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…
Abu Dhabi: The fixed broadband speed and connectivity in the UAE is the fastest in the region, according to the latest data from Ookla, a global leader in internet testing, data and analysis. ### The data from Ookla showed network performance of the UAE as one of the highest in the world with the country…
Dubai: Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao says that he has ‘something to prove’ when he takes on American Keith Thurman in Saturday’s WBA super welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. ### Thurman is 10 years younger than the 40-year-old Filipino boxing icon but it is not the…
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: US, Italian and Russian astronauts are set to blast off into space Saturday in a launch coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. ### Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Nasa’s Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will travel to the International Space…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the US had taken down an Iranian drone that was threatening a US naval vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, despite denials from Tehran. ### “No doubt about it, no – we shot it down,” Trump said in the Oval Office. ### His National Security Advisor John…
Dubai: UAE opener and coach Chirag Suri is adopting a smart learning process to fine-tune his game as he embarks on another milestone in his career. ### Speaking to Gulf News, the 24-year-old, who coaches as the Front Foot Sports Academy in Dubai, said: “I am reinventing myself at the academy. When I teach the…
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