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Emirati girl who fell from second floor at school faces long road to recovery
FUJAIRAH // An Emirati girl who suffered severe injuries when she fell from the second floor at her school in Fujairah has yet to return to classes and faces a long road to recovery.Alaa Al Abduli, 14, was sitting on a small wall at Lubaba bint Al Harith School, in Al Bidyah, near Fujairah City when she lost her balance and fell on October 4.She broke her [...]
Damascus Diary: A City Filled With Life, and Hints of Brutal Death
Downtown Damascus feels busy and alive, with people boarding vans and buses to get to work as in any other city. But the heavy traffic is partly a result of the security checkpoints that have proliferated. Continue reading the main story We were forbidden to photograph checkpoints, but they are ubiquitous. Our government-required minder alternately castigated, teased and charmed the soldiers and militiamen to speed our passage. [...]
Sweden's Henrik Stenson tops European Tour's money list
Sweden's Henrik Stenson has won European Tour's Order Of Merit for the second time after none of his challengers could replace him at the top of the money list on the final day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. Matthew Fitzpatrick holed a nerve-shredding four-foot putt at the 18th to win the season-ending tournament at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai. The 22 year trailed [...]
Aleppo Bombs Leave Quarter Million ‘Living in Hell’ and Without Hospital Care
Dr. Omar, the last neurosurgeon in eastern Aleppo, who declined to provide his full name out of fear for his safety, sounded desperate when reached at the height of the bombing on Friday. Continue reading the main story “We no longer have hospitals to operate in,” he said. “You can’t imagine what it’s like living in Aleppo right now. It feels like we are living in hell. [...]
Food pit stops: our guide to eating out during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend
Race weekend is almost here. Whether you will be in the stands at the track or watching the Grand Prix on a big-screen TV in downtown Abu Dhabi, you need to eat. Here are our picks for the best spots to refuel. newslideDine in the middle of the actionIf you have your Formula One tickets or a room booked at the Yas Viceroy, you will already be [...]
Giants 22, Bears 16: Giants Rally Past Bears for Their Fifth Straight Win
Photo Giants tight end Will Tye beat Bears safety Adrian Amos for a 9-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a sloppy game and far from the Giants’ best performance on offense, defense or special teams, but on Sunday they prevailed over the Chicago Bears, 22-16, to improve their season record to 7-3.It is the team’s best record [...]Advertisements
Why Deutsche Bank Thinks The S&P Is Going To 2,500 Next
For the past year, Deutsche Bank was one of the most stubbornly pessimistic banks. Then, overnight, everything changed for one reason: Donald Trump. The German bank laid out its 180-degree change in opinion in a 30-page Friday note titled "Trump: the huge picture for stocks", in which it revealed that it now expects the S&P to easily rise to 2,250 by Trump's inauguration, and then rise to [...]
Call of Duty Dev Explains How Zombies in Spaceland Came To Be
Call of Duty Dev Explains How Zombies in Spaceland Came To Be (Video Videos) | Video Games, Wikis, Cheats, Walkthroughs, Reviews, News & Videos - IGN Middle East Call of Duty Dev Explains How Zombies in Spaceland Came To Be Infinity Ward's Lee Ross stops by to give us tons of details on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Zombies in Spaceland mode, from it's inception, to what [...]
Matthew Fitzpatrick holds nerve to claim $1.33m DP World Tour Championship
England's Matthew Fitzpatrick sank a knee-knocking birdie putt from four feet on the final hole to seal the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday in a dramatic conclusion. The $1.33 million first prize for the season-ending tournament in Dubai meant the 22-year-old from Sheffield, who carded a five-under-par 67 to finish the tournament 17-under, roughly doubled the amount he had won combined from his other 25 events [...]
Trump seen unlikely to implement threat to stop Saudi oil imports
|By Arabian Post Staff| Donald Trump may not go the full course on his threat to stop imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, which he had threatened during the election campaign, analysts say.“We protect countries, and take tremendous monetary hits protecting countries,” Trump said in an interview cited by Reuters. “We lose, monetarily, everywhere. And yet, without us, Saudi Arabia wouldn’t exist for very long.” Trump said […]
Arabian Travel Market to host first ever global halal summit
Arabian Travel Market will host the first ATM Global Halal Tourism summit as part of its line-up of special focus events, the organsiers have announced. Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of the annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai said the summit will feature experts from the Muslim travel world to discuss growth opportunities and positive economic impact. The summit, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday [...]
In Vermont’s Bid to Lure Pro Skiers, a Warm Welcome Is Unwanted
The organizers pressed ahead because holding the races near the large population of the Northeast corridor could pay dividends in revenue and attention. And if Killington’s gamble succeeds, it could set the stage for the region to become a fixture on the World Cup circuit. Continue reading the main story It is hardly a sure thing. Climate change has already troubled elite ski racing for several years […]
Students set to clean up with water pollutant detection device
AL AIN // A portable device that can easily detect pollutants in water used for crops and landscaping has been designed and made by four UAE University students. The project, which is awaiting patent, was created as an alternative to the bulky, time consuming and expensive methods employed by scientists for use in developing countries as well as the UAE.It will be used to test grey water [...]
Limited edition Abu Dhabi No 1 plate sells for Dh31 million
ABU DHABI // A No 1 limited edition licence plate commemorating Abu Dhabi Government’s Golden Jubilee was sold to an Emirati for Dh31 million on Saturday at Emirates Palace hotel. The winning bidder for the coveted plate, Abdullah Al Mahri, 32, said he bought it in honour of the country’s Rulers, who worked tirelessly to make the UAE No 1 in the world. "I’m very proud to [...]Moscow Angry After Swiss Fighter Jets Shadow Russian Government Plane
While relations between Russia and the US may finally be on the mend following a phone call between Putin and Trump, in which the Russian leader expressed hope for a reset and renormalization of the current "unsatisfactory" bilateral relations between the two countries, treatment of Russia in Europe remains on the downswing. The latest example of this took place on Friday when military aircraft with Swiss fighter [...]
Game review: No major upgrades in latest Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareActivisionPlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCThree starsSticking with tradition despite a planet-hopping sci-fi setting, the latest Call of Duty is a rather conservative addition to the annual first-person shooter franchise, offering safe, market-tested upgrades, including a wisecracking robot, spaceship dogfights, ray guns – and a scarred Kit Harington. While Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare includes moments of gaming grandeur, it fails to surprise, shock, [...]
Newsmaker: Park Geun-hye
For the South Koreans who are binge-viewing all six seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO Asia, the rise, and now anticipated fall, of their 11th president will be familiar territory.There are obvious parallels between South Korea’s fragile co-existence with its unpredictable neighbour and the geopolitics of George RR Martin’s fantasy world, in which the dark forces in the north are held at bay by a wall [...]
Abu Dhabi Art 2016: A conversation with David Adjaye, one of the world's most sought-after architects
The cast of artists, curators, architects and academics who assembled to speak at this year’s Abu Dhabi Art are doing so, primarily, with local or regional themes as their focus.Idris Khan, the British artist behind the UAE’s new national memorial, is speaking about his role in the project, and the Italian sculptor, Giuseppe Penone, is talking about his commission for the new Louvre Abu Dhabi, while Valerie [...]
Iraqis Welcome Trump’s Stance on ISIS, but Fear It May Backfire
Photo Iraqi forces watched television coverage of President-elect Donald J. Trump in the village of Arbid on the southern outskirts of Mosul last week. Credit Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ERBIL, Iraq — Many Muslims in the Middle East have reacted with a mix of caution, suspicion and scorn to Donald J. Trump’s election victory and his appointments of aides with hostile views toward Islam.Struggling to [...]
Augmented paper?
Five years ago, the only luxury brand that was dabbling in the world of technology was Vertu. And far from becoming a dominant player in the mobile market, it remains an outsider – despite the fact that its product is, in fact, a piece of technology. But over the last few years – probably on the back of brands like Apple and Google increasingly vying for luxury [...]
Abu Dhabi desert cycling adventure to unwrap gifts for Nepalese children
DUBAI // A pair of daredevil cyclists have come up with a novel way to celebrate the festive season, while encouraging residents to give unwanted toys to children in Nepal as presents. Dubai residents Olga Zolotova, 25, and Mohammad Khalaf, 29, are planning on cycling 300 kilometres on Christmas Eve across Abu Dhabi’s Liwa Desert in 24 hours. Their route will draw the outline of a gift [...]
Op-Ed Contributor: A Lesson in Emotional Geography
Photo The view from Elias Muhanna’s grandparents’ balcony, in Roumieh, Lebanon, in 2010. Credit The Muhanna Family When I was a child, I spent most summers at my grandparents’ home in the Lebanese mountain village of Roumieh, overlooking Beirut and the Mediterranean coast. From the swing on the veranda, an expanse of umbrella pines and terracotta-roofed villages tumbled steeply toward the sea.In the evenings, my grandfather would [...]
