It's been a dramatic evening at the Grammys 2023, one that Beyonce almost missed due to being "stuck in traffic".
Queen Bey arrived ever-so fashionably late, missing the red carpet , where Lizzo, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles were among those to shine. But Beyonce still made history, becoming the most awarded Grammys recipient in history, surpassing Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti, who had 31.
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US actress Viola Davis also made history, entering the prestigious 18-member Egot winners club as she scooped her first Grammy for the audiobook recording of her memoir, Finding Me.
Styles picked up the coveted Album of the Year, as well as Best Pop Vocal Album for Harry's House, while Beyonce won Best R&B Song for Cuff It and Best Dance Electronic/Music Album for Renaissance. She also took home Best Traditional R&B Performance.
In her acceptance speech, Beyonce said: "I'm trying not to be too emotional. I'm trying to just receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me... I'd like to thank my uncle Johnny who is not here, but he is here in spirit. I'd like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me, for pushing me. I'd like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful children who are watching at home."
The historic award was presented by British TV host James Corden, who said it was an "honour".
"We are witnessing history tonight," he said, before announcing the result.
Other big winners include Lizzo, who won Record of the Year for About Damn Time; Kendrick Lamar, who took Best Rap Album for Mr Morale & The Big Steppers; as well as Willie Nelson, who bagged Best Country Album for A Beautiful Time.
Here are the winners in key categories at the Grammys 2023
Record Of The Year
WINNER: About Damn Time, Lizzo
Don't Shut Me Down, ABBA
Easy On Me, Adele
Break My Soul, Beyonce
Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J Blige
You And Me On The Rock, Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius
Woman, Doja Cat
Bad Habit, Steve Lacy
The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar
As It Was, Harry Styles
Album Of The Year
WINNER: Harry's House, Harry Styles
Voyage, ABBA
30, Adele
Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny
Renaissance, Beyonce
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), Mary J Blige
In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile
Music Of The Spheres, Coldplay
Mr Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar
Special, Lizzo
Song Of The Year
WINNER: Just Like That, Bonnie Raitt
Abcdefu, Gayle
About Damn Time, Lizzo
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film), Taylor Swift
As It Was, Harry Styles
Bad Habit, Steve Lacy
Break My Soul, Beyonce
Easy On Me, Adele
God Did, DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar
Best New Artist
WINNER: Samara Joy
Anitta
Omar Apollo
Domi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Latto
Maneskin
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
Best Pop Solo Performance
WINNER: Easy On Me, Adele
Moscow Mule, Bad Bunny
Woman, Doja Cat
Bad Habit, Steve Lacy
About Damn Time, Lizzo
As It Was, Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: Unholy, Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Don't Shut Me Down, ABBA
Bam Bam, Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran
My Universe, Coldplay & BTS
I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone & Doja Cat
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: Higher, Michael Buble
When Christmas Comes Around..., Kelly Clarkson
I Dream Of Christmas (Extended), Norah Jones
Evergreen, Pentatonix
Thank You, Diana Ross
Best Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: Harry's House, Harry Styles
Voyage, ABBA
30, Adele
Music Of The Spheres, Coldplay
Special, Lizzo
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
WINNER: Break My Soul, Beyonce
Rosewood, Bonobo
Don’t Forget My Love, Diplo & Miguel
I’m Good (Blue), David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
Intimidated, Kaytranada featuring HER
On My Knees, Rufus Du Sol
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
WINNER: Renaissance, Beyonce
Fragments, Bonobo
Dipo, Diplo
The Last Goodbye, Odesza
Surrender, Rufus Du Sol
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile
So Happy It Hurts, Bryan Adams
Old Man, Beck
Wild Child, The Black Keys
Crawl!, Idles
Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck
Holiday, Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
WINNER: Degradation Rules, Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi
Call Me Little Sunshine, Ghost
We'll Be Back, Megadeth
Kill Or Be Killed, Muse
Blackout, Turnstile
Best Rock Song
WINNER: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile
Black Summer, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blackout, Turnstile
Harmonia's Dream, The War On Drugs
Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne
Dropout Boogie, The Black Keys
The Boy Named If, Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Crawler, Idles
Mainstream Sellout, Machine Gun Kelly
Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon
Best Alternative Music Performance
WINNER: Chaise Longue, Wet Leg
There'd Better Be A Mirrorball, Arctic Monkeys
Certainty, Big Thief
King, Florence + The Machine
Spitting Off The Edge Of The World, Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: Wet Leg, Wet Leg
WE, Arcade Fire
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief
Fossora, Bjork
Cool It Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: Hrs & Hrs, Muni Long
Virgo’s Groove, Beyonce
Here With Me, Mary J Blige featuring Anderson .Paak
Over, Lucky Daye
Hurt Me So Good, Jazmine Sullivan
Best Traditional R&B Performance
WINNER: Plastic Off The Sofa, Beyonce
Do 4 Love, Snoh Aalegra
Keeps On Fallin', Babyface featuring Ella Mai
'Round Midnight, Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan
Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J Blige
Best R&B Song
WINNER: Cuff It, Beyonce
Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J Blige
Hrs & Hrs, Muni Long
Hurt Me So Good, Jazmine Sullivan
Please Don’t Walk Away, PJ Morton
Best Progressive R&B Album
WINNER: Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy
Operation Funk, Cory Henry
Drones, Terrace Martin
Starfruit, Moonchild
Red Balloon, Tank And The Bangas
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Black Radio III, Robert Glasper
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), Mary J Blige
Breezy (Deluxe), Chris Brown
Candydrip, Lucky Daye
Watch The Sun, PJ Morton
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar
God Did, DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
Vegas, Doja Cat
pushin P, Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug
F N F (Let's Go), Hitkidd & GloRilla
Best Melodic Rap Performance
WINNER: Wait For U, Future featuring Drake & Tems
Beautiful, DJ Khaled featuring Future & SZA
First Class, Jack Harlow
Die Hard, Kendrick Lamar featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer
Big Energy (Live), Latto
Best Rap Song
WINNER: The Heart Part 5, Kendrick Lamar
Churchill Downs, Jack Harlow featuring Drake
God Did, DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
pushin P, Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug
Wait For U, Future featuring Drake & Tems
Best Rap Album
WINNER: Mr Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar
God Did, DJ Khaled
I Never Liked You, Future
Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow
It’s Almost Dry, Pusha T
Best Country Solo Performance
WINNER: Live Forever, Willie Nelson
Heartfirst, Kelsea Ballerini
Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan
In His Arms, Miranda Lambert
Circles Around This Town, Maren Morris
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: Never Wanted To Be That Girl, Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
Wishful Drinking, Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt
Midnight Rider's Prayer, Brothers Osborne
Outrunnin' Your Memory, Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert
Does He Love You – Revisited, Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton
Going Where The Lonely Go, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Best Country Song
WINNER: 'Til You Can't, Cody Johnson
Circles Around This Town, Maren Morris
Doin’ This, Luke Combs
I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault), Taylor Swift
If I Was A Cowboy, Miranda Lambert
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die, Willie Nelson
Best Country Album
WINNER: A Beautiful Time, Willie Nelson
Growin' Up, Luke Combs
Palomino, Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, Ashley McBryde
Humble Quest, Maren Morris
Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER: We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto
Be Alive from King Richard
Carolina from Where The Crawdads Sing
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
Keep Rising from The Woman King
Nobody Like U from Turning Red
Best Global Music Performance
WINNER: Bayethe, Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode
Udhero Na, Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar
Gimme Love, Matt B & Eddy Kenzo
Last Last, Burna Boy
Neva Bow Down, Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro
Best Global Music Album
WINNER: Sakura, Masa Takumi
Shuruaat, Berklee Indian Ensemble
Love, Damini, Burna Boy
Queen Of Sheba, Angelique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
Between Us... (Live), Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media category
WINNER: Stephanie Economou for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok
Austin Wintory for Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Bear McCreary for Call of Duty: Vanguard
Richard Jacques for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Christopher Tin for Old World
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Public Affairs
Dh67
How it works
Each player begins with one of the great empires of history, from Julius Caesar's Rome to Ramses of Egypt, spread over Europe and the Middle East.
Round by round, the player expands their empire. The more land they have, the more money they can take from their coffers for each go.
As unruled land and soldiers are acquired, players must feed them. When a player comes up against land held by another army, they can choose to battle for supremacy.
A dice-based battle system is used and players can get the edge on their enemy with by deploying a renowned hero on the battlefield.
Players that lose battles and land will find their coffers dwindle and troops go hungry. The end goal? Global domination of course.
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Cultural fiesta
What: The Al Burda Festival
When: November 14 (from 10am)
Where: Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi
The Al Burda Festival is a celebration of Islamic art and culture, featuring talks, performances and exhibitions. Organised by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development, this one-day event opens with a session on the future of Islamic art. With this in mind, it is followed by a number of workshops and “masterclass” sessions in everything from calligraphy and typography to geometry and the origins of Islamic design. There will also be discussions on subjects including ‘Who is the Audience for Islamic Art?’ and ‘New Markets for Islamic Design.’ A live performance from Kuwaiti guitarist Yousif Yaseen should be one of the highlights of the day.
The Pope's itinerary
Sunday, February 3, 2019 - Rome to Abu Dhabi
1pm: departure by plane from Rome / Fiumicino to Abu Dhabi
10pm: arrival at Abu Dhabi Presidential Airport
Monday, February 4
12pm: welcome ceremony at the main entrance of the Presidential Palace
12.20pm: visit Abu Dhabi Crown Prince at Presidential Palace
5pm: private meeting with Muslim Council of Elders at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
6.10pm: Inter-religious in the Founder's Memorial
Tuesday, February 5 - Abu Dhabi to Rome
9.15am: private visit to undisclosed cathedral
10.30am: public mass at Zayed Sports City – with a homily by Pope Francis
12.40pm: farewell at Abu Dhabi Presidential Airport
1pm: departure by plane to Rome
5pm: arrival at the Rome / Ciampino International Airport
Business Insights
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- SMEs with revenue below Dh3 million per annum can opt for transitional relief until 2026, treating them as having no taxable income.
- Larger entities have specific provisions for asset and liability movements, business restructuring, and handling foreign permanent establishments.
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Fire and Fury
By Michael Wolff,
Henry Holt
F1 2020 calendar
March 15 - Australia, Melbourne; March 22 - Bahrain, Sakhir; April 5 - Vietnam, Hanoi; April 19 - China, Shanghai; May 3 - Netherlands, Zandvoort; May 20 - Spain, Barcelona; May 24 - Monaco, Monaco; June 7 - Azerbaijan, Baku; June 14 - Canada, Montreal; June 28 - France, Le Castellet; July 5 - Austria, Spielberg; July 19 - Great Britain, Silverstone; August 2 - Hungary, Budapest; August 30 - Belgium, Spa; September 6 - Italy, Monza; September 20 - Singapore, Singapore; September 27 - Russia, Sochi; October 11 - Japan, Suzuka; October 25 - United States, Austin; November 1 - Mexico City, Mexico City; November 15 - Brazil, Sao Paulo; November 29 - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi.
Teams in the EHL
White Bears, Al Ain Theebs, Dubai Mighty Camels, Abu Dhabi Storms, Abu Dhabi Scorpions and Vipers
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."