London: England pacer Jofra Archer and former batsman Kevin Pietersen engaged in some social media banter in which both said they are ready to take the field against each other. ### Archer, who was awarded a Test and white-ball contract by the England Cricket Board (ECB) after his sensational debut international season in the World…
Dubai: Dubai’s first floating Smart Police Station (SPS), completely free from any human intervention will be opened in the middle of the sea on the World Islands. ### Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior inaugurated the new automated station in Dubai during Gitex Technology week on Wednesday in presence of Major General…
Dubai: A sex racket has been uncovered where Shiite clerics are marrying girls off for a few hours in Mut’ah or pleasure marriages. ### A team of journalists went undercover in Iraq to investigate allegations that some clerics are acting as pimps and sending women into prostitution while exploiting a marriage contract called Mut’ah. ### What…
Dubai: The 24-hour ‘Big Bad Wolf Books’ sale, said to be the world’s biggest, starts on Thursday at Dubai Studio City, offering over 3 million books at up to 80 per discount until October 20. ### On Wednesday, scores of registered shoppers visited the event’s VIP Day. The general public can shop from Thursday till…
New York: Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 billion (Dh29.4 billion) in punitive damages to a man who previously won $680,000 over his claims that it failed to warn that young men using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow breasts, a Philadelphia jury said on Tuesday. ### The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury’s verdict…
Dubai: Hazzaa AlMansoori, the UAE’s first Emirati astronaut, who has recently returned from his mission to the International Space Station, shared a precious few images he had taken from space of the city that inspires him. ### In non-touched-up photographs, AlMansoori shared photographs of the shoreline of Dubai, complete with the Palm, and The World – an archipelago…
STOCKHOLM (AP): The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to 3 scientists for the development of lithium-ion batteries. ###### The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced Wednesday, a day after the Physics award was given to a Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists. ### They created a rechargeable world ### Statement from Nobel: The…
Dubai: Snakes known for their deadly venom that can kill within hours have been found lurking in homes located in the New Dubai area. ### Several sightings of vipers have been reported in certain residential communities here — including Jumeirah Park. Previously sightings of these poisonous snakes have been at homes in Jumeirah Islands and…
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As the investigation progresses, new updates have been coming up in the alleged serial killing by Kodathai resident Jolly Shaju. As of now six murders are being investigated and Jolly is the prime accused in all of these. ### However, on Wednesday, media reports surfaced that Jolly may have tried to murder more people, within…