I in his latest book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for the Moral Life, New York Times columnist and author David Brooks wages war against our self-centred culture — and has managed to knock Michelle Obama’s Becoming off the bestseller list. ### Its message is simple. For decades, we have exalted “me” at the expense…
Paris: Novak Djokovic became the first man to reach the French Open quarter-finals for 10 successive seasons while Kei Nishikori set-up the toughest challenge on a clay court — facing Rafael Nadal. ### Top seed and world No. 1 Djokovic continued his bid to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously for the second time…
Abu Dhabi: ### ANNOUNCED ### Tuesday will be first day of Eid Al Fitr in the UAE, Gulf News has learnt. Saudi Arabia also anounced Tuesday as the first day of Shawwal. Monday is the 29th of Ramadan as per the Islamic calendar. ###### ### Private sector employees in UAE will enjoy days off until…
Celebrated Bengali singer-actress Ruma Guha Thakurta died of old age at her home in Kolkata on Monday, sources said. She was 84. ### Founder of the Calcutta Youth Choir (CYC), which played a major role in popularising ‘gana sangeet’ or mass songs in Bengal, she showcased her talent in a number of Hindi and Bengali…
Dubai: Digital platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat and Gmail suffered intermittent outages on Sunday afternoon as a result of issues with Google Cloud, which supports a number of internal and external web services. While Google said that the issue was resolved in around four hours, the Down Detector was still showing significant outages for a…
Abu Dhabi: Bahrain’s Mohammad Matar won the top honours in the mixed adult category karting competition held during the inaugural Al Forsan Ramadan Championship. ### The second place was bagged by Marcus Thomas of Germany while Romaldo Labroy from Sri Lanka clinched third. ### In the Under-12 category, Harry Hannam from the UK raced to…
Dubai: Pakistan Association in Dubai (PAD) has provided air tickets to least 179 prisoners to help them go back home to celebrate Eid with their loved ones. ### Tickets have been provided to prisoners who have completed their jail term and also some of those who were pardoned during Ramadan by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad…
Abu Dhabi: Livestock prices have witnessed an increase at the Abu Dhabi Livestock Market in Mina Zayed, ahead of the Eid Al Fitr celebrations owing to the huge demand for meat. ### Livestock traders, however, described the price hikes as nothing unusual as animal prices witness a jump during festivities, particularly during peak summer when…