ABU DHABI // Thousands of residents flocked to the Formula One FanZone on the Abu Dhabi Corniche on Friday to take part in a series of activities. Long queues lined up on the Corniche as visitors of all ages impatiently waited to experience virtual car races and simulators. From virtually driving the fastest car on the F1 tracks of the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island to […]
Ashley Lane rounds up the winter activities in destinations ranging from Monaco and Manila to Brazil and Antarctica. • Read this and more stories in Ultratravel magazine, out with The National on Thursday, November 24 newslide Monaco Though temperatures are lower than normal, heading to Monaco in December means fewer crowds and lower prices. There are also plenty of festivals and activities to keep visitors busy. Those […]
FUJAIRAH // Hundreds gathered on the beachfront of Fujairah on Friday to watch the seven jet aircraft of Fursan Al Emarat perform a set of breathtaking aerial maneouvres. The 25-minute performance, which marked the start of the week-long celebrations of the UAE’s 45th National Day, coloured Fujairah’s skies with the UAE flag in red, green, black and white smoke. Children and adults of all nationalities witnessed the […]
Palestinian leaders were more wary. “I don’t personally know Jared Kushner and have never met him, but welcome the idea of having him assist in breaking the deadlock in the negotiations of the conflict,” said Amin Maqboul, secretary general of the revolutionary council of Fatah, the party that controls the Palestinian Authority. Continue reading the main story The extent of Mr. Kushner’s relationship with Israel is unclear. […]
John Hanke arrives at Mijita on San Francisco Bay looking more like a middle-aged indie rocker than the chief executive of a company that this summer was estimated to be making tens of millions a week. His striped flannel shirt is unbuttoned over a T-shirt bearing a compass and the words, taken from a poem in The Lord of the Rings, “Not all who wander are lost”. […]
A 3,800 year old clay figurine of a seated person apparently deep in thought was recently discovered in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) revealed on Wednesday that the small figurine wearing a hat and with its chin resting on its hand was unearthed during an excavation at Yehud, a city in the Central District in Israel, by IAA archaeologists and high school students in October. Ceramic […]
20th Century Fox just dropped the official poster and release date for its next entry in the Alien franchise, Alien: Covenant. The poster, which features a threatening close-up of a Xenomorph, simply says ‘run’. At the bottom the May 19th release date is revealed. via 20th Century Fox. Though a sequel to the somewhat divisive Prometheus, the poster suggests Covenant may be going back to Alien’s old-school […]
United Arab Emirates, 24 Nov 2016 UAE students from different schools continue to showcase their unique innovations at the UAE Innovation Week 2016, which is being held from 20-26 November, under the umbrella of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Program (MBRSLP), the main incubator of creativity at the nation’s schools. Ras Al Khaimah students take care of the environment and help people with special needs […]
ABU DHABI // All eyes were turned to the capital’s skies on Thursday afternoon as the Red Arrows performed over Abu Dhabi’s Corniche. Hundreds gathered on the beachfront to watch the Royal Air Force’s world-famous aerobatic team twist and turn their bright red jets through a series of stunts, prompting spectators to “ooh” and “aah” in amazement. Chloe Steele, from the UK, attended the event with her […]
Video Wildfires Spread Across Northern Israel Dry conditions and strong winds on Thursday whipped up wildfires near the port city of Haifa in northern Israel, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, damaging property and devouring forests. By REUTERS and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date November 24, 2016. Photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press. Watch in Times Video » JERUSALEM — Parts of the port […]
Theresa May is facing a growing backlash over her flagship business reforms after leading company bosses and the Bank of England’s chief economist urged her to reverse plans on executive pay. Senior finance and corporate figures, including the BoE’s Andy Haldane and GlaxoSmithKline’s chief executive Sir Andrew Witty, have rejected two of the prime minister’s main corporate governance proposals. In a report to be published on Friday, […]
So I began dressing, even making coffee, in a shed beside our house. This allowed me to roll from bed and out the door in silence, wearing little more than my underwear. I’d programmed the coffee maker outside to begin brewing precisely nine minutes before my bedside alarm rang. The timing, perfected over weeks, ensured a piping-hot beverage but spared my wife the familiar — but singularly […]
A little over two years ago, a lone vehicle made a landing on a surface of another world and by doing so sent a message to ours. The vehicle was Nasa’s Curiosity rover, the world was Mars and the message was that a new space race had begun. While it may be a less theatrical race than the one to the moon, the celestial ambition is certainly […]
On the eve of the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were invited to take part in a dune-buggy race in the desert. The pair’s approaches were telling: Hamilton the born racer immediately jumped at the chance to get in the cockpit, while Rosberg preferred to take time to assess the challenge, methodically asking questions about the possible dangers. Rosberg is […]
Steam fans can now cast their nominations for the first-ever Steam Awards, coinciding with the kickoff of the Steam Autumn Sale running from Nov. 23 to Nov. 29. Steam Awards Categories Players may cast their nominations under eight available categories, the names of which aren’t exactly representative of a prestigious caliber found on most mainstream awards shows for video games such as the forthcoming Game Awards in December […]
Dubai, 23 November Today, The Big 5 2016’s Gaia Awards elected SageGlass as the most innovative product in the Middle East, which will help moving towards a more sustainable built environment. SageGlass is an electronically tintable, dynamic glass that prevents heat and glare, increases occupants’ comfort, optimizes daylight while maintaining the view to the outdoor. Awarded by a panel of industry experts headed by Dr. Alaa K. […]
Photo High-school-football games showcase so much more than just athletics. Credit Jonno Rattman for The New York Times Kenny Byrd broke one tackle, then another, and soon he had nothing in front of him but end zone. The crowd roared with delight; the marching band lifted its horns and belted out a celebratory rendition of “Shut Up and Dance.” Cowbells clanged. Behind me, the superintendent of schools […]
ABU DHABI // The Ministry of Education and Du have pledged to distribute 12,000 books to 226 school libraries across the country. “Education is where the seeds of our knowledge economy sprout,” said Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh, undersecretary of support services at the ministry. The President, Sheikh Khalifa, declared 2016 the Year of Reading to create a generation of book lovers and consolidate the UAE’s position as […]
Saudi Arabia’s government approved plans on Monday to turn state-owned sports clubs into private companies, part of a drive to promote physical exercise in a society that mostly avoids it. The cabinet endorsed the privatisation of state-owned soccer clubs in the Saudi Professional League and directed the General Sports Authority to facilitate licensing and legal procedures, it said in a statement carried on the state news agency […]
This kind of manipulation of the law is unfolding at a keen moment of weakness for the press, which has already been buffeted by falling revenue and mounting public disaffection. Only 40 percent of the public — the lowest rate since at least the 1990s — trusts the media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly,” according to a Gallup survey conducted in September 2015. This […]
True to the adage “reflection of personality,” a new research has uncovered that day-to-day objects handled by users can reflect their lifestyle and personality. A full profile developed can even show traits of individuals such as shopping habits and health status. Lifestyle Sketches Out Of Molecules By scanning the molecular imprints left behind by the users on smartphones, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and […]
The film had been pilloried by conservative Christians for a dream sequence in which Christ has sex with Mary Magdalene. In depicting Christ’s life as a doubt-ridden struggle between his human and divine natures, Scorsese had intended to make a film that was at once an act of doubt and an act of faith. In the novel he was reading, the priest was shown profaning an image […]
Genes in Space UAE: meet the five finalists – video November 22, 2016 The five teams selected from schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai were announced at a dinner on Sunday night in the capital, where they were congratulated by family members, teachers and the competition organisers. The National
ABU DHABI // Youths from across the Emirates met on Monday to dream up plans for unmanned vehicles capable of saving lives in an emergency situation, and build models of them. The Make It engineering and manufacturing competition, hosted at Khalifa University by Mubadala and the Abu Dhabi Education Council, challenged 95 public and private school pupils to develop a business strategy around their prototypes. Pupils had […]
