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And no, we aren’t talking about places like the Burj Khalifa or Museum of the Future…The UAE is a stunning country, no doubt about that. We have the cosmopolitan cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, but we also have plenty of nature in our Northern Emirates. While a Google image search immediately brings up countless images of Burj Khalifa – one of the world’s tallest buildings, the Palm Jumeirah, the Museum of the Future, and the Abu Dhabi skyline, this isn’t what this article is about.Here you will find wonderful gems hidden away in the corners of the country, that…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, a 2023-2024 LRN partner. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. For half a century, through scandals, investigations, failed state inspections and even the illegal use of seclusion to punish children, Richard L. Bean remained in his perch of power as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name. Throughout nearly all of his tenure, there was only one body that could remove him from his post: a board of trustees unlike any other in the…
Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentWatch: Firefighters battle flames after Kharkiv apartments hit by Russian strikesRussian has launched a massive drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city, the mayor of Kharkiv has said, killing at least three and injuring a further 21.Ihor Terekhov said that overnight Russia launched 48 drones, two missiles and four gliding bombs in an attack he described as “open terror”.It comes after a massive wave of drones and missiles struck across Ukraine on Thursday night. Moscow said the strikes were in response to “terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime”, following Ukraine’s surprise raids on Russian air bases last Sunday.Meanwhile, Russian…
Ukrainian officials say a massive Russian drone and missile attack in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday has killed at least three people and injured 21, the latest in nearly daily widespread attacks.The barrage included aerial glide bombs that have become part of a fierce Russian onslaught in the three-year war.The intensity of the Russian attacks over recent weeks, along with Kyiv’s recent surprise drone attack on military airfields deep inside Russia, appear to be dampening hopes the warring sides could reach a peace deal anytime soon.Ukrainian cities have come under regular bombardment since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022. The attacks have killed…
The Supreme Court on Friday evening released orders from the justices’ private conference on Thursday. The justices added four new cases, involving issues such as federal sentencing, the death penalty, and civil procedure, to their docket for the 2025-26 term. The court had originally been scheduled to release the list of orders on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. But after a software malfunction resulted in email notifications regarding individual cases included on the order list being sent prematurely to lawyers involved in those cases, the court opted to release the entire list shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday. The justices granted Alabama’s…
Home Daily News ABA Journal wins magazine of the year from… Law in Popular Culture ABA Journal wins magazine of the year from business press group for third time in a row By Debra Cassens Weiss May 29, 2025, 2:05 pm CDT The ABA Journal took home the top honor Tuesday, when it was named national Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Updated: The ABA Journal took home the top honor Tuesday, when it was named national Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. The win was the third…
I love you so matcha…Matcha seems to be the latest craze and we are all for it. You can get your matcha in Dubai in a number of different ways from tea, ice cream, baked goods, and much more.However, one of the most popular ways to consume it is as a matcha latte. The magical beverage is made with green tea powder and steamed milk. The green tea gives you a health kick without compromising on the caffeine boost we all need and crave.Here are 19 spots to get the best matcha in Dubai:HoofThis specialty coffee house serves up some…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When an AI script written by a Department of Government Efficiency employee came across a contract for internet service, it flagged it as cancelable. Not because it was waste, fraud or abuse — the Department of Veterans Affairs needs internet connectivity after all — but because the model was given unclear and conflicting instructions. Sahil Lavingia, who wrote the code, told it to cancel, or in his words “munch,” anything that wasn’t “directly supporting patient care.” Unfortunately, neither…
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck during a live TV broadcast in Chile’s northern city of Copiapó. Chilean politician and presidential candidate, Carolina Toha, was speaking about her campaign proposals with two journalists when the studio began shaking.The interview was cut short as all three quickly left the studio as the tremors continued, knocking down equipment on the set. Source link
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement, is being returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what the Trump administration say was a massive human smuggling operation that brought immigrants into the country illegally.His abrupt release from El Salvador closes one chapter and opens another in a saga that yielded a remarkable, months-long standoff between Trump officials and the courts over a deportation that officials initially acknowledged was done in error but then continued to stand behind in apparent defiance of orders by…