a smiling portrait, a brief, human moment that […]
Explore 13.8 billion years at Abu Dhabi’s new museum / Image: File Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (via the Abu Dhabi Media Office) announced that the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi will open to the public on Saturday, 22 November 2025, following VIP tours by senior royals this week. Abu Dhabi unlocks 13.8 […]
The Dubai World Cup 2026 at Meydan features nine races, $30.5 million prizes, and tickets from Dh40/Image: Dubai Racing Club The Dubai World Cup is set to mark its 30th anniversary on March 28, 2026, at Meydan Racecourse, cementing its status as one of the most prestigious and extravagant events on the global sporting calendar. […]
A new set of deep-space images has reignited one of the strangest scientific arguments of 2025. The photos show sideways jet-like lines shooting out from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Their geometry is so unusual that Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says they may not be natural at all.Some astronomers insist the object is simply a weird […]
US President Donald Trump (AP image) The White House on Thursday defended US President Donald Trump after he called a female Bloomberg reporter “piggy” while being questioned about emails from Jeffrey Epstein aboard Air Force One, describing the remark as a reflection of his frankness, according to a White House briefing.During the briefing, White House […]
India expands Visa-on-Arrival for UAE citizens to three new airports/Representative Image India is opening its doors wider to UAE travelers. The visa on arrival (VoA) program now includes three new airports – Kochi, Calicut, and Ahmedabad, joining six existing hubs such as New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. This expansion gives UAE nationals easier, faster access […]
Dense winter fog blanketed Abu Dhabi and Dubai, reducing visibility below 1,000 metres, slowing traffic/Representative Image Fog thickened over parts of Abu Dhabi and extended into Dubai early on Friday, creating challenging conditions on the roads and slowing visibility to under a kilometre in several spots. Alongside the fog, cooler air, shifting clouds and light […]
Image source: X/@SecretaryBurgum The Donald Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping offshore oil and gas leasing proposal that would open waters off California, Florida and Alaska to new drilling, reversing restrictions imposed during former US President Joe Biden’s presidency. The draft schedule, detailed in a new Interior Department plan, was described by Politico as […]
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Photo credit: AP) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine planned to held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s National security adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at the Pentagon on Thursday evening, amid tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s threat to send American troops into […]
