What will change in the UAE From January 2026? New rules every resident must know to avoid fines | World News

UAE introduces new rules starting January 2026 / AI Generated Image As the New Year’s fireworks fade over the Burj Khalifa, UAE residents aren’t just waking up to a new calendar, they are waking up to a new way of living. January 1, 2026, marks the launch of a major “regulatory reset” across the Emirates. […]

US snowstorm chaos: Over 9,000 flights hit; emergency orders in New York, New Jersey

New York City recorded its most significant snowfall in several years, with 4.3 inches covering Central Park by Saturday (AP photo) A powerful winter storm sweeping across the US Northeast and Great Lakes disrupted peak post-Christmas travel, grounding thousands of flights and prompting emergency declarations in several states. Snow and ice battered major transport hubs […]

Bangladesh: Dhaka madrasa blast injures four

Dhaka madrasa blast injures four DHAKA: Four people, including a child, were injured after a powerful explosion rocked a madrasa in the Bangladesh capital’s Hasnabad area on Friday, with police recovering bomb-making materials from the site. The explosion led to collapse of walls of two rooms of the Umm Al Qura International Madrasa. The madrasa […]

China wants human-like AI systems to have socialist values

Looking to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence, China on Saturday said service providers must inform users that they are dealing with AI when they log in to a service, and at two-hour intervals, or when signs of overdependence can be detected. AI systems that are designed to act like humans should […]

Bangladesh unrest: ‘Some part’ of Yunus-led government allowed attacks on newspapers – Editors’ Council chief

File photo: Muhammad Yunus DHAKA: Editors’ Council president Nurul Kabir on Saturday said “some part” of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government allowed the vandalism and arson at the offices of the country’s leading newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, and at cultural centre Chhayanaut in Dhaka – attacks that took place following radical leader […]

Despite crackdown on activism, US techies go on picking fights

Representative image (Picture credit: NYT) Five weeks into a strike at the crowdfunding site Kickstarter this fall, employees were getting anxious. Their union’s strike fund was dwindling, making it harder for some to cover living expenses, and they were unsure if the firm would make more concessions. But the next week, Kickstarter made offers the […]

‘If Ukraine did not want to resolve …’: Putin sends warning ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could see Kyiv was in no hurry to end the Ukraine conflict by peaceful means, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.Putin said that if Ukraine did not want to resolve the conflict peacefully then Russia would accomplish all goals of its “special military operation” by force, Russian state […]

Empty childcare centres and millions paid: YouTuber Nick Shirley’s investigation sparks outrage over alleged Minnesota welfare fraud

Minnesota was plunged into national controversy after explosive claims emerged suggesting that as much as $8 billion in taxpayer money may have been lost to large-scale welfare fraud, following a viral investigation by YouTuber Nick Shirley.The video has sparked widespread outrage, accusing state agencies of ignoring glaring warning signs while billions of pounds allegedly flowed […]

School uniforms, binoculars and more: Jeffrey Epstein’s Amazon purchases revealed in DOJ files

A newly released tranche of documents from the US Department of Justice has pulled back the curtain on a deeply unsettling aspect of Jeffrey Epstein’s private life: his online shopping history. The records, part of a broader release tied to the federal investigation into the disgraced financier, detail thousands of Amazon purchases that investigators say […]

Hiding in frigid woods: Migrants arrested at US border, entering Canada on foot, fighting frostbite

About 19 undocumented Haitian migrants were arrested in southern Quebec this week after they illegally entered Canada from the US on foot in extreme cold. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they began the search operation after they received a report from the US Border Patrol that some people crossed the border on foot. After […]