December fuel prices rise slightly across the UAE / AI Generated Image UAE motorists should prepare for a slight increase at the pump as the nation’s Fuel Price Committee announced an upward adjustment across all categories for December 2025. The new rates, which track global oil market movements, are officially in effect starting December 1, […]
GENEVA: Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for men and women alike and on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight.Neither initiative is expected to pass, according to recent polls, but they have generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation. Under Switzerland’s […]
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Dr Vinay Prasad , told agency staff in a memo that at least ten children died ‘after and because of receiving’ the Covid-19 vaccine.The 3,000-word memo, obtained by NBC News, was authored by Dr Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA’s […]
du marks UAE National Day with massive data giveaway / AI Generated Image Telecom provider du is rolling out a monumental gift for the UAE’s 54th National Day, or Eid Al Etihad, offering a generous 54GB of free, high-speed 5G data to its customer base. Available starting December 1, 2025, this bonus ensures subscribers can […]
Representative image credits: IANS At least 20 people died, and several remain missing after a boat capsized on Lake Maï-Ndombe in northwestern Congo, according to local residents. The vessel, traveling from the town of Kiri to the capital, Kinshasa, included a newly ordained Catholic deacon, the local Diocese said in a statement on Friday.The boat […]
Representative image (AI-generated) A group of of young women and girls abducted in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on November 22 were freed late Saturday.Their release comes amid a surge in abductions of young people across the country over the past two weeks.“All 12 were released,” Abubakar Mazhinyi, president of the local Askira-Uba council, told the […]
US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday justified his stance on a permanent pause on migration from all “third-world countries” by citing Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).“Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States […]
LONDON: “What’s it about?” was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph. Tired of being asked, Stoppard is said to have replied to a woman outside a theatre on Broadway: “It’s about to make me very rich.“ He later questioned whether he had said “very”, […]
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition.Secretary of state Marco Rubio said Friday his department paused “visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on […]
33 Thomas Street/ Image:X In a city obsessed with views, one of Manhattan’s tallest towers has none. At 33 Thomas Street in Lower Manhattan, a 550-foot concrete block rises above the Civic Center with no windows, no visible life, and no obvious explanation. When a recent video of the building resurfaced on Reddit, the old […]
