Author: Olive Metuge
Perfect for a quick Eid break…City life can get busy, so if you’re thinking that you need a little break this Eid, there are plenty of options that are short flights from Dubai or Abu Dhabi. Here is our guide to some of the best destinations, within a short hop from the UAE. 3 of 12 MaldivesA bucket list location for so many people around the world and we are so lucky to be able to fly there in a few hours from the UAE. One of the most picturesque places in the world, I think everyone recognises those famous…
If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In recent years, millions of Americans have filed complaints with the agency. Sometimes they did so after a long, unsuccessful back-and-forth with customer service representatives. In other cases, a friend, family member or advocate referred them. The number of complaints — about payday loans, debt collection practices and more — has been growing steadily. The federal agency fielded 2.7 million of them last year, and half of those resulted in…
Barbara Plett UsherBBC News, Port SudanAFPCivilians have been celebrating the army’s recent territorial gains, from the presidential palace to the airport in the capital KhartoumThe Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war.Gen Mohamed Abdel Rahman al-Bilawi, commander of the operation in eastern Khartoum, said troops had fully secured it and might be able to clear the rest of the RSF fighters by the end of day.The army has been moving swiftly since recapturing the presidential palace on…
Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war and chanting “Hamas out,” social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group that sparked the latest war with its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.Northern Gaza has been one of the most devastated areas of the enclave since the conflict began. Most buildings in the densely populated area have been reduced to rubble and much of the population has moved several times.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to say the protest showed Israel’s decision to renew its offensive was working in Gaza, where Hamas police — the…
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Home Daily News Supreme Court appears likely to rule against… U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court appears likely to rule against Mexico in suit against gun-makers for cartel violence By Debra Cassens Weiss March 5, 2025, 12:46 pm CST The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to side with U.S. gun companies arguing that Mexico cannot sue over the flow of firearms into the country. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Sipa USA via the Associated Press) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to side with U.S. gun companies arguing that Mexico cannot sue over the flow of firearms into…
That’s a lot of people…Dubai International Airport (DXB) is bracing for a huge surge of people passing through the airport this Eid break. There’s more than 3.6 million guests in total expected to pass through the terminals during the Eid travel peak from March 26 to April 7. The busiest day of the travel surge is expected on Saturday, April 5, when 309,000 travelers are expected.Daily total traffic is set to average at around 276,000 guests, with the first week of April expected to be the busies. Departures during the Eid week are anticipated to surge by 19 per cent…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Gregorio brothers had just begun their daybreak commute to work assembling wooden pallets in late January when federal officers in SUVs pulled them over in a Chicago suburb. Jhony and Bayron were in one car. A third brother, Marco, was traveling separately, in another car behind them. After Jhony Gregorio handed over his identification, an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened his door and pulled him out. Before long, more than a dozen other officers had…
US Vice-President JD Vance will join his wife Usha in travelling to Greenland on Friday, a visit that follows Donald Trump’s threats to take over the island.The couple will go to the Pituffik Space Base to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet members of US forces stationed there, according to the White House. Usha Vance had planned to travel to the Danish territory on a cultural visit before her husband announced his plans. Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is also set to visit this week on a separate trip.Officials in Greenland have fiercely criticised the planned…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language from government organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasing references to its promise to land the first woman and first person of colour on the lunar surface from several of its web pages, citing Trump. The space agency pledged five years ago that its Artemis program would achieve both goals, while also putting the first non-American astronaut on the moon. But references to this have been recently stripped from NASA’s website. As recently as March 14, the main page for the Artemis program said: “NASA will land the first woman, first person of color, and…