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A record 300,000 public votes, 37 winners, and the first-ever tie for Restaurant of the YearDubai’s food scene just had a big night. At the fourth Deliveroo Restaurant Awards, Pickl and Mashrou3 Tabkha were jointly crowned Restaurant of the Year, the first tie in the award’s history and a neat snapshot of how homegrown brands continue to set the pace. The result capped a bumper edition that drew nearly 1,000 nominations, recognised 37 category winners, and logged a record 300,000-plus public votes as Deliveroo marked its 10th year in the UAE.The headline category follows a two-step process: open public voting,…

After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  This is one of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration’s focus on mass deportations. For months, ICE has been on a recruiting blitz, offering $50,000 starting bonuses and tuition reimbursement at an agency that has long offered better pay than the federal prison system. For many corrections officers, it’s been an easy sell.  Workers at detention centers and maximum-security prisons…

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorMarharyta Fal/Frontliner/Getty ImagesThe draft US-Russia peace plan has been widely leaked and we now know that it proposes to hand over those areas of Ukraine’s industrial eastern Donbas region still under Ukrainian control to the de facto control of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.Latest versions of the text also call for Ukraine to cut the size of its armed forces to 600,000 people.But what else is known about the text and who stands to benefit from it most?What are the key points?There are 28 key points and there are several on the face of it that could be acceptable…

Ukraine may face a hard choice at a pivotal point in its almost four-year fight to defeat Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians in a national address Friday, pledging to hold constructive discussions with Washington on a U.S. peace proposal.The U.S. plan contains many of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longstanding demands, including Ukrainian territorial concessions, while offering limited security guarantees to Ukraine. It foresees Ukraine handing over territory to Russia, something Zelenskyy has repeatedly ruled out, reduces the size of it army and blocks its coveted path to NATO membership.U.S. President Donald Trump in a radio interview on…

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Washington is well-known for its acronyms, and the Supreme Court is no exception. One example that usually signifies that something went awry at the court is the “DIG.” It stands for the procedure by which a case is “dismissed as improvidently granted.” While that may sound dry, such dismissals can be of considerable significance.   Let’s back up and start with a simple explanation. When the court “DIGs” a case, it means the justices have decided it was a mistake…

Home Daily News Cozen O’Connor adds 50-plus lawyers through… Law Firms Cozen O’Connor adds 50-plus lawyers through merger in market that is ‘a bit of the best kept secret’ By Debra Cassens Weiss November 6, 2025, 2:25 pm CST Cozen O’Connor will add more than 50 lawyers after a Jan. 1 merger with Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett. (Image from Shutterstock) Cozen O’Connor will add more than 50 lawyers after a Jan. 1 merger with Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett. The merger will enhance Cozen O’Connor’s services in the Midwest, “particularly across its regulatory, transactional and financial practice…

The Dubai Airshow 2025 took place this week and there were so many huge announcementsThe world’s largest aerospace event, The Dubai Airshow 2025 took place this week from November 17 to 21. It was packed full of events and conferences and there were huge announcements made by the brands who attended. Take a look at the news below.Emirates to introduce free, superfast Starlink WiFiWho doesn’t love scrolling Instagram in the air? Well it’s about to get faster. It has been announced that Emirates Airlines will  deploy Starlink Wi-Fi across its entire in-service fleet, beginning with Boeing 777 aircraft in November…

A year ago, the federal Indian Health Service posted dozens of flyers on Facebook promoting flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics across the Navajo Nation, where the pandemic had inflicted a staggering toll just a few years earlier. The notices, featuring photos of smiling families and elders in traditional clothing, tied immunization to tribal values like community responsibility and made a clear case for getting the shots. “Vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness or hospitalization,” one of them said. But this year, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic, has put his stamp on…

Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and BBC MonitoringBloomberg via Getty ImagesKirill Dmitriev has played a prominent role in Russia’s return from diplomatic isolation in 2025Kirill Dmitriev is a rare breed of Russian diplomat.At 50 he is relatively young and he has a deep understanding of the US, having studied and worked there for several years.He is also a man of commerce, as head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, and a good fit for his opposite number in the Trump administration, special envoy Steve Witkoff.Dmitriev now finds himself under the spotlight over a draft peace plan that emerged after he spent…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million US ($77 million Cdn) at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled El sueño (La cama) or, in English, The Dream (The Bed) — surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, which sold at Sotheby’s for $44.4 million US in…