Recent US and EU regulations require CBI countries to meet strict vetting standards by 2025, or risk losing visa-free access to the UK and Schengen countries/ (Representative Image) For many expatriates in the UAE, acquiring a second passport through Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs has become a popular route to global mobility, offering visa-free access […]
Kash Patel has been blamed in an NYT editorial for making Americans feel unsafe. In a stinging editorial piece, the New York Times criticized FBI director Kash Patel for making the agency an “instrument of Mr Trump’s political will”. It said that Patel’s main qualification is his unquestioning fealty to President Donald Trump and so […]
Some people seek power because they crave it. Others have it thrust upon them by a virus too small to see but large enough to shape destinies. Amy Acton falls squarely in the latter category – the child of poverty and abuse, the public health professor who became Ohio’s health director, and now the woman […]
Gunmen aboard small boats launched a coordinated assault on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small arms fire, according to international maritime monitors. British military officials later said the ship was taking on water and the crew was preparing to abandon the […]
Elon Musk announced his new America Party but it’s not clear whether he would lead the party. Two unlikely allies showed interest after Elon Musk announced the launch of his new America Party in an attempt to break the two-party system of US politics following his disenchantment with President Donald Trump over the ‘Big, Beautiful […]
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem (File Photo) Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared on Sunday that the group will not surrender or lay down its arms in response to Israeli threats. Addressing thousands of supporters during the Ashura commemoration in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Qassem said, “This threat will not make us accept surrender.”Qassem, who succeeded the late […]
In 2025, bachelors and newcomers can find studio rentals in the UAE ranging from Dh20,000 to Dh40,000 annually in key affordable areas./ Image composite: Property Finder, Marketplace With its ever-growing appeal to young professionals, job seekers, and first-time expatriates, Dubai continues to experience a surge in demand for affordable living options. In particular, bachelor-friendly studio […]
After more than a century, swimmers returned to the River Seine on Saturday, marking the first official reopening of the iconic waterway for public bathing since 1923.Among the first to take a dip was a 95-year-old Parisian, who joined excited locals at the newly launched Bras Marie swim zone in eastern Paris, one of three […]
Texas flood (AP) A 27-year-old father of two, Julian Ryan, died while trying to save his family during a devastating flash flood in Texas that has already claimed at least 50 lives. As floodwaters surged into their bedroom, Ryan punched through a window to help his family escape, almost cutting his arm “clean off” in […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and until recently a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, has announced the formation of a new political party called the America Party. The move follows a dramatic split between the two over Trump’s controversial tax-and-spending bill, which Musk says will bankrupt the country.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO […]
