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New Year’s Day is officially a holiday in the UAEThe best way to start the year? With a well-earned day off. The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources has confirmed that New Year’s Day 2026 will be a public holiday for all federal government employees, giving the nation a welcome chance to ring in the new year with a little extra downtime.According to the official announcement, Thursday, January 1, 2026, will be a fully paid holiday across federal entities and the public sector according to Khaleej Times. That means a long weekend of celebrations, family time, or simply easing into…
Reporting Highlights Lead Legacy: For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of lead. The city now has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S. Expanding Cleanup: Nearly 27,000 Omaha properties could have qualified for cleanup if the EPA applied guidance set under the Biden administration to better match present science. Trump Turnabout: The Trump administration recently raised the concentration of lead in soil required to initiate EPA action. Experts believe fewer properties will get cleaned up. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.…
ReutersThe US has proposed Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region and create a “special economic zone” in the areas it currently controls, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Zelensky said territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remained the two main unresolved issues in the peace plan proposal for Ukraine.In a sobering briefing to reporters, Zelensky addressed the US desire for a quick end to the conflict, the complex nature of the ongoing negotiations, and his belief that Russia had no desire to stop the war.Ukraine has sent the US an updated 20-point plan plus separate documents on…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. is downplaying signals from the Trump administration that it’s considering breaking up the three-way North American free trade agreement into separate deals with Mexico and Canada.Kirsten Hillman, who also serves as Canada’s lead negotiator in trade talks with the U.S., said Thursday that the core rules of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) apply to all three countries. “There is an enormous foundation there that is…
A group of immigration judges on Wednesday afternoon urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a ruling by a federal appeals court that sent a dispute over a policy limiting their speaking engagements back to a federal trial court. The National Association of Immigration Judges told the justices that there was no need for them to step in because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit had merely directed a federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia, “to conduct fact-finding that may inform its resolution” of the group’s challenge. Although the dispute arose as a challenge to the…
Home Daily News Volume of service-of-process requests among… Trials & Litigation Volume of service-of-process requests among concerns reported by surveyed in-house legal professionals By Debra Cassens Weiss November 26, 2025, 12:47 pm CST If you are feeling overwhelmed by demands associated with service of process, you aren’t alone, according to a survey of 250 professionals with senior roles within in-house legal teams. (Image from Shutterstock) If you are feeling overwhelmed by demands associated with service of process, you aren’t alone, according to a survey of 250 professionals with senior roles within in-house legal teams. Fifty-six percent of respondents said the…
A calm, coastal escape that helps you loosen your shoulders and find your breath againSome places soften the world the moment you cross the threshold. Talise Spa, Jumeirah Saadiyat Island does that with no effort at all. One step inside and the chaos of the day slips off your shoulders like a forgotten scarf. Saadiyat’s coastline sits just beyond the windows and suddenly you understand why people talk about wellness as if it’s a calling. For Abu Dhabi’s first Talise Spa, it feels like it arrived exactly when we needed a place to breathe. This is a place built for…
For years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 and the safety of vaccines. He’s promoted disproven treatments for COVID-19 and claimed, without evidence, that athletes are “dropping dead on the field” after getting the COVID-19 vaccination. Now the Wisconsin politician is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments: chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. The book is “The War on Chlorine Dioxide: The Medicine that Could End Medicine” by Dr. Pierre Kory, a critical care specialist who practiced…
At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar’s military hit a hospital in the country’s west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources.The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, an area controlled by the Arakan Army – one of the strongest ethnic armies fighting the country’s military regime.Thousands have died and millions have been displaced since the military seized power in a coup in 2021 and triggered a civil war.In recent months, the military has intensified air strikes to take back territory from ethnic armies. It has also deployed…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway’s capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.Machado had been in hiding since Jan. 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. She had been expected to attend the award ceremony Wednesday in Oslo, where heads of state…