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The two new bars in Dubai include a speakeasy… Next month, there are two new amazing bars coming to Dubai. DIFC’s already established dining scene will have two new features on the 16th floor of Emirates Financial Towers, Geisha and Opal Room. Both separate entities but also completely interconnected, Geisha is a seductive Pan Asian dining lounge, and Opal Room is an exclusive speakeasy hidden in plain sight. You can head there for the whole night, from sunset to early hours, as these new venues promise an escape into a world where every moment feels like a scene from a film…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Feb. 10, more than a dozen Department of Homeland Security officials joined a video conference to discuss an obscure, sparsely funded program overseen by its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The office, charged with investigating when the national security agency is accused of violating the rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, had found itself in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s secretive Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. It began as a typical briefing, with…

AFPA mural on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran depicts the Iranian government’s view of negotiations with the USIran is ready to engage with the US at talks on Saturday over its nuclear programme “with a view to seal a deal”, its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no “military option”, Araghchi said, and added that Iran would “never accept coercion”.He also insisted the negotiations in Oman would be indirect, contradicting Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday that they would be “direct talks”.Trump, who pulled the US out…

The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday. Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers occurred near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military personnel engaged Ukrainian troops. Zelenskyy noted that previously captured North Korean soldiers were fighting in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces captured territory, while the Chinese were caught on Ukrainian soil. Ukraine has information that there are “significantly more” Chinese fighting alongside the Russians in the more than three-year war, Zelenskyy said, posting a video…

EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 8, 2025 at 12:44 pm The Trump administration asked the court to step in on March 25. (Katie Barlow) The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order by a judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 workers who were fired by six agencies earlier this year. A group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs argued that the terminations by the Office of Personnel Management violated several different parts of the federal law governing administrative agencies. But by an apparent vote of 7-2, the justices nonetheless put…

For decades, ABA Day has brought together legal professionals from across the country to advocate for critical issues affecting the legal profession and access to justice. In 2025, we are expanding this tradition to ensure that every lawyer—whether in Washington, online, or at home—can play an active role in shaping the future of the law. This year, ABA Day 2025 will include three components: ABA Day in Washington (April 8–10): The traditional cornerstone of our advocacy efforts, where ABA members meet face-to-face with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss key legislative issues. ABA Day Online (April 9): A live-streamed, interactive…

Endless food offerings await…If you love food and want to be spoilt for choice, take note, e& Beach Canteen is back – which is excellent news for our bellies.The pop-up returns to Nessnass Beach in Jumeirah from Thursday, March 27 to Sunday, April 13, transforming the space into a bustling hub packed with food, entertainment, games, wellness, and shopping opportunities.The best news? Entry is free.*Unmissable music events in the UAE this April*What can you expect at e& Beach Canteen this year?If you visited last year, expect the same cool vibes alongside delicious options to eat, spanning street food to gourmet.We…

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. Members of a bipartisan committee of North Carolina senators are asking the state auditor to investigate how money intended to stop human trafficking had been spent and managed, in response to ProPublica’s reporting. ProPublica had reported how the Republican-dominated legislature had directed $15 million for sexual abuse survivors away from Democratic-led agencies that had long overseen such money, sending it to a tiny commission in the Republican-helmed state court…

South Sudan has criticised the revoking of US visas for all its nationals, saying it was based on an incident involving a citizen of a different African country. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the visa ban on Saturday, citing South Sudan’s refusal to accept the return of its citizens being removed from the US. But South Sudan’s foreign ministry said that a man who was refused entry after being deported from the US was a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It added that the individual was “returned to the sending country for further processing”.This is the…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.In a bitterly divided decision, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans who it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to court.But the conservative majority said the legal challenges must take place in Texas, instead of a Washington courtroom.The court’s action appears to bar the administration from immediately resuming the flights that last month carried hundreds of migrants to a notorious…