The Sharjah Private Education Authority, SPEA, and Sharjah Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Team announced the gradual return of students to schools on Sunday, within the direct and hybrid education systems, following all precautionary and preventive measures to ensure the safety and health of its students. This move comes after ensuring the readiness of all […]
The construction of the US pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will be completed inNovember, John Rakolta, the US Ambassador to the UAE, said on Tuesday. “The construction of the pavilion is progressing according to our schedule. We look forward to substantial buildings’ completion sometime around 15th November,” he said during a virtual media roundtable with […]
Senior EU and British officials will meet urgently next week on the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which has been threatened by London’s attempt to override parts of the treaty, Brussels said Tuesday. “But please, dear friends in London: Stop the games. Time is running out,” Germany’s European affairs minister Michael Roth warned as he met colleagues […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home and will impose new curbs on pubs, bars and restaurants in a bid to tackle the swiftly accelerating second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. In an address to parliament at the House Of Commons, Johnson emphasised on need for retailers to […]
One of India’s most anticipated Twenty20 cricket leagues, the Indian Premier League [IPL] took to Twitter on Tuesday to thank its global user base for the ‘dream-like’ start to their 11th season, hosted in the United Arab Emirates. The first match, kicking off in the illustrious Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, starred last year’s reigning […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs in Dubai to kick off their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign with a win on Monday. Put in to bat, RCB were off to a flying start. Devdutt Padikkal, making his IPL debut, hit two fours in the second over, followed it […]
A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to expedite all November election mail and to approve additional overtime for postal workers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan said the Postal Service must treat to the extent possible all election mail as first-class mail or priority mail express and “shall pre-approve all […]
Egypt’s antiquities ministry announced Sunday the discovery of 14 sarcophagi in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo that had lain buried for 2,500 years. The coffins were found two days ago during an archaeological dig at the burial spot where another 13 wooden sarcophagi had been discovered last week, the ministry said in a statement. […]
More than a thousand Philippine health workers will finally be allowed to take jobs abroad following President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to ease their travel ban, but they are not celebrating yet and want a total lifting of restrictions. Thousands of health workers, who call themselves “priso-nurses”, had appealed to the government to let them take […]
Lebanon on Sunday held a concert for the victims of last month’s deadly Beirut blast in the grounds of a 19th-century palace wrecked by the massive explosion. The August 4 blast at the capital’s port killed more than 190 people, wounded thousands and destroyed or damaged buildings across swathes of the city. “To be able […]
At least eight people were killed in India when a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday, media reports said, while a disaster agency official said up to 25 people were believed to be trapped in the ruins. Television showed pictures a rescue dog running over the rubble of the building in Bhiwandi, on […]
