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Nahla Nabil, left, and Farah Naz to launch a children's book about climate change. Photo: Mission Zero

Mission Zero: Children's book on climate change launches at Cop28

American rockers Metallica, whose hit Enter Sandman was this writer's top song on Spotify. Getty Images

I'm in the top 1% of Spotify Wrapped – here's how I made it

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Isabel de Borbon, Queen of Spain will be on display at Sotheby’s London for five days from Friday. Photo: Sotheby's

Diego Velazquez's royal portrait up for sale for $35 million

American actor Johnny Depp attends the opening of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah. AFP

Red Sea International Film Festival 2023 is event's glitziest yet

(FILES) This file handout photo released on July 7, 2011 by the Karolinska University Hospital shows then Professor Paolo Macchiarini (C) of Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute talking to the press after he carried out the world's first transplant of a synthetic windpipe along with an international team of surgeons, on June 9, 2011, in Stockholm. - The Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery but now charged with assault told a Swedish court on May 5, 2022 the experimental procedures were the result of "teamwork" and that he just wanted to save lives. Paolo Macchiarini won praise in 2011 after claiming to have performed the world's first synthetic trachea transplants using stem cells, while he was a surgeon at Stockholm's Karolinska University Hospital. (Photo by Handout / Karolinska University Hospital / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Where is Paolo Macchiarini, the disgraced doctor in Netflix series?

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh will be honoured at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023. Photo: Red Sea International Film Festival

Ranveer Singh to be honoured at Red Sea Film Festival

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Culture Bites includes art, Cop28 and UAE National Day

Isabel de Borbon, Queen of Spain will be on display at Sotheby’s London for five days from Friday. Photo: Sotheby's

Diego Velazquez's royal portrait up for sale for $35 million

The Brexit-inspired mural by British street artist Banksy in Dover. EPA

Banksy's Brexit mural partially destroyed in building demolition

The first and current season of Cinema Akil in 25hours will run until May. Photo: Cinema Akil

Cinema Akil opens outdoor location with free film screenings

Nahla Nabil, left, and Farah Naz to launch a children's book about climate change. Photo: Mission Zero

Mission Zero: Children's book on climate change launches at Cop28

These eight cli-fi books are speculative, yet draw from the realities of climate change, underscoring the importance of implementing policies to better the Earth’s health

Eight climate fiction books to add to your reading list

Paul Lynch, author of 'Prophet Song', accepts the 2023 Booker Prize. EPA

Irish Booker Prize winner Prophet Song inspired by Syrian war

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