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Because dinner tastes better with a backdrop like this…Let’s be honest, half the fun of dining out in Dubai is the view – a killer setting just makes everything taste better. Some of the best restaurants in Dubai with a view are worth visiting for the view alone – but when the food matches the setting, that’s when you know you’ve found something special. Because you’re also here for that ‘wow’ moment every time you look up from your plate. Here are 19 of the best restaurants in Dubai with a view in 2025.Click through the gallery 3 of 12…

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. This year, the head of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed. Under that law, if vehicle owners don’t reclaim their towed cars or can’t afford the fees, towing companies can sell them, but they are required to hold onto the proceeds…

The Supreme Court has granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to block a lower court order requiring that a man deported to El Salvador be returned to the US.Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to pause a ruling that Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be brought back by a deadline of midnight on Monday.The government has said Mr Garcia was deported on 15 March due to an “administrative error”, although they also allege he is a member of the MS-13 gang, which his lawyer denies.In its emergency appeal to America’s highest court, the administration argued the Maryland judge lacked authority…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alex Ovechkin for setting an “outstanding record” as the NHL’s all-time top goal-scorer.In a message after Ovechkin’s 895th career goal broke a tie for the record with Wayne Gretzky in the Washington Capitals’ 4-1 loss Sunday to the New York Islanders, Putin said the achievement was something Russians would celebrate.”I congratulate you on your outstanding record. You have surpassed legendary masters in the number of goals scored in National Hockey League regular-season games,” Putin said in a statement released by the Kremlin on Monday.Breaking Gretzky’s record “has become not only your personal success, but…

EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 7, 2025 at 12:44 pm A decision from the court could come at any time. (Katie Barlow) The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Monday morning, asking the justices to block an order by a federal judge in Maryland that instructed the federal government to return a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador, where he is being held in a maximum-security mega-prison, to the United States by Monday evening. Shortly after the government came to the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit denied the Department…

Home Daily News Prosecutors ‘gravely injured’ his reputation… Prosecutors Prosecutors ‘gravely injured’ his reputation with misleading assertions, SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 21, 2025, 9:20 am CDT SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein is alleging that federal prosecutors “seriously misled the court” and should be rebuked for misstatements in public filings in a tax fraud case against him. (Photo by Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) Updated: SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein is alleging that federal prosecutors “seriously misled the court” and should be rebuked for misstatements in public filings in a tax fraud case against him. Goldstein criticized the government…

Sponsored: From a cheeky Tiki Luau to a sophisticated penthouse jaw-dropper…Gastronomy is often at its best when it’s arranged in pairs. Steak and frites, F&B, Michelin and Stars, pizza and pasta, pretty much any food item and cheese. And so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the following brunches come from an all-star duo of Dubai hotels, Hilton Dubai Jumeirah and Hilton Dubai The Walk.These award-winning feasts come with a variety of cuisine, timings, views, vibes and live entertainment, but still retain that same Hilton commitment to excellence. All that remains, is for you to choose which one is right for you,…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes and hiring pauses have weakened the nation’s already strained firefighting force by hitting support staff who play crucial roles in preventing and battling blazes. Most notably, about 700 Forest Service employees terminated in mid-February’s “Valentine’s Day massacre” are red-card-carrying staffers, an…

Asian stock markets have plummeted as the shockwaves from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to reverberate around the world.Major indexes from Shanghai to Tokyo and Sydney to Hong Kong plunged on Monday. “It’s a bloodbath,” one analyst told the BBC.As a region that manufactures so many of the goods sold globally, Asian countries and territories are being hit directly by the tariffs. They are also particularly sensitive to the impact of fears that a global trade war could trigger a slowdown or even a recession in the world’s biggest economy.Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark index closed down by 7.8%, the…

4 hours agoNewsDuration 2:04The Palestinian Red Crescent has released video clearly showing emergency vehicles with lights flashing before the Israeli military opened fire on them last month, killing 15 paramedics and aid workers later found in a mass grave. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) originally said the vehicles approached them unmarked and in darkness. Source link