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Where to cool off with cakes, cones and creamy treatsThere’s dessert at the end of dinner. Then there’s dessert that’s the whole plan, because sometimes dessert just needs its own moment. Cafés and spots built around doing one thing really well: dessert. And yes, there’s good coffee too. Here are 5 of the best dessert cafés in Dubai for when you feel like sitting down for something layered, frozen, baked or plated.Bonbon Café Angelo MusaImages: SuppliedCreated by world-renowned pastry chef Angelo Musa, this elegant café at The Lana brings French patisserie to Dubai’s waterfront. It’s minimalist and calm. Expect perfectly…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer use China-based engineering teams to support the Defense Department’s cloud computing systems, following ProPublica’s investigation of the practice, which cybersecurity experts said could expose the government to hacking and espionage. But it turns out the Pentagon was not the only part of the government facing such a threat. For years, Microsoft has also used its global workforce, including China-based personnel, to maintain the cloud systems of other federal departments,…
ReutersInternational concern has risen this week with warnings that starvation has gripped GazaAlmost one in three people in the Gaza Strip are going for days without eating, the UN’s food aid programme has warned.”Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment,” the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement.Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified this week. Nine more people died of malnutrition on Friday, according to the Palestinian territory’s Hamas-run health ministry – bringing the total such deaths since the war began to 122.Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies into Gaza,…
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Zachary Shemtob, The morning read for Friday, July 25, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 25, 2025, 9:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/the-morning-read-for-friday-july-25/ Source link
Home Daily News Special master to decide whether Quinn Emanuel… Law Firms Special master to decide whether Quinn Emanuel lawyers must contribute to $3M sanction By Debra Cassens Weiss July 15, 2025, 8:45 am CDT A federal judge imposed a significant sanction for alleged misrepresentations about the need for Natera Inc. to introduce a supplemental expert report shortly before a jury trial. Sipa via AP Images Updated: A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the payment of nearly $3 million in legal fees to a medical diagnostics company and appointed a special master to determine whether individual lawyers at Quinn…
Brunches in Dubai aren’t just meals, they’re iconic events, and these 11 prove exactly why the city is the global capital of weekend indulgenceBrunches in Dubai are a weekend ritual and nowhere does it quite like this city. Whether you’re looking for a high-energy party with DJs and dancing, a refined culinary journey with five-star flair, or a relaxed afternoon with scenic views and top-tier bites, Dubai’s brunch scene has something for every palate and mood. From beachfront fiestas and Peruvian powerhouses to jungle-themed escapes and sophisticated rooftop affairs, these 11 iconic brunches capture the very best of what Dubai…
As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into a largely ungoverned, invisible cache of fresh water: the vast, hidden pools found deep underground. Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly disappearing, signaling what the paper’s authors describe as “a critical, emerging threat to humanity.” The landmasses of the planet are drying. In most places there is less precipitation even as moisture evaporates from the…
A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. “I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians,” Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of “brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population”. Source link
Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. One of the more closely watched, “hot-button” cases of the Supreme Court’s recently wound-down 2024-25 term was Mahmoud v. Taylor. (For more, see my friend Asma Uddin’s helpful July 1 review and discussion of the decision.) In a nutshell, the case involved several parents’ First Amendment challenge to a Maryland school…
Home Daily News Supreme Court decision allowing mass firings… U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court decision allowing mass firings at Education Department ‘is indefensible,’ dissenters say By Debra Cassens Weiss July 15, 2025, 9:43 am CDT The U.S. Supreme Court allowed mass firings at the U.S. Education Department The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed mass firings to proceed at the U.S. Education Department, prompting a vigorous dissent from the court’s three liberal justices. The Supreme Court stayed a May 22 preliminary injunction that ordered the department to restore nearly 1,400 fired employees to their jobs. Acting in response to an…