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DUBAI: Queuing for hours for even a modest amount of bread is now a common experience in Gaza, where rapidly diminishing food supplies and a shortage of safe drinking water have added to the challenges already faced by the Palestinian population living under Israeli siege. Since the Oct. 7 ...

NEW YORK CITY: Developing countries made history at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh in November when they secured a new “loss and damage” fund to support victims of climate disasters.  This key breakthrough, which encourages wealthy nations to provide financial assistance to developing countries grappling ...

A huge shift is about to be underway for the second-most widely circulated cryptocurrency that could drastically reduce the amount of energy it uses. In a move that's been dubbed "The Merge," Ethereum is set to change the way it validates its transactions, from a "proof-of-work" system ...

DUBAI: Every day, Nasima, 16, and Shakila, 17, eagerly await news that their school in Kabul, Lameha-e-Shaheed, will reopen so that they can resume their studies. They have waited one month now since the Taliban abruptly closed secondary schools for girls, reneging on a previous decision to grant women ...

BERNE, Switzerland: Charitable giving is part and parcel of the holy month of Ramadan for any Muslim who can afford it. Zakat, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, is levied on the property of those who meet minimum wealth standards (nisab). In most Muslim-majority countries, zakat ...

Friday, Nov. 19 marked the 40-year anniversary of two Canadian legends and how they managed to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest drive around the world.Garry Sowerby and Ken Langley, both now 70 years of age, set out from Toronto’s CN Tower on Sept. 6, 1980 ...

The United States military still reigns as the most preeminent one in the world, but a new report exclusively obtained by Fox News shows that sustaining that superiority is far from guaranteed as the Pentagon still trudges through budget cuts put in place almost a decade ago.The Heritage Foundation's "2021 Index of ...

MISSOURI: The Turkish lira plumbed new depths on Monday, breaching the psychological barrier of  8 to the US dollar, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged the US to slap more sanctions on his country and ratcheted up the rhetoric against European leaders. Barely 10 years ago, Turkey’s foreign relations ...

While the world will be closely watching the U.S. election, some countries will be watching more closely than others.A number of world leaders have a personal stake in the outcome, with their fortunes depending heavily on the success — or failure — of President Donald Trump. Read more: ...

ABU DHABI: From cooking free meals and serving as frontline medical staff to sewing face masks and producing soap, migrants and refugees have become significant contributors to the global fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, current data has not fully captured the scale of their sacrifices or ...