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Reinier de Ridder returns to the capital for the biggest fight of his careerThere’s something poetic about Reinier de Ridder’s (RdR) return to Abu Dhabi. A decade ago, the Dutch dynamo clinched his first major title on the mats of the capital at the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championship. Fast forward to 2025, and he’s back, only this time, the gloves are off, the lights are brighter, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.On Saturday, July 26, de Ridder will step into the Octagon at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi for his first-ever UFC main event, facing none…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified George Mason University on July 1 that it was opening an antisemitism investigation based on a recent complaint, the university’s president, Gregory Washington, said he was “perplexed.” Compared with other campuses, where protesters had ransacked buildings and hunkered down in encampments, George Mason had been relatively quiet over the past year, he said. His administration had taken extensive steps to improve relations with the Jewish community, had enacted strict…
A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.Named 3I/Atlas, it may be three billion years older than our own solar system, suggests the team from Oxford university.It is only the third time we have detected an object that has come from beyond our solar system.The preliminary findings were presented on Friday at the national meeting of the UK’s Royal Astronomical Society in Durham.”We’re all very excited by 3I/Atlas,” University of Oxford astronomer Matthew Hopkins told BBC News. “I’ve just finished my PhD where I spent four years predicting the…
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Varvara Tupkalenko’s two sons played at home with miniature cars, like many boys their age.Today, plastic guns are the favoured toys in their living room in the village of Kalynove, just 15 kilometres from the Russian border in the northeastern Kharkiv region.Instead of scampering across playgrounds, Andrii, 8, and Maksym, 6, climb through abandoned trenches and charred shells of armoured vehicles that sit on the outskirts of the village.Varvara Tupkalenko, 30, walks with her sons Maksym Tupkalenko, 6, and Andrii Tupkalenko, 8, as they hold Nerf guns, their favourite toys. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)”They’re kids afflicted by…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow Florida to enforce a state law that makes it a crime for anyone who entered the United States illegally to enter or remain in the state. In a brief unsigned order, the justices left in place an order by a federal district judge in Miami that bars the state from implementing the law. The groups challenging the law had argued that the state had failed to “adequately explain why, especially given Florida’s extensive and ongoing collaboration with federal enforcement efforts, the State must also be allowed to enforce its own state immigration…
Your weekend, sortedAnother weekend, another curated list for our lovely capital crowd. With summer in full swing, if you’re looking out for cool deals you can enjoy indoors, we’ve got you sorted. Here are some of the top things to do in Abu Dhabi this week.Friday, July 11Friday evening roastPunjab Grill roastWhy wait until Sunday to enjoy a roast? Post work on Friday, make your way to Punjab Grill at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Canal in Abu Dhabi and tuck into a delicious roast. But it isn’t just any roast; it comes with an Indian twist. The menu combines the iconic British…
Social media videos show black smoke billowing from a luxury yacht on fire in St Tropez in the French Riviera on Thursday. The blaze took place on the Sea Lady II, a 41m boat which sleeps up to 10 guests and can be chartered from €65,000 (£56,000) a week. Firefighters initially struggled to get on board to contain the fire, while emergency services quickly moved away surrounding yachts and put up anti-pollution barriers. Officials said the boat was likely to sink in the port and the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Source link
Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation Thursday after discovering that the leader of their country’s closest bilateral partner does not appear to know what language they speak.At a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to brief remarks from his Liberian counterpart, Joseph Boakai, by marvelling at his “beautiful” English and asking where he learned it.This has resulted in much eye-rolling and plenty of frustration, as English is the official language of Liberia, a country founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans.Government statements are published in standard English…
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Zachary Shemtob, The morning read for Thursday, July 10, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 10, 2025, 9:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/the-morning-read-for-thursday-july-10/ Source link
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