Dubai: Sharjah’s global efforts to encourage literary movements and the richness of Emirati and Arab cultures will be in focus at Latin America’s largest book fair next year as the Emirate has been accorded the status of guest-of-honour at the event. ### At a recent event held in Mexico to announce the 34th edition of…
Dubai: The state visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to China from Sunday comes at a time when the trade and economic relations between the two countries are booming. ### China is the UAE’s second largest trading…
An alligator that eluded capture for days in a Chicago lagoon is settling in its new home in Florida. ### The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park said in a Facebook post Friday that it welcomed the reptile known as Chance the Snapper with a banner, pizza and Chicago’s greatest hits. ### The park that…
Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Several thousand people have attended a funeral service in northwestern Bosnia for 86 Muslims who were slain by Serbs in one of the worst atrocities of the country’s 1992-95 war. ### Relatives of the victims, religious leaders and others gathered Saturday at a soccer stadium near the town of Prijedor, standing solemnly behind…
Ras Al Khaimah: Road deaths in the emirate dropped by 23.1 per cent from the beginning of this year until June, an official said. ### The police said the number of deaths decreased due to traffic awareness campaigns in the emirate. ### Neglect, speeding, sudden deviation and lack of attention while driving topped the causes…
Abu Dhabi ### Liwa Date Festival ###### Taking place in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra Region, the event will run until July 27. The festival is aimed at bringing awareness on the cultural significance of the date in Emirati traditions. The festival also sees the participation of hundreds of farmers in daily competitions spread across different…
Iconic female group The Supremes, who earned accolades during their reign on the music charts in the 60s and 70s, are heading to Dubai on September 11 and 12. ### The Supremes had eight individual members, including icons Dina Ross and Mary Wilson, and each of the eight ladies contributed to the group’s recording and…
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission has received so much of media coverage (and rightly so) that India’s Chandrayaan 2, the country’s most ambitious space mission has lost some of its initial glow. But after the last-minute scrubbing of the launch, at T-56.23, and now with the new launch date announced — July…